Inclusion Family Support Co-ordinator

Home-Start in Suffolk is a countywide charity providing high quality, needs led, volunteer support to over 550 families within Suffolk each year.

We require an enthusiastic Inclusion family support coordinator to join our award-winning team.

Working primarily to support Eastern European nationals, with a specific emphasis on Romanian Roma communities. Our ideal candidate will be enthusiastic about inclusion, engagement, be familiar with providing support to families and have the ability to draw on their experiences.

This role aims to support, empower, and widen client participation in the Eastern European communities in Ipswich. We are looking for someone who is able to use their existing experience of working with minority groups to develop positive, professional relationships with a range of clients, volunteers, professionals, and other organisations. The successful candidate will also be able to create, organise, and deliver stimulating and informative awareness sessions to our wider team.

The ability to speak a relevant 2nd language is desirable in order to break down language barriers with parents who may feel isolated and knowledge of cultural barriers that may cause a parent to not access support.

Salary: £10,792 per annum actual   (Full time £22,183) - until May 2023 18 hours per week

Closing Date:  Midday, 13th August 2021

Interviews: Face to face - 18th/19th August 2021

Appointments will be subject to satisfactory references and DBS check at enhanced level will be required.

Whilst the post is open to all, we are particularly keen to attract candidates who are from underrepresented backgrounds and who may have experience of some of the issues faced by these communities.

Islington Centre is looking for a committed and motivated Support Service Coordinator. Do you want to help refugees and asylum seekers in London?  Have you got experience in working to support vulnerable people individually and cross-organisationally?  If so, this exciting opportunity could be for you. Islington Centre for Refugees has been helping to integrate refugees since 1997.  We engage with our clients each day and are currently working online and by phone. In normal times we operate from the Centre’s premises in Islington. We create a community, teach English, provide a support service and a therapeutic and creative space with arts activities and sports that help people who have suffered trauma.  You will be working directly to help resolve issues arising around destitution, accommodation, asylum support, health benefits and referrals. The role requires someone who is resilient, professional, self motivated with a strong work ethic and determination, attention to detail, the ability to make decisions and a great empathy for the clients we work with. You must be set up to work from home effectively.  We are looking for a September start. If you’d like to apply, please download the Application Form and Job Description/Person Specification and send to us via email. Please note we can only consider candidates who have completed the Application Form.

There will be a written activity exercise to present prior to the interview.

Interviews will be held online on Tuesday 3rd August.

Award winning family support charity Home-Start in Suffolk are seeking an enthusiastic Coordinator to join their team. 

The successful candidate will be required to visit families in their home to assess their individual needs and to develop a tailored support package to be delivered by a volunteer either virtually or in the family home.  The Family Support Coordinator will also be required to provide training and offer peer support and one to one support supervision to our network of volunteers whilst working with colleagues from the statutory and voluntary sectors as part of a multi-agency approach.

As a minimum you should have:

• A good understanding of the needs of children and families
• Experience of working with vulnerable families
• Skills to deliver training and supervision to volunteers
• Experience in working with Office365
• Excellent IT skills
• Ability to work on your own initiative
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience of writing reports, carrying out assessments and monitoring outcomes
• Car driver essential (expenses paid for work related travel)

Closing Date: 13th August 2021 -  midday

Interviews: Face to Face –  18th/19th August

All candidates will need to complete an application form and attend an interview. 

CV’s are not accepted

Application forms are available to download from our website

Appointments will be subject to satisfactory references and DBS check at enhanced level will be required. 

We are looking for a dynamic and committed Quality & Curriculum Coordinator, to lead on quality across our education provision and ensure we can provide an excellent service to High Trees’ learners across all venues. The ideal candidate is passionate about quality improvement and is excited to sit at the heart of our Education and Training team supporting learners to succeed and progress into their next steps. 

The post holder will be responsible for the quality assurance of both community learning and accredited provision, including the development and review of a strong and relevant curriculum that responds to existing and emerging community need. The Quality & Curriculum Coordinator will be responsible for the selection and the management of a pool of freelance tutors and will drive quality improvement in the service, including conducting graded observation of teaching and learning & learner walks, planning a yearly calendar of CPD and tutor meetings, and supporting tutors to enhance their Teaching, Learning and Assessment (TLA) practices. Reporting to the Community Education and Training Manager, you will ensure that the delivery of our qualifications is in line with accreditation guidelines and in compliance with the Awarding Organisations and will be responsible to carry out activities that support quality assurance for both community learning and accredited provision.

The successful applicant will have solid experience in the Adult Education sector, whether in a community setting or an adult education provider and will support the education service to maintain and improve quality in all key areas. You will possess a good understanding of the users engaged in our programmes and the multiple and complex barriers they may face when joining adult learning. You will have the interest of learners’ at heart and will contribute to ensuring that our courses are reaching the priority groups, paying close attention to Learner Voice and the performance of all learners including the monitoring of Pass, Achievement, Attendance and Retention rates. You will lead and inspire a group of sessional tutors to deliver contextualised, high quality and engaging programmes across our provision.

We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to help embed and expand Refugee Education UK’s  further education (FE) project. In this role, you’ll provide direct FE advice, guidance and support to a caseload of young refugees and asylum seekers who are struggling to access the education to which they are entitled. You’ll give expert advice and guidance to other professionals, run workshops for young people on the UK education system and co-lead training for practitioners on this topic. 

To flourish in this role, you need to be a quick learner, good communicator and team player. If this sounds like you and you’re excited by all that this job entails, we hope you’ll consider joining us.

As we look for new team members, exam grades and job titles are not the full picture - the context in which achievements were gained also matters. We actively seek to recruit with the right mix of talent, skills and potential, considering the impact of the context in which a candidate has worked or studied. We are an equal opportunities employer, and welcome applications from a wide range of candidates, including those with lived experience of forced migration and from other backgrounds that are currently underrepresented at REUK. 

Please refer to the job applicant pack (below as a PDF) for full information about this role and how to apply (please note that we ask you to address particular questions in your cover letter). If you’re unsure about whether or not this role is right for you, please feel free to get in touch to arrange a call before applying.

We are seeking a coordinator for our educational mentoring programme for young refugees and asylum seekers. The coordinator will oversee our West London mentoring hub by recruiting and training volunteer mentors, and matching them to young people needing additional educational support.

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate a strong approach to administration alongside being skilled at building relationships with a variety of stakeholders, including vulnerable young people, further education colleges and social workers.

As we look for new team members, exam grades and job titles are not the full picture - the context in which achievements were gained also matters. We actively seek to recruit with the right mix of talent, skills and potential, considering the impact of the context in which a candidate has worked or studied. We are an equal opportunities employer, and welcome applications from a wide range of candidates, including those with lived experience of forced migration and from other backgrounds that are currently underrepresented at REUK. 

Please refer to the job applicant pack (below as a PDF) for full information about this role and how to apply (please note that we ask you to address particular questions in your cover letter). If you’re unsure about whether or not this role is right for you, please feel free to get in touch to arrange a call before applying.

Care Coordinator

Contract: Permanent, Part Time

Hours: 21 hours per week

Location: Newcastle

Salary: £31,054 pro rata per annum (actual salary £18,632 per annum)

Job ref: VA447

Closing date: 01/08/2021

Expected date of interviews: w/c 09/08/2021

We have an exciting opportunity for a Care Coordinator to join our friendly multi-disciplinary team in Newcastle. You will work with our service users, comprising of adults, children and families to ensure that they each have a central role in planning their care, and are supported to access the most appropriate support for their needs.

The role will focus on the coordination of care across the rehabilitation pathways including:

· The assessment of service users, to identify their current clinical, social, and welfare needs, and to assess the suitability of our services to support those needs.

· Care coordination of an individual’s care, ensuring smooth transition through the clinical pathways offered within the service, and by external agencies.

· Working as part of the Multi-Disciplinary team while also working autonomously to assess and manage a range of clinical risk issues and clinical complexity.

· You will also act as the named keyworker for service users who would benefit from the Care Coordination approach present with complex and varying needs.

It is essential that you are a registered mental health nurse, social worker or occupational therapist with substantial post registration experience. If you have previous experience of coordinating care services in an NHS setting this would be advantageous experience. You must be able to demonstrate extensive knowledge of evidence based assessments and interventions and have advanced knowledge of safeguarding procedures and legislation.

In return, we offer a competitive package, with a generous 30 day annual leave entitlement, and 6% employer pension contribution (minimum 1% employee contribution).

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

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.

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. 

Freedom from Torture is committed to its responsibilities under safeguarding, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to a satisfactory DBS disclosure, as well as a need for full employment history, up to date employment references and the Right to work in the UK.

Freedom from Torture is an equal opportunity employer. People with lived experience of torture or asylum, from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQIA+ individuals and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.

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

No agencies please.

NAZ is looking to recruit an enthusiastic and dynamic individual to manage a caseload of individuals presenting with multiple needs. You will undertake comprehensive and holistic assessments of need and ensure individuals are meeting their health and wellbeing objectives and are supported to access the most appropriate pathways to services. You will be working with Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities within the three London boroughs of Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster.

The role is normally based at 21 Wardour Street, London W1D 6PN, with visits to the NAZ office 30 Blacks Road, W6 9DT and across multiple sites within the three boroughs and other London locations; though also includes working from home at present due to Covid-19.

Due to our delivery of peer engagement to predominantly BAME service users, this post is only open to people who are BAME (or multiple heritage including this).

About NAZ

NAZ is the sexual health charity dedicated to people experiencing better sexual health. We do this because there’s a big gap in the sexual health outcomes of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities compared to the general population. Everything we do works to reverse this trend.

Our evidence-based interventions are designed to enable those with the greatest risk of poor sexual health outcomes to have fulfilling sexual lives, understand how to access the right local service and ultimately to support better physical, mental and sexual health outcomes.

Background

Prior to the pandemic, The Margins Project (Margins) had approximately 200 attendees at its drop-ins every year.  These numbers have increased in recent years as we have refined and changed the focus of our services from the provision of food towards more advice, advocacy and employability, with the aim of helping our clients make meaningful and sustainable changes to their lives. Margins has grown from its historic roots as a soup kitchen to now offer:

• Crisis Services (in the form of Drop-In Services offering hot meal, advice on housing and benefits, showers and a Cold Weather Night Shelter*).
• Support Services (through such initiatives as English as a second language courses, numeracy training, a job club and therapy); and a
• Supported Employment Programme (primarily though our café training programme but also through office roles*).[1]

More than this, our guests report a real sense of community and trust when they visit Margins -The pandemic has impacted on the services that we can offer. With the Union Chapel venue closed, as a group of organisations, we continue to face an enormously challenging time.

However, during the crisis, The Margins Project adapted our services to ensure our food takeaway and advice support could continue; Union Chapel Project increased its community emergency response, and in partnership with other services, charities and groups, supporting and engaging many people in the local community experiencing extremely challenging times.

It remains a time of challenges and uncertainty, both for Union Chapel and for our wider society. Whilst the Everybody In scheme appeared to temporarily alleviate homelessness, the pandemic has already hit the most vulnerable hardest, and the longer term social and economic impact of the pandemic will most likely impact further.

Building on our work during the pandemic, Union Chapel Project launched pilot community programmes to re-connect, support, inspire and empower our local communities. The programme particularly engages vulnerable families, migrants and asylum seekers; young people; people who are ethnically diverse and have experienced racism; and the LGBT community – all groups with a strong intersectionality with the experience of homelessness, and who have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. 

Over the next year, a new strategy aiming to better integrate the work of Margins and Union Chapel Project will be developed and implemented, building on our reputation as an amazing performance venue delivering genuine social good. The Union Chapel strategy will focus on community engagement, empowerment, ownership and social justice, alongside the ambition to be more accessible, diverse and sustainable where all our communities feel and have a sense of belonging – to become a leading ethical arts centre for all.

The first stage of this community programme is engaging and supporting people experiencing homelessness or crisis. The Engagement Coordinator is integral to coordinating our direct access services supporting people in crisis, to engaging our wider community experiencing challenging times, and to working closely with the Supported Employment Programme and other community programmes in Union Chapel.

Duties and Responsibilities

Service delivery and management

• To coordinate the direct access and engagement services (including crisis drop-in services, night shelter and community drop-in activities)

• To coordinate volunteers, staff and guests engaged in these services to ensure smooth running and efficient delivery.
• To ensure guests are aware of various in-house programmes and facilities as well as encourage them to access these services.
• To work closely with the Supported Employment Programme (SEP) and wider Union Chapel programmes to ensure an integrated offer to people accessing the direct access service.
• To refer guests and Supported Employment trainees as appropriate to internal services and external partner agencies, as appropriate, for suitable embed and structured robust support plan. 
• To engage, and where appropriate, deliver outreach and engagement workshops to engage a wider community of people who are at risk of homelessness or crisis.
• To support Union Chapel’s wider response to the Covid crisis and coordinate our community emergency response with the manager and the CEO.
• To support the distribution of advice and creative resources and donation/support packs to benefit our guests/service users and other vulnerable communities.
• To oversee and ensure shower and laundry facilities are available and clean for guests throughout drop-ins
• To ensure volunteers adhere to essential policies and procedures around safeguarding, health and safety, and coronavirus guidance.

Service Development & Monitoring

• To work with Margins Manager to inform the CEO and UCM board review the strategic service delivery, including community outreach activities.
• In liaison with Margins Manager to ensure direct access to services are best meeting service users’ needs and are developing in line with the external changing climate (benefits, services, immigration regulations), engage in methods of evaluation of services – observation, consultation and research.

• Where required, coordinate the direct access services to better suit the needs of our community in consultation with Margins Manager, the community, staff, volunteers.
• Work with Margins Manager and wider organisation teams to support the development of Margins’ wider programmes.
• Support the strategic move and realignment of our service towards a strength-based, co-produced approach.

Line & Volunteer management

• Line-manage and rota the volunteers
• Oversee the Volunteer Programme for the direct access service, and support the review and improvement of the Volunteer Programme across Union Chapel.
• Recruit volunteers from the community, encouraging Margins guests and people with lived experience to volunteer to become a productive part of the Margins community and offer on-going personal support 
• In liaison with Margins Manager, provide initial training for new volunteers; design appropriate training and development of volunteers, monitor and encourage progress and where appropriate, deliver training.
• Funding pending, assist in the management and support of kickstart young employees (details TBC.

Partnerships and Communications

• Where appropriate and delegated, act as an ambassador for Margins and Union Chapel to ensure community involvement, positive cooperation with local organisations and Islington Council; lead contact on access and engagement service with key partners and Islington council
• Support partnerships and attend networks meetings to support and inform crisis and engagement activities where necessary and appropriate

• Support the Margins Manager in the development of effective promotional materials for the project and PR requests, as and when
• Document Margins and community activities through photos and videos; provide content for social media, reports and marketing.

Monitoring & Reporting

• Coordinate embed and improved monitoring and data collection methods with guests, to help grow our insight into who we are supporting and how we can improve.
• In liaison with Margins Manager, Collect and compile statistics relating to demand for project services, outcomes and volunteer attendance.
• Support the Margins Manager to produce board and funder reports as required

Finance & Fundraising

• Work with Margins Manager to ensure that project expenditure is to budget and plans.
• Support Margins Manger and wider UCP with funding reports, case studies, funding opportunities, as and when needed. 

Diversity

• In liaison with Margins Manager, work with the team and wider Union Chapel to continue to review how our services, staff and volunteering opportunities, Supported Employment Programme and wider activities are diverse and representative of our communities.
• Ensure our services and activities serve to improve diversity and representation, and address as well as tackle discrimination and oppression at all opportunities.
• Support Union Chapel’s developing Diversity Plans, towards an organisation that is more representative and owned by our local communities.

Charity Governance and Operations 

• Support the Margins Manager in the development and implementation of organisational policies, and procedures

• Work with the Head Chef and Margins Manager to ensure that the kitchen operates within Health & Safety and Food In liaison with Margins Manager and head Chef, coordinate Hygiene procedures are UpToDate.
• Responsible for ensuring relevant staff and volunteers are suitably DBS-checked

Undertake any other duties that may be reasonably required

PLEASE NOTE: responsibilities and job title may change following governance and structure review

Person Specification

Essential 

• Experience of working with people with lived experience or at risk of homelessness, people experiencing isolation or oppression, along with an understanding of the issues that face them.
• Experience of coordinating direct access and outreach community services in a team setting within the homelessness sector or other civil society settings.
• Experience (and if possible, qualifications) around providing advice, guidance and pastoral care to people in crisis and people entering employment/training.
• Understanding of (and ideally experience of) the importance of arts and creativity in transforming lives.
• Experience of recruiting and managing volunteers and overseeing volunteer programmes for the whole community.
• Experience of working in close partnership with other services, groups and organisations.
• Excellent communication skills and proficient in IT skills
• A willingness to work flexibly and develop the role to best meet the needs and changes of the organisation and our communities.
• Committed to personal and professional development. 

Desirable

• Experience of developing and coordinating services towards being strengths-based, people-focused and co-produced.
• Fundraising and budget management experience.
• Experience of working with third sector organisations in the London Borough of Islington.
• Experience of delivering training to volunteers including people with lived experience.

We particularly encourage applicants from backgrounds currently underrepresented at Union Chapel and the wider sector, including people from diverse ethnic communities and people with lived experience and/or from communities this programme intends to engage. This includes residents of social housing; people with experience of homelessness; migrants/asylum seekers; young people; the LGBT community; and people from communities that have been particularly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

[1] *Night shelter and supported employment programme impacted during pandemic and government restrictions.

Ideally, you will:

• Be someone who young people easily warm to recognising you as a trusted professional
• Be able to work effectively within a team
• Have experience of working with young people, supporting emotional health and wellbeing in non-traditional settings
• Strong awareness of legislation as it applies to young people particularly focussed on mental health, safeguarding, substance misuse, criminal justice and broader emotional health and well being
• Be prepared to work evenings and/or occasional weekends as required by the role
• To contribute to the wider work of the charity and its entrepreneurial development
• Be a reflective practitioner in the role

As a worker you will be child focussed in your practice, you will be a reflective worker who engages in the opportunities to build on your practice that this role offers. You are someone who is organised in your administration and yet can work at depth with vulnerable young people and their families. You will have a knowledge base of the environment of children and family services and will bring to the role your willingness and experience to support others to change lives and safeguard as required.

Care Coordinator

Contract:Permanent, Part Time

Hours:21 hours per week (must include Tuesday mornings)

Location:Manchester

Salary:£31,054 pro rata per annum (actual salary £18,632)

Application closing date: 8 August 2021

Expected date of interviews: 12, 16 & 19 August 2021

Job reference: VA451

Would you like to combine your experience of working in a mental health or social care setting with your passion for working with survivors of torture, to make a positive difference in someone’s life?

We have an exciting opportunity for a Care Coordinator to join our friendly busy centre located in Manchester, where you will support in our clinical service delivery to our clients who are survivors of torture and organised violence. This is a truly pivotal role in the support of pain management strategies for our clients, which involves linking with, GPs, community physio services and running and facilitating 1:1 and group psychological pain management interventions alongside your colleagues. 

Your client base will comprise of adults, children and families, many of whom have a breadth of complex needs. The key focus of the role will be the coordination of care for these clients across our rehabilitation pathways. Working together with our therapists, and legal and welfare staff as part of a truly multi-disciplinary team, you will assess the client care needs, prepare care plans and provide stabilisation support.

To be successful in this role you will need to use your evidence based assessment and intervention knowledge to confidently determine each client’s treatment needs and ensure that they are able to access the most appropriate support for their needs via multi-agency services.

Coordination of care across the rehabilitation pathways will include:

· Identifying the current clinical, social, and welfare needs of clients.

· Ensuring smooth transition through the clinical pathways offered within the service, and by external agencies.

· Working as part of the Multi-Disciplinary team while also working autonomously to assess and manage a range of clinical risk issues and clinical complexity.

· Acting as the named keyworker for clients who would benefit from Care Coordination.

· Empowering clients by enabling them to be involved in planning their own care.

This is an exciting time to join Freedom from Torture as we are focusing our efforts on the implementation of a new national strategy which places survivors at the very core of what we do. You will be given the opportunity to influence how the strategy is implemented nationally as well as shaping the delivery of the service within the Centre that you are based.

It’s essential that you are a registered mental health nurse, social worker or occupational therapist with substantial professional post registration experience and you must also be able to demonstrate extensive knowledge of safeguarding procedures and legislation.

If you would like to know more about the role please contact, Ann Salter at our Manchester office (email address is in the apply link).

In return, we offer a competitive package, with a generous 30-day annual leave entitlement, and 6% employer pension contribution and 1% employee contribution.

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

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.

We campaign for positive 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.

Freedom from Torture is committed to its responsibilities under safeguarding, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to a satisfactory DBS disclosure, as well as a need for full employment history and up to date employment references and the Right to work in the UK.

Freedom from Torture is an equal opportunity employer! People from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQIA+ individuals and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.

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

No agencies.

Care Coordinator

Contract:Permanent, Part Time

Hours:28 hours per week

Location:Birmingham

Salary:  £31,054 pro rata per annum (actual salary £24,844) Grade 18R

Application closing date: 1 August 2021

Expected date of interviews: 12, 16 & 19 August 2021

Job reference: VA403

Would you like to combine your experience of working in a mental health or social care setting with your passion for working with survivors of torture, to make a positive difference in someone’s life?

We have an exciting opportunity for a Care Coordinator to join our friendly busy centres located in Birmingham, where you will support in our clinical service delivery to our clients who are survivors of torture and organised crime. This is a truly pivotal role in the support of pain management strategies for our clients, which involves linking with, GPs, community physio services and running and facilitating 1:1 and group psychological pain management interventions alongside your colleagues.

Your client base will comprise of adults, children and families, many of whom have a breadth of complex needs. The key focus of the role will be the coordination of care for these clients across our rehabilitation pathways. Working together with our therapists, and legal and welfare staff as part of a truly multi-disciplinary team, you will assess the client care needs, prepare care plans and provide stabilisation support.

To be successful in this role you will need to use your evidence based assessment and intervention knowledge to confidently determine each client’s treatment needs and ensure that they are able to access the most appropriate support for their needs via multi-agency services.

Coordination of care across the rehabilitation pathways will include:

· Identifying the current clinical, social, and welfare needs of clients.

· Ensuring smooth transition through the clinical pathways offered within the service, and by external agencies.

· Working as part of the Multi-Disciplinary team while also working autonomously to assess and manage a range of clinical risk issues and clinical complexity.

· Acting as the named keyworker for clients who would benefit from Care Coordination.

· Empowering clients by enabling them to be involved in planning their own care.

This is an exciting time to join Freedom from Torture as we are focusing our efforts on the implementation of a new national strategy which places survivors at the very core of what we do. You will be given the opportunity to influence how the strategy is implemented nationally as well as shaping the delivery of the service within the Centre that you are based.

It’s essential that you are a registered mental health nurse, social worker or occupational therapist with substantial professional post registration experience and you must also be able to demonstrate extensive knowledge of safeguarding procedures and legislation.

If you would like to know more about the role please contact:

Sarah Owen at our Birmingham office – full contact details on the apply link.

In return, we offer a competitive package, with a generous 30-day annual leave entitlement, and 6% employer pension contribution and 1% employee contribution.

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

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.

We campaign for positive 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.

Freedom from Torture is committed to its responsibilities under safeguarding, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to a satisfactory DBS disclosure, as well as a need for full employment history and up to date employment references and the Right to work in the UK.

Freedom from Torture is an equal opportunity employer! People from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQIA+ individuals and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.

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

No agencies.

Do you have a passion and commitment to working for a charitable organisation.

Brushstrokes is an award-winning project in partnership with Father Hudson’s Care, The Infant Jesus Sisters and the parish of St Philip Neri, Smethwick. The project is well established with a proven track record in supporting refugees, asylum seekers and migrants in Sandwell and surrounding areas.

We require an ESOL and Learning Coordinator to lead and coordinate our ESOL and learning programme at Brushstrokes.  The post has responsibility for developing the course programme, maintaining ESOL accreditation, coordinating timetables, managing the small ESOL staff team and volunteers, as well as directly delivering learning to students.

With experience of teaching and delivering ESOL from foundation to entry 3 you will have a working knowledge of IELTS/OET delivery, experience of arranging training, group activities and courses and a good understanding of the client group.  The successful candidate will have good assessment, planning and organising skills, be able to produce accurate reports to deadlines and have excellent communication skills including group work.  An enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service will also be requested for the successful applicant.

You will have the ability to work with people from differing social and cultural backgrounds, be flexible and committed to our ethos of welcoming the stranger.

We are looking for some flexibility to undertake evening and weekend work.

Father Hudson’s Care is a committed employer that proactively pursues our ambitions for equality, diversity and inclusion in all that we do, building on our core values.

As a reward for your dedication to our services we offer the following:-

Benefits:-

• Enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service funded by the Society.
• Supported and bespoke full induction programme
• Enhanced Society Sick Pay and Statutory Sick Pay upon qualifying period
• Enhanced Annual Leave entitlements
• Group Company Pension Scheme upon qualifying period
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme offering confidential support on

personal and professional matters

• Refer a friend scheme
• Employee suggestion scheme accessible via intranet
• On line Payslips
• Excellent free on line and face to face training to help develop and enhance your

skills

• Investing in our employees enhancing developmental opportunities
• Long Service Awards

Applications need to be submitted by end of Sunday 22nd August 2021 and interviews will be held on Friday 27th August 2021.

The role

Help us increase the impact of our services for people with secondary breast cancer.

As part of a new specialist team reporting to the Services Development Manager, Secondary Breast Cancer, you will be responsible for the delivery of both our face-to-face and online services for people with secondary breast cancer across the UK. Duties include coordinating service events, liaising with venues and speakers and recruiting, training and working with sessional therapists; including facilitating some online services.  You will work with the Services Development Manager to ensure Breast Cancer Now delivers a quality support and information service. A key part of the role involves developing and maintaining relationships with healthcare professions and other external stakeholders to promote our services and increase their reach and uptake. Flexibility to travel and work outside normal office hours, with occasional overnight stays is required.

About you

You will demonstrate a passion and commitment for supporting people with secondary breast cancer and an understanding of the challenges a diagnosis can bring. You must have experience of developing and delivering information, health or other support services and knowledge of UK healthcare systems. With excellent verbal and written communication skills, you will enjoy managing relationships with a range of different stakeholders, often remotely. Organised and with excellent time management skills, you must be able to use your initiative and prioritise your workload. You will work as part of a busy newly-formed team operating across different geographical sites, and therefore you will need to be a supportive and resilient colleague delivering an increased service offer to people living with secondary breast cancer.

About us

We’re Breast Cancer Now, the charity that’s steered by world-class research and powered by life-changing care. We’re here for anyone affected by breast cancer, the whole way through, providing support for today and hope for the future.

We’re that trusted friend that people affected by breast cancer turn to for caring support when they need it most. The expert authority on breast cancer research who is making breakthroughs and driving forward progress. And a vehicle for change, acting now to make sure anyone affected by breast cancer gets the best possible treatment and care.

We believe that we can change the future of breast cancer and make sure that, by 2050, everyone diagnosed with the disease lives – and is supported to live well. But we need to act now.

Please note that currently Breast Cancer Now is following Government guidelines regarding working from home. Although the role is based in London the expectation is that once restrictions are eased we will follow a blended approach between office and home working. Should you have any queries with regards to this please email us in the first instance, using the contact details provided.

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

Closing date Sunday 1 August 2021 at 11:59pm

Interview date Monday 9 August 2021 (virtual)