The Deputy Director is an exciting new senior leadership post at the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) UK, a Catholic organisation with a mission to accompany, serve and advocate on behalf of refugees and those who have been forcibly displaced.

JRS UK has expanded the services it provides over the last few years and now seeks an experienced manager with a deep commitment to the organisation’s mission and values to work closely alongside the Director leading strategy and improving the quality of the support we provide to refugees.  The Deputy Director and will manage service projects providing support for people made destitute by the asylum system, including an immigration legal advice service, as well as the outreach support we provide for those held in immigration detention at the Heathrow immigration removal centres.  They will also deputise for the Director in her absence.

The Deputy Director will be responsible for helping to integrate the support we offer to refugees in a seamless way, giving particular attention to JRS’ mission of accompaniment and to creating spaces of hospitality, community, friendship and participation for refugees.  JRS’ distinctive ethos of accompaniment radically alters the beneficiary–service provider relationship and affects all that we do: we place a high value on coming to know refugees as people with gifts and personalities, not only defined by their situation in immigration law.

This diverse role requires substantial experience of managing people and of similar community-type projects with high levels of beneficiary participation, supporting individuals with complex needs in areas of rapidly changing public policy. Experience of developing strategy alongside others, operationalising ideas through project planning and leading change is essential. The role requires judgment, vision and horizon perspective, alongside maturity, resilience, empathy and the ability to inspire confidence and leadership in others. Experience of supporting staff to respond to high levels of trauma would also be helpful.

JRS’ distinctive person-centred mission arising from its Jesuit identity extends also to the way we seek to support and develop staff and volunteers. The post holder will be expected to set high standards around the quality of support provided to refugees and accuracy and timeliness of internal reporting for donors and governance, while encouraging an atmosphere of safety to reflect on practice, experiment with new initiatives and learn from success and error.  An enabling, participatory leadership style is expected.

The post holder will encourage proactive collaborative working between front-line staff and staff responsible for fundraising as well as those engaging in advocacy, outreach and communications.  Ability to identify important themes arising from service-focused work for external audiences is needed. Some public speaking at events on behalf of the organisation will be expected. Prior experience of working in a small faith-based organisation would be helpful and sympathy for the motivation of those whose life is grounded in faith is essential.

JRS UK is based in the Hurtado Jesuit Centre in Wapping, East London. It currently has 19 full and part-time staff and around 100 volunteers, drawn from a wide variety of backgrounds and nationalities, generations and beliefs, including refugees, young graduates and vowed members of religious congregations; this diversity of perspectives and experience is a source of particular strength for our mission. We work collaboratively with JRS offices around the world, Jesuit works in the UK and many others in the Church and secular refugee sector.

Deadline for applications is 5pm Friday 29 November.

Interviews are likely to be held on Wednesday 11 December

For more information about the post, please contact the Director by email.  CVs without cover letters will not be considered. No agencies please.

Service Manager

You will join us as a Service Manager and have the opportunity to oversee the day-to-day management of our hostel and move-on flats. Our goal is to help young people enter adult life equipped to reach their full potential and thrive, therefore, while this post has a primary focus of overseeing the housing management and support functions in our residential services it will also take a role in shaping our support to young people after they leave our accommodation.

Service Manager Responsibilities:

You will manage our residential services for young people in conjunction within our Head of Service, and develop, motivate and coach a team to deliver a safe, positive and stimulating environment to enable young people to thrive and achieve the best outcomes.

You will deliver an effective housing management service that keeps the Centre to budget and delivers the agreed KPI’s.

Service Manager Requirements:

You will have experience of leading, motivating and managing a team to achieve positive outcomes, as well as an understanding and empathy towards the ethos of the Centre and the ability to articulate, model and embed it in a positive way.

You may have worked with young people in service delivery and have a demonstrable passion for helping them achieve their full potential. You will have worked in a Safeguarding environment, using methodologies such as Psychological Informed Environments (PIE) to support people get positive outcomes.

A qualification in Youth Work / Housing Management or experience of managing a homeless service in a residential setting would be desirable, as would experience of working with volunteers

About The Cardinal Hume Centre:

Cardinal Basil Hume founded the Centre in 1986; we offer a diverse range of services for homeless young people and families in need. The Centre enables people to gain the skills and access the support they need to overcome poverty and homelessness. The Centre prides itself on its non-judgmental welcome and person-centred approach. It recognises that everyone is different, often with complex needs and so our response must be multi-layered.

The Centre requires all its staff and volunteers to respect the ethos of the Centre and to be in sympathy with its aims and objectives. A commitment to respecting and implementing the Centre’s Equal Opportunity Policy is also expected.

The Centre requires all its staff and volunteers to undertake an appropriate level of DBS or police check.

Location: Westminster, London

Job type: Full Time, Permanent; 35 hours in a 40 hour week

Salary: £38,444.54 per annum

Benefits: Including pension, life assurance, cycle scheme, employee assistance programme, season ticket loan, etc. 24 days, 26 after one year’s service, 28 after two years’ service. A Season Ticket Loan is available.

Closing date for Applications: Sunday 17th November 2019
First Interview planned for: Tuesday 26th November 2019
Second Interview planned for: Friday 29th November 2019

You may have experience of the following: Supported Housing Manager, Service Manager, Care Manager, Senior Care Coordinator, Service Delivery, Area Manager, Healthcare, Social Worker, Community Care, Senior Support Worker, Team Leader, Charity, Not For profit, etc.

Ref: 90106

The role

Working with the Project & Governance Advisor, you will support the smooth running of Breast Cancer Now’s Board and Committee meetings and risk management processes. 

You will also provide PA support to the Director of Corporate Services and support the Legal Team in co-ordinating and administering the charity’s contractual arrangements as well as providing additional administrative support to the Corporate Services Directorate.

About you

You will have experience of working in an office environment in an administrative role, with the ability to undertake the range of duties relevant to this role.  This will include diary management, and the ability to organise both yourself and others efficiently whilst working to tight deadlines.  You will have both excellent communication skills and attention to detail. 

About us

We’re excited to announce that in April 2019, Breast Cancer Care and Breast Cancer Now united to create one charity for everyone affected by breast cancer. From research to care, our new charity has people affected by the disease at its heart – providing support for today and hope for the future. United, we can carry out even more world-class research, provide even more life-changing support and campaign even more effectively for better services and care.

By bringing together our passion, energy, expertise, funds and networks, we will make greater progress in more effective ways to make sure that, by 2050, everyone who develops breast cancer will live and receive the support they need to live well. 

Breast Cancer Now is an inclusive employer committed to developing a diverse workforce.

Closing date 27 November 2019

Interview date 10 December 2019

London EC3N

6 months’ maternity cover from February 2020, with possible extension

The role

You will lead on ensuring successful delivery of our existing portfolio of services and negotiate new services, working in partnership with the NHS, voluntary and statutory organisations in locations across the South of England region. 

You will be responsible for managing a team of permanent and contract staff and supporting our vital services’ volunteers, working closely with the other services’ teams to increase access, reach and influence across the UK.

About you

Thriving on challenge, you will have the determination to see through the service set-up process from initial discussions to operational delivery. With a willingness to travel, you will have proven people management skills, and the ability to work as part of a busy team and with other teams across different geographical sites. It goes without saying that you’ll need exceptional organisational and time management skills, and be able to demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication.

About us

We’re excited to announce that in April 2019, Breast Cancer Care and Breast Cancer Now united to create one charity for everyone affected by breast cancer. From research to care, our new charity has people affected by the disease at its heart – providing support for today and hope for the future. United, we can carry out even more world-class research, provide even more life-changing support and campaign even more effectively for better services and care.

By bringing together our passion, energy, expertise, funds and networks, we will make greater progress in more effective ways to make sure that, by 2050, everyone who develops breast cancer will live and receive the support they need to live well. 

For further information and to apply

Please download a copy of the job description and person specification. Please submit your application through our online application portal.

Closing date 9am on Monday 2 December 2019

Interview date Wednesday 11 December 2019

Second interview date Monday 16 December 2019

Medico Legal Report (MLR ) writing Doctor Manager (Maternity Cover)

Contract: 12 months maternity cover
Hours: 14 hours per week
Location: Finsbury Park, London
Salary:  £19,736 per annum (FTC £49,340 per annum pro rata) plus generous holiday entitlement, pension scheme and group life assurance)

We are looking for an MLR Doctor (Manager) to provide clinical assessments of torture and produce medico-legal reports on clients, documenting evidence of torture and ill-treatment, which are used as evidence in survivors’ asylum claim and other legal processes. You will have the opportunity to mentor volunteer doctors and to participate in the MLR intake panel. 

This role will be responsible in providing supervision, support and line management of volunteer doctors whilst acting as a mentor to new doctors as and when required. This includes being responsible for monitoring and addressing well-being of direct reports and contributing to practices that promote employee well-being organisationally.
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There will be opportunities to develop and diversify when core experience is gained, including reviewing MLR reports.

To view the Job Description and Person Specification, visit the link provided.

Candidates must have the right to work in the UK to be considered for this position.

Please note a CV and a cover letter addressing the Job Description and Person Specification of the role are mandatory to be considered for the position.

Freedom from Torture is dedicated to healing and protecting people who have survived torture. We provide therapies to improve physical and mental health, we medically document torture, and we provide legal and welfare help. We expose torture globally, we fight to hold torturing states to account and we campaign for fairer treatment of torture survivors in the UK.

Our team of dedicated professionals provide direct support to survivors including psychological therapy, physical health services, legal and welfare support, and expert medical reports for use in survivors' asylum claims. We also support other providers to deliver high quality rehabilitation services to survivors. 

We campaign for national and global change, using evidence from our services and survivor voices to protect and promote survivors' rights and hold torturing states to account. We are proud to play a significant role in the global anti-torture movement. Survivors, active and empowered, are at the centre of all of our work. 

None of this can happen without our vibrant community of supporters who help to create this change.

Thanks to the dedication of our staff and volunteers – as well as thousands of passionate supporters and funders – thousands of torture survivors have been able to rebuild their lives in incredibly difficult circumstances.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.

Closing date: 26 November 2019

Expected date of interviews: TBC

As an organisation working with a vulnerable client group, Freedom From Torture has a legal duty to ensure that those under its care are protected from abuse, and that where is abuse is suspected or has occurred, has a clear framework of response. Therefore the successful candidate will be required to complete a DBS application and the result will need to be reviewed before the candidate is confirmed in post.

Freedom from Torture is an Equal Opportunities Employer

No agencies please

Are you the A B Charitable Trust Grants Manager?

• Are you committed to defending human rights and human dignity, and interested in issues affecting marginalised and excluded people?
• Do you have experience and skills in grant making and are keen to work in a small, developing Trust?
• Are you emotionally intelligent and able to form and develop strong working relationships with a range of individuals and groups?

If so, then you might well be the right person to join the A B Charitable Trust at this exciting time.

About the A B Charitable Trust

The A B Charitable Trust funds charities that support marginalised and excluded people, with a focus on:

• Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers
• Criminal justice and penal reform
• Human rights, particularly access to justice

The Trust was founded 29 years ago to promote and defend human dignity. Our grant total was £1.6 million in 2018/19, is expected to be over £2.7m in 2019/20 and in the coming years the Trust is going on an exciting journey to grow and develop, so that we can fund more essential work and have a greater impact.

About the role

The Grants Manager will work closely with the team, trustees and grantees to assess applications and deliver a range of grants, and over time they will be expected to develop their knowledge in one or more of our areas of interest. We are on upward trajectory, so the Grants Manager will also have the opportunity to be involved in developing and delivering how the Trust will grow over the coming years.

About you

This could be the right opportunity for a range of potential candidates but the A B Charitable Trust would particularly like to hear from you if you: have grant-making experience, have emotional intelligence, are a good communicator and relationship builder, are a team player, are flexible, are organised, and have a demonstrable passion for our work.

To apply, download the candidate information pack, application form and EO form by clicking the links.

Purposes of the job: The purpose of the Scheme Manager role is to ensure that Home-Start Warrington has in place effective leadership required to meet its charitable objectives.

• To execute the strategic plan as laid down by the Trustees
• To hold responsibility for maintaining an overview of the scheme
• To ensure the effective day to day management of the scheme in accordance with the Home-Start Memorandum & Articles of Association; the Home-Start Standards & Methods of Practice, Home-Start Agreement and Quality Assurance Standards.
• To ensure the scheme maintains high standards of practice in supporting families within the Home-Start model
• To ensure equality of opportunity, fairness and diversity in all aspects of the scheme’s work.
• To ensure good safeguarding practice in all aspects of the scheme’s work
• To take responsibility for providing leadership and management to the staff team.
• To increase the profile of Home-Start Warrington in the region.

This is a strategic role for which the key responsibilities are:

• Leadership & People Management
• Business Development and Planning
• Effective Networking, PR and Marketing
• Income Generation
• Performance Management
• Operational Management

Key Skills and Experience:

• The successful candidate will be an experienced Manager/Leader with a demonstrable track record of success.

• They will possess strong leadership, strategic management and governance skills as well as being solution focussed.

• Strong change management skills are essential.

Detail of Responsibilities

Leadership and People Management

• To provide leadership to staff, delegating specific responsibilities to them where appropriate, and to maintain a climate which attracts, retains and motivates good quality staff.
• To undertake the leadership and line management of the staff team, including individual coaching, team development and motivation.
• To be responsible for ensuring that all aspects of staff recruitment, development and training, supervision, grievance and appraisal procedures are developed and conducted in accordance with accepted good practice and in line with Home Start UK Policies and Home Start Warrington business plan.
• To foster good communications within Home-Start Warrington and develop the organisation’s initiatives.
• To agree continuous professional development priorities with all staff.
• To oversee and ensure all aspects of volunteer recruitment, development, training, supervision procedures are developed and conducted in accordance with accepted good practice.

Operational Management

• To effectively manage all operational activities, monitoring and reporting to the Trustees on performance against objectives
• To ensure systems and processes are fit for purpose, aligned with Home Start UK practices and consistent throughout the organisation

Support for families/volunteers

• Maintaining an overview of the work with families.

• Ensuring support to families is of a high standard, in accordance with Home-Start’s model, policies and procedures.

• To undertake the Strategic Lead role on safeguarding and promoting children’s welfare.
• Ensuring the scheme maintains an effective team of volunteers

Fundraising and Income Generation

• To work with the Trustees on the development and implementation of a fundraising strategy in line with the organisation’s plans.
• To manage, support and work with the Trustees to secure adequate resources for Home-Start Warrington.
• To ensure research and funding priorities are up to date.
• To ensure new opportunities for income generation that will support Home-Start Warrington’s ambition are identified.
• To manage the relationship with key stakeholders ensuring excellent understanding of the value and importance of Home-Start Warrington’s work.
• To ensure all relationships are carefully managed, and to act in the best interests of the scheme at all times.

Finance

• To manage the financial plan and yearly budgets, working with the Trustees to ensure continued financial viability.
• To be responsible for ensuring adequate resources for Home-Start Warrington through sound financial management and effective budgeting.
• To take responsibility for service agreements, negotiating contracts and agreements as appropriate, in consultation with the Trustees.
• To ensure that the annual financial audit takes place, and to oversee the preparation.
• To ensure that the Trustees Annual Report is produced in line with current guidance.

Board and Governance

• Together with the Chair, to prepare an annual board timetable and regular meeting agendas.
• To attend all Trustee meetings, including sub-groups, as required.
• To ensure that such papers are available so as to enable the Trustees to make considered decisions about all matters of strategy, policy and finance.
• To work with the Chair and other trustees to identify, recruit and induct new trustees.
• To ensure compliance with relevant regulatory and HSUK requirements (either directly or through delegation) through appropriate policy development and standards of behaviour.

We are actively recruiting for a Director of Services to lead, manage and develop the charitable services’ functions of advice, dementia, friendship & social inclusion, care navigation/social prescribing and home support services.

Working in Leamington Spa, with frequent travel around Warwickshire and Coventry, you will be an active member of the Senior Management Team and will contribute towards the strategic development and operational management of all areas of the organisation.

Age UK's vision is to make the UK a great place to grow older. We do this by inspiring, supporting and enabling in a number of ways.

You will:

• Work with the CEO in providing leadership and direction in the development of a broad range of activities, whilst being consistent in our Strategic Plan, and promoting the organisation’s vision.
• Ensure the effective integration and implementation of the charitable services across Coventry and Warwickshire.
• Lead on key organisational projects or events.
• Manage the charitable services with a high level of customer focus.
• Drive a high quality and performing culture, responsive to the needs of the charity.
• Ensure compliance with the Information and Advice Quality Programme Standard by June 2020.
• Identify appropriate service contracts and opportunities for the charity, leading the tendering exercise for competitive contracts.
• Ensure consistency and best practice dissemination from all core navigation/social prescribing services within the charity.

Skills and Experience:

• A degree or equivalent experience of continuous professional development
• Experience of senior/strategic leadership within an organisation
• Experience of working with SORP and/or a not for profit organisation
• A proven track record of successfully developing high quality, cross sector partnerships with a wide range of partnerships
• Experiences of successfully developing and leading a strong performance and outcome focussed culture
• A detailed working knowledge of either social care or the health care services
• Experience of managing major change and change programmes
• Ability to build effective teams and relationships and achieve results through others by leading, inspiring and motivating others
• The ability to work to quality assurance systems
• Ability to build and maintain effective relationships with partners, Board of Trustees and internal colleagues and stakeholders
• Excellent communications skills
• Open and transparent

What we offer in return:

• 27 days holiday plus Bank Holidays
• Pension: 3% employer contribution

Further information regarding this post is available via Age UK Coventry & Warwickshire's website, or you can download a recruitment pack and related documents below.

Age UK Coventry & Warwickshire do not accept CVs whether included with an application or sent speculatively from individuals or recruitment agencies, nor accept the fees associated with them. 

The decision to invite candidates for interview is based on the details completed in your application, so please make sure you complete all sections of the application form as fully as possible. There is no need to attach a CV to your application.

We are looking for an experienced Project Manager to join our team to help us deliver our new Catalyst project. Funded by the Asylum Migration and Integration Fund, this three-year project will create opportunities for 600 refugee clients/Third Country Nationals (TCNs) to successfully integrate in London through bespoke employment support and training. 

The Catalyst Project Manager will have overall responsibility for the management of the project including financial and performance management. The role includes managing the reporting and compliance requirements of the AMIF funding and ensuring adherence to the conditions of the grant agreement.

The Project Manager will work closely with the Project Delivery Team, Data Officer and Head of Strategy and Impact. The Project Manager will line-manage the Project Administrator. The role will be responsible for leading the relationship with the UK Responsible Authority and for ensuring the smooth running of the project, meeting of targets and reporting.

This role will report into the Head of Philanthropy with a dotted-line into the Head of Programmes. The role will work closely with our Programme Delivery team to ensure that targets are met, information is collected accurately and that communication is effective across the organisation in relation to the project. The role will also work on project related publicity and materials, contribute to the development of the National Best Practice Guide and stakeholder events.

The successful candidate will be an experienced and reliable project manager with signifcant complex project management experience. They will have considerable experience of project management, partnership management and/or statutory fundraising. We are looking for a highly competent and pro-active individual. This role will network with senior stakeholders including local authorities and businesses so it is vital that you are an exceptional relationship-builder and comfortable working with a wide range of people.

We are a growing and ambitious organisation, committed to best-practice. You will share our energy and determination and will be attracted by the idea of working in a friendly team environment.

Borough of Sanctuary Programme Manager

Job Ref: CUS-19-047
Job type: full-time 35 hours
Closing date: Sunday 17 November 2019
Contract Type: Temporary, 18 months
Salary: £36,486 - £38,403 pa (PO2)

Join us in making Lewisham a place of sanctuary for refugees, asylum seekers and migrants.

The role

Lewisham is a borough with a proud history of supporting refugees and migrants. As part of our Corporate Strategy we are working towards becoming a Borough of Sanctuary, affirming our commitment to promoting and safeguarding the rights and wellbeing of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants.

This role will lead on this work corporately, helping services to develop in ways which improve accessibility, promote equality and take into account the needs of those seeking sanctuary in Lewisham. You will champion good practice and coordinate the improvements services identify, tracking their delivery and providing challenge and support to help drive organisational change.

You will be based in the team responsible for the Refugee Resettlement Programme, and will be directly involved in this work as a core element of Lewisham’s sanctuary commitments. You will also work closely with partners in the community and other public services in Lewisham, taking an active role in the Lewisham Migration Forum, a consortium of local providers who work with refugees, asylum seekers and migrants and coordinate the borough-wide work to make Lewisham a place of sanctuary.

If you want to be a practice leader, promoting equality and protecting the rights of those seeking sanctuary, join us at Lewisham where it’s one of our top priorities.

Location

5th Floor, Laurence House, Catford, SE6 4RU

What we’re looking for

You’ll be a strategic thinker and an excellent communicator, able to build strong working relationships across a wide range of partners and stakeholders and to share ideas with them in a clear, accessible and engaging way. Your work will require you to stay up to date with legislation and policy, and to be a source of advice and guidance on refugee, asylum seeker and migrant issues. As the role is responsible for driving this programme across the organisation, you’ll also need to be able to manage projects, performance and competing priorities to keep delivery on track and ensure good governance.

Above all, you’ll be passionate about the rights and welfare of those seeking sanctuary in Lewisham and driven to improve the Council’s offer for these residents.

In return, we’ll offer excellent development opportunities, plus a range of benefits that includes a career average pension scheme, flexible working and the opportunity to make a real difference to our local community.

Further information

Lewisham Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment.

We value diversity and welcome applications from all backgrounds.

The post is subject to a DBS.

Closing date: Sunday 17 November 2019, 11:59pm

Interview date: Wednesday 27 November 2019

The Council reserves the right to close adverts early if there is a large response.

Director of Services 
Homeless young people and families in need
Cardinal Hume Centre, Westminster, London
Permanent contract, £60,000 per annum
Closing date – 2 December (9.00am)

Are you passionate about preventing youth and family homelessness and poverty?
Can you champion the interests of people who need our support?
Can you lead a team to have a greater impact by providing early and preventative help? 

Over the past thirty years the Cardinal Hume Centre has seen substantial growth.  Based in Westminster we work hard for homeless young people, insecurely housed families and their children.  Last year over 1200 people used our different services.

We have made real improvements in recent years, but we know we face challenging times.  In nearly all its forms, homelessness is increasing in Westminster and around a third of families live in poverty. People face some of the highest housing costs in the country, a challenging labour market and rising levels of violent crime.  Some of those we support come from care or broken relationships which can limit access to support which most of us take for granted. Some are seeking asylum, safety and support.

Our response is far too important to be left to chance. We need a new senior leader to direct our support for our homeless and badly housed clients. You will join at a critical stage as we have reviewed the focus and shape of our future work. We know it will involve change and your role will be to ensure that this is in the best interest of homeless and insecurely housed young people and families. Our aim is to develop a distinct and strategic response that builds on our strengths and draws on the very best of our team, values and ethos. 

Of course we need someone with experience of leading and developing services for vulnerable people, but equally important is the ability to be an inspiring and insightful leader.  We need someone wo can work together as part of a senior team and can use digital technology and evidence to shape the bigger picture.  A person who can collaborate and use their soft and technical skills to draw out the individual qualities of the team. 

It will be a challenge, but if you join us you will get an amazing opportunity to work with a passionate team of staff and volunteers. You will shape a respected charity, develop as a leader and most importantly have real impact on the lives of people who need our help.   If you want to work at a Centre that values every individual and is determined to make a difference, please come and join us.

For an application pack and how to apply, please visit our website.

You may have experience or a background in the following: Director of Services, Strategic Director, Head of Services, Service Delivery Manager, Operations Manager, Project Manager, Head of Operations, Operations Director, Strategy Manager, Continuous Improvement, Charities, NFP, Not for Profit, Third Sector etc.

Why work for us?

Are you looking for a New Partnership Manager role working in an innovative, award winning international development team set for growth?  This is an exciting time to join CARE International UK’s Private Sector Engagement team which is at the forefront of working with business to help poor and marginalised people have better access to goods, services and livelihoods – and on fair terms.  We have built innovative and exciting private sector partnerships with large companies, such as GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Twinings, Diageo, Marks and Spencer and IHG, to tackle key business issues around sustainability, growth and responsibility.  We are looking for a dynamic individual to provide support to partnerships across the team to help us to create lasting change to people and business practice.

About the role

As part of the Private Sector Engagement team the New Partnerships Manager is responsible for developing new business partnerships and all corporate donations to CARE International.  You will need to work closely with other colleagues in both the Programme and Marketing Departments to deliver the right kind of new corporate partnership for CARE, one that is aligned to our core mission.  The post-holder will need to ensure close collaboration with key individuals - such as the Women’s Economic Empowerment advisors, Country Office staff and members of CARE International UK’s (CIUK) Senior Management Team - in order to foster a culture of information sharing and a joined-up approach to our work. 

Your role will contribute to CARE’s global programme goals, fundraising targets and advocacy work.  Further you will be supporting the PSE team’s work with a range of companies to create lasting impact and change for poor people around the world.

It is an exciting time to join CARE to further the award-winning work we have done with companies, to represent the strong programme work CARE deliveries on the ground and also contribute to meeting CARE’s 2020 vision.

About you

Our ideal candidate will be a flexible and dynamic individual that is confident in working with businesses to create positive change.  You will have experience of developing and managing active pipeline of companies and ideally a strong network of contacts within the corporate sector.  Effective prioritisation and time-management will be essential to help manage competing priorities in this fast-moving and innovative team. Excellent interpersonal skills are a key requirement to be able to influence and create relationship both externally and internally.  This role is at management level, managing Corporate Fundraiser so ideally you will have people management skills too.  If you are passionate about business and developing strategic partnerships, we would love to hear from you!

About CARE

CARE is one of the world’s leading humanitarian and development charities.  By 2020, CARE and our partners will support 150 million people from the most vulnerable and excluded communities to overcome poverty and social injustice. We work in 79 developing countries, saving lives in emergencies and finding long-term solutions to poverty for millions of people every year.  We put women and girls in the centre because we know that we cannot overcome poverty until all people have equal rights and opportunities.  We believe strongly that business has an important role to play in creating opportunities and reducing barriers for people living in poverty and would like to invite you to be a part of making this change happen.

Safeguarding

We have a zero-tolerance approach to any harm to, or exploitation of, a vulnerable adult or a child by any of our staff, representatives or partners. Recruitment to all jobs in CARE International UK includes, in particular, criminal record checks and the collection of relevant references. Safeguarding our beneficiaries is our top priority in everything we do.

A DBS disclosure will be requested for the successful candidate.

Please note that in compliance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006, all job offers at CARE International UK are conditional on eligibility to work in the UK.

Closing date: Friday, 29 November 2019

Interview date: 11 - 12 December 2019

We are committed to Equality and value Diversity. We are a Disability Confident Employer and particularly welcome applications from disabled people. We guarantee interviews to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job (see person specification).

If you require the candidate brief or need to submit your application in an alternative format, because of a disability, please do get in touch. 

CARAS offers advocacy and casework with the aim that people who attend our groups can access support to address issues in a timely, supportive, informative and friendly manner.  Our focus is on connecting people to knowledge and services so they are able to resolve their issues as independently as possible.  We work with people to support them to understand their options, take steps to address issues and know where they can seek specialist advice.The main areas of work are social care, immigration, housing, benefits, employment and education. This role focuses on support for the young people who access CARAS’ services; they are predominantly UASC. We work with a highly diverse community, with most of our youth work consisting of contact with newly arrived asylum seekers. 

Our project is designed to complement specialist provision by signposting to the most suitable support, clarifying and unpicking issues, writing clear referral letters and wherever possible giving guidance as to how people can resolve issues themselves. We are OISC level 1 accredited.

We are seeking to recruit a youth case worker as maternity cover (8 months).  We want an experienced worker with specialist knowledge of working with unaccompanied minors.

The successful candidate will be joining a small but hard-hitting team. In recent months, our caseworkers have supported young people to find and access education places, challenge local authority decisions on their care and find solicitors to apply for family reunion for younger siblings who are alone in 3rd countries. We are exceptionally proud of this work and want to find a candidate who will carry on this strong tradition of working with young people to achieve the best possible outcomes for them.

Salary: £28500 pro rata 

Extra benefits: CARAS is a member of an auto-enrol pension scheme. Contributions are currently 8% (3% employer, 5% employee).

Key information:  

Role: Caseworker  

Maternity cover: 8 months

Location: predominantly office based 

Hours: part-time (2.5 days per week). The days are fixed at Wednesday, Thursday and every other Saturday.

Salary and entitlements:  as above 

Responsible to: Managing Director 

Main purpose of the role:  

 One of our key drivers is to work with people to help them build the skills and knowledge they need to become independent. All of our casework therefore builds in opportunities for beneficiaries to make informed decisions, set their own goals, and ultimately thrive on their own. 

The youth caseworker will be working in a small team alongside a caseworker for adults, the youth team and volunteers, ensuring that beneficiaries have their casework needs met in a timely and professional manner.

Main activities:  

•   Manage a case load, sharing duties and delegating to volunteers where appropriate 

• Support the recruitment, training and development of a specialist volunteer team 

• Maintain excellent case notes

• Work well with interpreters 

• Triage requests for casework support and offer holistic assessment to new

beneficiaries 

• Make thorough referrals to specialist services and support beneficiaries to access

them  

• Provide direct casework support to beneficiaries  

• Deliver workshops to young people on the child looked after/care leaver system 

• Research and remain up-to-date with specialist advocacy/advice services available

to beneficiaries  

• Follow-up each outward referral with the beneficiary and agency  

• Where appropriate, liaise with foster carers, key workers, social workers and others in the professional network 

• Ensure that all safeguarding concerns are reported to the safeguarding lead  

• Participate in operational, strategic and trustee meetings as required  

• Monitoring and evaluation of the project  

• Grant reporting  

• Share outcomes, trends and learning with the wider CARAS team and policy networks

as appropriate to influence wider strategic change 

   Person specification  

We are looking for a highly motivated individual who has a commitment to supporting empowerment through casework.  The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including cultural sensitivity and the ability to quickly build positive relationships. 

Essential 

• A high level of written and spoken English 

• Experience of one-to-one advice and advocacy work with UASC 

• A good understanding of the social care system for children looked after and care leavers 

• A good understanding of the asylum system for UASC 

• Experience of recruiting, training and supervising volunteers  

• Experience of working in, or in partnership with, the third sector

• Ability to problem-solve and research information  

• Experience of delivering workshops to young people 

• Ability to word process, familiarity with common data management systems (Lamplight) 

Desirable 

• Social work registration 

• Experience of managing and developing projects 

• Experience of developing and delivering training  

• Knowledge of Tigrinya, Arabic, Somali, Pashtu, Farsi, Urdu 

To apply, you will need to complete an application form. We do not accept CVs. 

Interviews will take place the week beginning 9th December 2019, with an intended start date of 13th January 2020. 

Business Development and Account Management Officer

• Salary: £28,458 (inclusive of ILW)
• Location: London, SE1

About you

We are seeking a dynamic professional to actively engage with existing and prospective clients. This role sits within the Business, Development and Innovation directorate which is responsible for Carers UK’s digital products and services for employers and local authority commissioners and service providers. 

Key aims of the Post

• To support the Business Development and Innovation team to develop, deliver and grow its earned income activities.

• To liaise with and provide support to existing clients, grow client prospects and assist relationship building through active client engagement.

  Main tasks

• Carry out prospects research to assist in new business development;

• Attend business meetings;

• Work closely with the Client Services team to retain and increase client engagement;

• Ongoing client servicing / managing client accounts;

About us

Carers UK is the national membership charity for the 6.5 million people in the UK who are unpaid carers – and whose care is valued at a staggering £132 billion per year. We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated and ambitious professional with a proven track record of making a difference.

To find out more about this opportunity please see the recruitment pack and the right hand side of this advert or visit the Carers UK website.

Please email your CV, cover letter and monitoring form to the email address in the  recruitment pack.

Closing date: 29 November 2019 10am

Interviews: w/c 2 December 2019

Please send in your application as soon as possible. Carers UK reserves the right to appoint at any stage, should an outstanding candidate emerge.