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ID: 1568 Social Media Executive
Service: Digital Marketing
Salary: £28,598 - £31,384 FTE per annum £23,187.57 - £25,446.49 per annum, pro rata + £480 home working allowance)
Location: Homebased – with occasional Directorate days in London
Hours: Part time, 30 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Family Action & the Role’s Impact:
At Family Action we support people through change, challenge or crisis. It’s what we’ve done for over 150 years. We protect children, support young people and adults and offer direct, practical help to families and communities.
We see first-hand the power of family to shape lives, for better or worse, so we speak up for the
importance of family in national and local policymaking, amplify family voices and represent the changing needs of families in the UK today.
As part of the Social Media Team and wider Digital Marketing department, you will support the day-to-day running of Family Action’s social media activity. Working with the Social Media Manager, you will help deliver engaging and consistent content across our main channels, including Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube - ensuring posts are accurate, timely and aligned with organisational priorities such as fundraising, brand awareness, service marketing, volunteering and influencing.
Main Responsibilities:
· Content delivery: Support the Social Media Manager by drafting, scheduling, and publishing content across Family Action’s channels, ensuring posts are engaging, accessible, and aligned with organisational priorities.
· Community & performance: Lead community management, monitor trends, gather analytics, and report on performance to help improve engagement.
· Collaboration & creativity: Work with colleagues to surface stories, create visual content, and contribute ideas for campaigns.
· Service support: Help services use social media safely and effectively through training, guidance, and managing access to accounts
Main Requirements (for details check the job description and person specification):
· Good understanding of social media platforms and experience creating or adapting engaging content.
· Strong writing skills, with creativity and attention to detail in both text and visuals.
· Ability to use basic design/video tools (e.g. Canva, Adobe Express, CapCut) and willingness to learn new systems.
· Organised and proactive, able to prioritise tasks, gather analytics, and report on performance.
· Collaborative and adaptable, with the ability to work with colleagues across the organisation - including supporting services to use social media safely and effectively through guidance, training and managing access to accounts.
Benefits:
- an annual paid leave entitlement that commences at 25 working days
- up to 6% matched-pension contributions
- flexible working arrangements and new starters have the right to make flexible working requests from day one of employment
- enhanced paid sick leave and paid family leave provisions
- eye care and winter flu jabs vouchers
- cycle to work scheme
- investing in your professional development with ongoing quality training and career development opportunities
We are forward looking, ambitious and committed to continuous improvement. We are a people focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all we do and operates with mutual respect.
To Apply:
· Click the “Apply Now” link below and fill out our digital application form
· Closing Date: Sunday 5th October 2025 at 23:59
· To learn more about Family Action: Careers
Interviews are likely to take place virtually on 15th and 16th October.
For any queries, or if you would like to discuss any aspect of the selection process or the potential for flexible working, please email: Ursula Doorga (full email address on advert document)
All appointments with Family Action are subject to satisfactory Safer Recruitment checks.
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion:
We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process and you will be asked whether you require any adjustments if shortlisted for interview. We also make reasonable adjustments on the job, where required.
We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Intersectionality is important to us and we particularly welcome applications from ethnically diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ candidates and disabled candidates because we are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at Family Action. We know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families and children and strive for our workforce to be truly representative of the diverse communities we support. We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role.
To help remove financial barriers to working with us, we will reimburse travel costs if you are invited to attend an interview in person.
*Ordinarily Family Action appoints new starters at the starting point of the salary scale (with subsequent annual pay progression), unless you have experience that would justify appointment further up the salary scale or there are any other exceptional reasons.
Family Action is an award-winning national charity working from the heart of local communities across England and Wales.




We are working in partnership with Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust to deliver the Bromley Mental Health Hub. This forms part of the transformation of mental health services in the London borough of Bromley under the NHS Long Term Plan.
The service brings together the expertise of local primary, secondary and voluntary sector mental health care providers with the aim of providing flexible, holistic and integrated services for adults with mental health problems. The integrated team provides brief intervention support to people with mental health problems within a primary care and community mental health setting, helping people develop their independence, self-management skills and achieve their recovery goals.
We are looking for a full time Peer Support Worker to provide recovery-orientated one to one and group-based peer support to people with common and long-term mental health problems. The successful candidate will work with clients to improve their confidence and resilience, reduce social isolation and help them integrate further into the local community, whilst also providing general support for the day-to-day self-management of their client’s mental health.
You will use your own mental health lived experience to build good rapport with your clients and ensure your approach is meaningful. You will need to be organised, resilient, flexible, and empathetic in supporting clients to achieve their goals. The role will include:
- Providing one to one and group based recovery-orientated peer support for mental health
- Empowering and supporting clients to access and navigate healthcare, wellbeing and community services
- Working with the Peer Support Coordinators to plan and develop content and resources for recovery-based workshops and peer support groups
- Working with the Peer Support Coordinators to induct, train and support Peer Support Volunteers
- Promoting understanding of the principles and practice of peer support
- Working collaboratively with hub staff, partners & stakeholders across the borough of Bromley
Successful applicants will be expected to undergo an Enhanced Level Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Closing date: Sunday 21st September (11:59pm)
Likely interview date: Week commencing 29th September
We encourage early applications as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications.
About Us
SEL Mind supports people with mental health problems and dementia in the boroughs of Bromley, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark. We are proud of our diverse workforce and know that our organisation is made stronger by the variety of backgrounds, experience, and ideas within it. We promote a culture of inclusion and representation, and are working hard to build a workforce that even better reflects the communities we support.
SEL Mind is somewhere that you can be your authentic self without fear of discrimination on the grounds of ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, neurodivergence, gender, age, lived experience of mental health problems or anything else that’s part of who you are.
Read more about staff benefits and why staff love working here on our website.
We work to be there when it matters for people living with mental health problems and dementia in Bromley, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham, and Southwark




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The basics
Location: Agile working
Contract: Permanent, subject to funding
Hours: 16 hours per week
Starting salary: £27,445 FTE (£13,722.50 pro rata)
Who we are
Safer London is a charity working with young Londoners and families who are affected by violence and exploitation. We believe that when a child or young person comes to us they are just that – a child or a young person: we don’t define them by the issue that has brought them to us. By working alongside young Londoners, their families and peers in the places where they spend their time, we can create a safe London not just for them but for everyone.
Who you are
Would you like to make a difference to the lives of Young Londoners?
Do you enjoy helping people get the best out of online systems, designing and delivering high quality training and resources?
Do you have the expertise to provide support to users of case recording systems?
If so, you might be just who we are looking for!
If you are committed and resilient, and believe you have what it takes to help us to improve the lives of young Londoners and their families please apply.
What the role involves
1. Ensuring that there are regular training opportunities for both new starters and those requiring refresher sessions or updates when new functions or forms are released. This will include running system training drop in sessions to assist with queries / hear feedback, and relaying information from these to the Information Governance and IT manager.
2. To support managing the case recording system help desk – so that support is always ava
ilable to front line workers and other stakeholders.
3. Working with the Learning and Development Coordinator to establish an evaluation method and implement this to enable us to assess the effectiveness of each training session and using this to improve future delivery.
4. Produce effective training materials and guidance documents, and develop and maintain a training area on our case recording system, including the creation of dummy forms and files for new users to access and use as a training sandbox
5. Performing case recording system changes to forms and lists as directed by the Information Governance and IT Lead
6. Support the Data Reporting and System Support Lead with regards to user administration and user support at times of absence and increased need
7. Working with the Learning and Development Coordinator to support the creation of e-learning training modules for our LMS (currently RISE) Acting at all times in line with safeguarding legislation and guidance in addition to Safer London’s practice guidelines and wider pan-London processes and protocols.
8. Undertaking any other duties as required and commensurate with the level of this post, including covering the Data Reporting and CRS support lead post functions when relevant.
Additional Information
Safer London is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect anyone who works and volunteers with us to share this commitment. As part of this commitment we will request a DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) check, as well as references covering the last five years, for the successful candidates.
We value diversity and encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. We know that in order to make London a safer place for the young people that live here we need a diverse range of perspectives, experience, and knowledge.
Why working for us is different:
Encouraging work life balance
Ø Safer London is a 4 day/32 hour (FTE) working week organisation. This means that you have a regular day off in the week with no impact on your pay.
Ø 179 hours annual leave (plus bank holidays and pro rata for those who join us part time) rising after 3 and 5 years of service.
Ø Flexible and smart working policies in line with an agile way of working.
Ø Agile working - meaning you can work from different locations like home, in the community, from our office (job dependent).
Enriching your work life
Ø Opportunities for learning and development
Ø New modern offices
Ø Opportunities to feedback including surveys and groups
Ø Reflective practice sessions
Ø Reduced caseloads compared to statutory services
Caring for you and your family
Ø Enhanced family leave
Ø Death in service benefit
Ø Thinking about your finances
Ø Discounted season ticket loan
Ø Pension scheme
Ø Cycle to work scheme
Ø Expenses float scheme
Sound good? Here’s how to apply
To apply please complete the online application form and submit it as soon as possible: Safer London runs a rolling recruitment process which means that applications are shortlisted and invited for interview within one week of receipt. As soon as a suitable candidate is found no further applications will be considered.
As part of the online application you will be required to confirm you have read our Privacy and Cookie Policy and Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy.
Please make sure you find the Job Pack attached by clicking the apply button on this page or find it on Safer London’s Website.
Should you need any adjustments to the recruitment process or if you experience any technical issues when trying to access and/or complete the application through the online portal, please contact us via the “Contact us” section of our website or find our contact information in the Job Pack.
Safer London is not a sponsoring organisation for foreign nationals and you must be able to show proof that you have permission to live and work in the UK in order to be considered for this role.
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The Organisation
The Royal Parks (TRP) is a charity created in March 2017. We manage over 5,000 acres of diverse parkland, rare habitats and historic buildings and monuments in eight Royal Parks across London. These are Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, The Green Park, St James’s Park, The Regent's Park and Primrose Hill, Greenwich Park, Richmond Park and Bushy Park.
We also manage other important public spaces including Brompton Cemetery and Victoria Tower Gardens. Our eight Royal Parks and other iconic green spaces are among the most visited attractions in the UK with 77 million visits every year.
We are now looking for an Assistant Retail Manager to join us on a full-time, permanent basis, working 36 hours per week. Due to the nature of this role, you will be required to be on-site and cover a 5 in 7 rota.
The Benefits
- Salary of up to £37,000 per annum, depending on experience
- 26 days' annual leave plus public holidays, increasing to 29 days after 3 years’ service
- Pension scheme (3% employee contribution; up to 10% employer contribution)
- Private medical insurance and healthcare cash plan
- Employee assistance programme and access to mental health first aiders
- Learning and development opportunities
- Cycle to work scheme
- Offices in a beautiful location
This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced retail manager with strong leadership and merchandising skills to join our inspiring organisation.
You’ll have the chance to combine career growth with a one-of-a-kind working environment. From Hyde Park to Richmond Park, no two days will ever feel the same; you’ll hone your leadership skills in settings as unique and vibrant as the people who visit them.
So, if you want to develop your career while working in some of the capital’s most beautiful and historic locations, apply today!
The Role
As our Assistant Retail Manager, you’ll support the Retail Manager to deliver an outstanding retail operation across our flagship shop, pop-ups, and e-commerce channel.
In this varied role, you’ll be responsible for leading and motivating the retail team, ensuring excellence in customer experience, visual merchandising, and overall retail standards.
You’ll also help manage financial performance, support staff development, and handle customer queries and complaints with professionalism and care.
Additionally, you will:
- Oversee daily shop operations, including opening/closing, tills, and security
- Manage stock control, deliveries, and e-commerce fulfilment
- Support the recruitment, training, and career development of retail staff
- Co-ordinate rotas and ensure effective deployment of staff across trading channels
- Ensure compliance with health and safety, HR, and company procedures
Please note, this role will involve lifting and manoeuvring stock.
About You
To be considered as our Assistant Retail Manager, you will need:
- Retail management or supervisory experience, including managing and leading retail teams to deliver income of more than £500k across a broad range of products
- Experience in a customer-focused role
- The ability to train, develop, lead, and inspire a team
- A high level of visual merchandising skills
Other organisations may call this role Assistant Store Manager, Retail Team Leader, Deputy Shop Manager, Retail Supervisor, Retail Operations Supervisor, Customer Service Supervisor, Retail Sales Supervisor, Assistant Shop Supervisor, or Retail Assistant Manager.
We want to put everyone in the best possible position to succeed and use Recite-me accessibility software. At the top of the application page, there is an “Accessibility Tools” button which you can use to complete the application form in a way that works for you. If you think that you may need more support to complete our application process, please do get in touch.
The Royal Parks is strongly committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and is an equal opportunities employer. We value diversity and encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. Please visit our website to find out more on our approach to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.
So, if you are interested in this unique opportunity as an Assistant Retail Manager, please apply via the button shown. Successful candidates will be appointed on merit.
We provide free access to London’s beautiful, natural and historic green spaces, to help improve everyone’s quality of life and wellbeing.



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Are you a young woman aged 18 to 25 and interested in developing your professional and office-based skills?
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Do you have lived experience of being affected by criminal exploitation & violence which is typically associated with ‘gangs’ and county lines?
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Do you want to work alongside other women for 12 months in an organisation that focuses specifically on making things better for girls and young women affected by criminal exploitation and violence?
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Are you interested in work-based experience to evidence on your CV and in support of you moving into future work opportunities?
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Do you have lived experience related to Abianda's work and find that you are facing barriers to employment and education opportunities?
If yes, then you might like to consider applying for Abianda’s internship programme.
Abianda is a London-based charity that works with young women and girls affected by criminal exploitation and violence, and the professionals who support them. We exist to ensure young women are no longer hidden in our communities and can live free from harm and abuse. We aim to bring about a culture shift in how services are delivered to young women and girls, so that they can access support that works for them when they need it.
This entry-level role is open to 18-25-year-old young women* who have been affected by criminal exploitation and violence. These experiences could be direct or indirect through relationships or areas and places lived or spent time in. You may also be a young woman who has had experience with statutory systems such as criminal justice, policing, social services or the care system where some of your experiences may be related to what is typically known as ‘criminal exploitation and violence’.
*We welcome non-binary people if they feel that they have lived experience that aligns with that of women and girls.
Details of the role:
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Working 3 or 4 days a week for 12 months on a fixed-term contract
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Salary: £15,124.20 per annum (paid monthly), 21 hours a week (0.6 full-time equivalent) Monday to Friday business hours, negotiable start and end times
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Hybrid working, based in the Abianda office, Screenworks, Highbury Fields, N5 and some working from home
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Line managed by Sam, Abianda’s Head of Operations
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You will be provided with a laptop and phone to work from
The job description is attached. You can read more about how to apply at abianda[dot]com/internship-application
Our mission is to support young women harmed by criminal exploitation and violence to develop independence and agency.

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Main Purpose of Role
CFAB is a national charity and the UK-branch of the International Social Service network. Our social work team helps to resolve cases involving child protection, children in care, and vulnerable adults when the case crosses international borders. CFAB social workers offer advice and guidance to individuals and local authorities and help to link social work services between the UK and another country. CFAB social workers engage in direct work with beneficiaries through kinship assessments and risk assessments.
The main purpose of the role is: to manage a caseload of complex cases originating in the UK or overseas which involve child protection issues; to support, advise and quality assure the work of social workers in other countries; to deliver training to professionals on issues related to international social work, and: when needed, to complete kinship assessments of family members who have come forward to care for a child in care.
Note: Whilst there are some opportunities to complete direct work with service users, such opportunities are limited as the focus of the role involves supporting social workers abroad and delivering training to UK Local Authorities.
Main duties, tasks and key results
1. To hold a caseload of allocated cases originating in the UK or overseas
- Quality assuring complex kinship and parenting assessments completed by social workers abroad for court proceedings in the UK.
- Managing complex cases requiring liaison with local authorities or individuals in the UK, and the relevant authorities overseas to resolve the case;
- Assessing cases referred to CFAB, identifying the intervention required and the resources/agency to undertake it
- Preparing information for referral abroad or to an agency in the UK;
- Establishing, developing and maintaining relationships with clients and/or agencies in the UK and overseas to ensure the progression of cases to resolution;
- Ensuring that all cases are dealt with in a manner consistent with CFAB guidelines and Social Work England’s’ professional standards;
- Undertaking the required administrative tasks.
2. To participate in running the Advice Line service and responding to enquiries made to CFAB
- Offering advice to local authorities, NGOs and individuals
- Advising on referral procedure and fees
- Sending follow-up documents to enquirers
- Liaising with overseas partners for advice and to establish if services are available
3. To provide training to local authority professionals
- Deliver training sessions, jointly and single-handedly, to UK authorities on issues relating to international child protection, e.g. child trafficking and private fostering
- Present on CFAB’s behalf to conferences on international child protection, as required.
4. To undertake social work assessments
- Undertake kinship assessments of individuals in the UK who have applied to care for a child within their family who is in care in another country;
5. To support the development of the Social Work Team and wider CFAB team through:
- Participation in social work and CFAB team meetings
- Regular supervision meetings with line manager
- Representing CFAB to external partners
- Contributing to special projects as required
6. To be adaptable and willing to take on new roles and responsibilities as the services of CFAB develop in response to the changing needs
7. To maintain up to date knowledge of legislation and policies affecting the work of CFAB to ensure a high quality consultancy service to service users.
8. To present, represent and promote the organisation to a range of audiences and settings, including promotional events.
SKILLS/ABILITIES/KNOWLEDGE
Essential
1. Right to work in the UK
2. A thorough and in-depth knowledge of safeguarding issues and all relevant UK legislation and knowledge of international regulations.
3. Strong reporting writing and analytical skills
4. Ability to use discretion and judgement when dealing with sensitive and confidential information.
5. Ability and commitment to undertake all duties and interactions with employees, partner providers and customers fairly, without unlawful discrimination, and with due regard to CFAB’s equality, diversity and health and safety polices.
6. Knowledge and understanding of cross cultural social care issues and commitment to the charitable services CFAB provides.
7. Excellent spoken and written English.
8. Excellent ICT skills.
Desirable
9. Experience of conducting assessments to inform court proceedings in the UK
10. Experience of working for a charity or NGO
11. Experience of working in international child protection and/or in multicultural settings.
12. Ability to speak and write to a business level in a language relevant to CFAB’s work other than English
Special issues
Occasional requirement to travel within the UK to complete assessments or deliver training.
Key external contacts
International Social Service network partners
Local Authorities across the UK
Additional Requirements
1. Ensuring adherence to necessary legislation e.g. Data Protection Act, Health and Safety Act
This job description is a non-contractual document and may be changed at any time by CFAB. All employees are expected to be flexible over the tasks/duties and responsibilities of their roles in order to meet the needs of both of CFAB and our service users/partners.
CFAB exists to ensure that every child in the UK has the right to care, protection and family life, no matter where they come from.




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Are you passionate about delivering outstanding supporter experience and operational excellence?
Sue Ryder is seeking a proactive and experienced Supporter Services Team Leader to join our dynamic team. If you have a strong background in donation processing, financial reconciliation, and managing a team, this is your chance to make a real impact.
Supporting our Fundraising Directorate, you'll play a vital role in ensuring donation compliance, driving income processing efficiency, and leading a team to success. You'll work closely with the Supporter Services & Standards Manager to deliver strategic initiatives that support our mission.
Key responsibilities:
- Lead donation compliance: Oversee best practices and Gift Aid operations, ensuring donations are processed in line with standards, including for third-party platforms.
- Manage income processing & financial reconciliation: Take ownership of the financial reconciliation process, ensuring accuracy and transparency in income management.
- Team Leadership: Line manage the income processing side of the Supporter Services & Standards team, supporting their development and fostering a high-performance culture.
What we're looking for:
- Experience in supporter or customer care, particularly in donation processing and financial reconciliation.
- Leadership skills: Proven ability to manage, inspire, and develop a team to achieve goals.
- A passion for impact: A desire to contribute to the success of our fundraising efforts, and to help deliver strategic goals that support Sue Ryder’s mission.
- Proactive mindset: Ability to take initiative, solve problems, and drive continuous improvement in donation management.
At Sue Ryder, we’re committed to making a real difference in people's lives. By joining our team, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to our incredible work while advancing your own career in a supportive and rewarding environment. If you’re ready to take the next step in your career, we’d love to hear from you.
Competitive Benefits Package
- Company pension scheme
- 27 days holiday - rising to 33 with length of service plus bank holidays
- Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
- Enhanced sick pay
- Employee Networks - LGBTQ+, Ethnic Diversity and Equality, People with Disabilities, and Women and Non-Binary Individuals
- Refer a Friend scheme - £250 payment
- Inclusion passports
- Free Period Products
- Electric Vehicle Scheme
- Healthcare Cash Plan
- Death in Service Benefit
- Staff discount of 10% on new goods online
- Structured induction programme and learning and development opportunities.
- and lots more. Please visit our careers website for the full list.
Closing date: 25th September
Interview date: w/c 6th or 13th October (inc test)
We actively encourage applications from people from all backgrounds to help us to provide the best possible experience for the people who use our services and continue to make Sue Ryder a great place to work, and attract and recruit the best, most diverse workforce possible. We are particularly interested in increasing applications from the global majority, LGTBQIA+ and people with disabilities as they are currently underrepresented in our organisation.
Please let us know if you have any feedback to make our recruitment processes more accessible and inclusive or if you require any adjustments made to your application or interview process
If you want more than just a job, we want you.
Join the team and be there when it matters.
Sue Ryder is here to make sure everyone approaching the end of their life or living with grief can access the support they need. There is no one size fits all when it comes to how we cope and the help we need, but with our support, no one has to face dying or grief alone. We are there when it matters.
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Are you looking for a dynamic and rewarding role working for an organisation with the feminist agenda at the core of its ethos? Then Advance Charity could be the career choice for you!
We are looking for a Social Care IDVA
Salary: £26,000 - £32,000
Location: 4 days located across Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Social Care with 1 day per week remote working
Contract: Fixed term – March 2026 (with the view to extend)
Hours p/w: 35 hours per week
This post is open to female applicants only as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010. Please note: Any offer of employment will be made subject to references, confirmation of the right to work in the UK, and satisfactory enhanced DBS check.
About us
Advance is an award-winning and innovative women-only organisation, established in 1998, providing emotional and practical support to women and girls survivors of domestic abuse and supporting women with short-term sentences to reduce offending. We believe in empowering women and girls to lead safe, non-violent, equal lives so that they can flourish and contribute to the community.
We are a community-based organisation who lead in best practice approaches to supporting women in their local community. We achieve this by being available to meet and support women in local settings and at our women’s centres, and by working in close partnership with other agencies.
Our values are to listen and support, to empower and respect, collaboration, innovation, and accountability.
About the role:
The Social Care IDVA will work within a dynamic, fast paced, crisis intervention, advocacy, and support service to ensure the voice of survivors informs every stage of the process, specialising in working with women whose families are involved with Family Children Services and risk to children is a factor. You will work to make proactive contact and provide high quality advocacy and support based upon a client led needs and risk assessment to women, focusing on working with those aged 18 and over who access the domestic abuse service. This role is part advocacy, part training/education and project work to improve response to victim/survivors experiencing domestic abuse. You will be embedded in the local authority Family Children Services team, working with Social Care professionals to ensure they adopt a trauma informed approach, can recognise the dynamics of domestic abuse and are providing more holistic support. You will be the domestic abuse subject matter expert on site, upskilling fellow professionals and acting as a point of contact for any clients experiencing domestic abuse and support requirements from Family Children Services.
The borough has a focus on prioritising and developing good DA work in social care and this is an opportunity to be a major player in institutional change, ensuring that women accessing Family Children services for their children have an improved experience and that the local authorities are leading the way for all survivors engaging with their services.
Advance delivers nationally accredited, quality marked services in Hammersmith & Fulham, Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea, Brent, Ealing, and across parts of East London. We work within a coordinated partnership response to domestic violence to provide independent domestic violence advocacy and support for women, children and young people and women’s community services for women who are involved in the criminal justice system, in anti-social behaviour or are at risk of breaking the law.
About You:
You will have an excellent understanding of domestic violence and its effects on women and children and of best practice within the domestic abuse in various areas of need, with particular knowledge on children safeguarding/legislation. As an experienced domestic violence advocate who has worked with complex and multiple needs, the post holder will be skilled in risk management and safety planning, remaining calm in a crisis and in handling sensitive information on a daily basis. Experience of direct work with female survivors of domestic violence, of supporting women with child safeguarding, needs, and of working within safeguarding procedures is essential for this post, as is the need to adopt and promote a strong partnership approach to service provision.
To be successful as the Social Care IDVA you will need the below experience and skills:
You will establish positive, proactive, and innovative working relationships with housing services and partner agencies. Provide high-quality crisis intervention, information, advocacy, and proactive support to women referred to the service, in respect to risk management and safety planning, criminal and civil remedies, housing, health, welfare rights, and children’s legislation.
Your abilities extends to assessing the needs and risks of survivors, carry out short and longer-term risk management, safety planning and support and identify and refer to services appropriate to their needs. Advising women of their rights and options for seeking help and support from other agencies and proactively advocate to ensure barriers to accessing support and protection are reduced. You will work as an advocate and educator to raise awareness and upskill professionals within Children Social Care plus work with colleagues to successfully develop and deliver training.
How to apply:
Please submit your up-to-date CV with a supporting statement. Please note that only applications made via the job advert on the Advance careers page, and those that include a cover letter will be considered.
Interviews are taking place on rolling basis
*Advance reserves the right to close the advert early, or on the appointment of a candidate
What we can offer you - Employee Benefits:
- A 35-hour working week
- An exceptional 30 days of paid holiday per year (pro rata for part time), PLUS public holidays on top (that's nearly 40 days paid holiday per year!)
- Additional days off to celebrate International Women’s Day, and for religious observance and moving home
- Perkbox - an employee discount platform where you can receive free rewards as well as take advantage of savings on clothes, groceries, travel, leisure and more
- Pension scheme
- Enhanced maternity/adoption provision
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee eye-care scheme
- Clinical supervision for front line staff and first line management roles
- Refer a Friend Scheme - £250 for each referral who passes probation
- Organisation wide away days
- Thorough induction and training
- Career development pathways
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Under the Equality Act 2010, we are required to make any reasonable adjustments. If you have a disability as defined under this act and/or have special needs, please email the Talent Acquisition Team via the Advance website and we will aim to make the necessary arrangements to accommodate your needs.
Diversity, Inclusion and Equal Opportunities
We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and actively seek to recruit people from groups underrepresented in our current team. We have policies and processes in place to ensure that all employees are offered an equal opportunity in recruitment and selection, promotion, training, pay and benefits.
Safeguarding
Advance is committed to safeguarding and creating a culture of zero-tolerance of harm and expects all staff, including volunteers to share this commitment. We believe all individuals have the right to live their life free from violence and abuse and the right to feel and be safe. We have a suite of safeguarding policies, procedures and practice guidance, accessible to all staff, which promotes safeguarding and safer working practices across all our services and activities. When we recruit staff, we follow rigorous safer recruitment practices, this involves carrying out pre-employment checks including references, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks, and identity checks. We ensure all staff undertake mandatory safeguarding training relevant to their role and responsibilities, to empower them to be competent and feel confident in recognising and responding appropriately to safeguarding issues and promote wellbeing.
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Salary: £28,000 FTE
Hours: Full time – 35 hours per week
Days and Times: Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm
Responsible to: Hospital Services Manager
Responsible for: Volunteers
Employed by: Age UK Hillingdon, Harrow and Brent
Contract: 1 year fixed term (with potential to extend)
Location: Ealing Hospital, 601 Uxbridge Road, Southall, UB1 3HW (map)
Closing Date: 12 noon on Thursday 18th September
Interviews: Wednesday 24th September
ACCESS TO A CAR AND A CLEAN FULL DRIVING LICENCE IS A REQUIREMENT OF THIS POSITION
Are you passionate about helping older people live safely and confidently at home? We’re looking for someone caring, proactive, and motivated to join our team and make a real difference.
In this role, you’ll be a friendly face and a trusted support for older people as they leave hospital. You’ll help make the journey home smooth and safe, reduce the risk of falls or readmission, and ensure people feel confident and supported in their own surroundings.
This is your chance to work alongside hospital staff, community teams, and voluntary sector partners — bringing everyone together to create the very best outcomes for patients and their families.
What you’ll do:
- Support safe, timely hospital discharges and home visits
- Identify risks, recommend aids, and escalate concerns when needed
- Connect people with community and voluntary services
- Keep clear records and ensure every discharge is inclusive and person-centred
About You:
We’d love to hear from you if you are:
- Experienced in working with older people in health, social care, or community settings
- Confident in assessing needs and spotting risks in the home environment
- A strong communicator who enjoys working with patients, families, and professionals
- Organised and comfortable with record-keeping and reporting systems
- Compassionate, patient-focused, and committed to helping people live well at home
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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SANE is a UK-wide mental health charity working to improve the quality of life of anyone affected by mental illness. It aims to raise awareness and understanding of all mental health conditions; fight to improve frontline mental health services for individuals and carers; provide support, information and guidance through SANEline, our Call Back service, email and text support; and promote and host research into causes, treatments and therapies through its Prince of Wales International Centre for SANE research.
About the Role
We are looking for people interested in providing compassionate support to people affected by mental health problems. This includes supporting people with severe mental illness, and carers, families and friends. You will provide support by telephone, email and text, as well as supporting our skilled volunteers through their development and weekly shifts.
This role also provides valuable practical experience in providing emotional support to vulnerable people.
Please note: This role may close early if a suitable candidate is found, please do not delay in submitting your application as interviews are taking place on an ongoing basis.
Closing date: Midday Wednesday 24th September 2025
To apply: Please complete your application before the closing date, addressing all areas on the person specification and tell us why you want to work for SANE. Applications without a supporting statement will not be considered.
Job Description
1. Delivering support through calls, emails and other means (e.g. text messaging) to people affected by mental illness, and supporting and mentoring volunteers.
2. On shift, creating a safe and supportive team environment with SANE volunteers.
3. Providing debriefing and support to volunteers following their work with callers.
4. Sharing information with your team both verbally and in writing, to ensure effective handover to colleagues.
5. Working as part of a team to ensure a shared understanding of how SANE support services operate; using your knowledge and experience to ensure our callers are effectively supported.
6. Recording work in accordance with SANE’s organisational systems.
7. Always working within SANE’s values, policies and procedural guidelines.
8. Keeping abreast of and working in accordance with relevant legislation and regulatory standards.
9. Understanding and working within SANE’s safeguarding framework.
10. Ensuring all work is in line with the Equality Act.
11. Keeping volunteers up to date with any key service information or legal or procedural changes, as appropriate.
12. Ensuring that any issues or concerns are logged and discussed with a Services team manager.
13. Attending supervisions and appraisals and contributing to team meetings.
14. Having a commitment to personal, volunteer and team development and your own well-being.
15. Being self-sufficient in terms overseeing any I.T., security, and health & safety matters which may arise whilst on the shift.
16. Undertaking any other duties commensurate with this role.
Person Specification
Experience
1. Experience of working with people with mental health conditions/mental illnesses and families and carers. Essential
2. Experience of working on a mental health helpline (or similar helpline) or providing support by email/text or chat services. Desirable
3. Experience of working in a service with volunteers at the heart of delivery where you have supported volunteers to deliver a high-quality service. Desirable
4. Experience of providing high-quality written and verbal support to people asking for help. Essential
Knowledge and Qualifications
5. Good general knowledge of the mental health system including access, treatment and common relevant legislation and available support structures for people with mental illnesses and carers. Desirable
Personal Qualities
6. The ability and enthusiasm to create a team with volunteers, and provide them with support, mentoring and autonomy. Essential
7. The ability to work with distressing and challenging content, support callers with complex needs and ensure self-care. Essential
8. The empathy and compassion to be able to provide meaningful support both on the phone and in emails. Essential
9. A work ethos underpinned by a commitment to equality and diversity. Essential
10. An understanding of and ability to work within appropriate professional boundaries Essential
Skills
11. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills – both verbally and in writing. Essential
12. Commitment and ability to adhere to organisational policies and procedures, especially with regard to safeguarding and confidentiality. Essential
13. Able to work independently, flexibly, and also collaboratively within a team. Essential
14. Good self-awareness. Essential
15. Effective organisational and planning skills. Essential
16. Proficiency in IT packages including Word, Excel and Outlook, with the ability to input and extract data from relevant databases. Essential
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Having adopted a new and ambitious strategy, and embarked on a period of transformational change, Two Saints are now looking to ensure they are in the strongest position to deliver their vision in what are difficult times. This vision is ‘to be a safety net for people in tough times and the springboard to a brighter future.’ The organisation delivers a full range of services to clients across Hampshire, Dorset, Berkshire and the Isle of Wight, and the role of the Two Saints Board is to guide, direct and challenge the plans and strategic decisions relating to these services.
So we’re looking for people who can help Two Saints deliver their vision, with a background and experience in either:
- Asset management, perhaps with experience of the net-zero agenda
- Supported housing services or social care
We’re interested in hearing from talented people who may be looking for their first governance role, and you may have had lived experience.
If you’re interested in what Two Saints do and feel you can make a contribution, we’d like to hear from you so take a look at the candidate pack here https://bit.ly/45U1yDX.
Salary £31,500 - £33,570 per annum - subject to skills and experience
Hours of work 37.5 hours a week over five days (we wlcome flexible working requests)
Base Hybrid working for the foreseeable future, with attendance in the office
two days a week, including one day being a Thursday at our central office:
· Pears Building, Pond Street, London, NW3 2PP
Other office days may be worked from our other sites at:
· Barnet Hospital, Wellhouse Lane, Barnet, EN5 3DJ
· Chase Farm Hospital, 127 The Ridgeway, Enfield, EN2 8JL
The role
The trusts fundraising officer will report to the trusts dunfraising manager.
We are seeking an enthusiastic trusts fundraising officer to join our team to help deliver our ambitious plans for growth. This new role involves managing a warm portfolio of trusts and foundations and finding new prospective donors, submitting compelling applications and providing exceptional supporter experience.
You will be proactive and passionate about building strong relationships with charitable funders and have previous experience of securing gifts from trusts and foundations or institutional donors. Additionally, you will have experience of identifying and assessing new prospects and have excellent written and verbal communication skills, as well as strong organisational abilities.
The role will offer significant scope for development, giving you the opportunity to grow your relationship-building, communication, and prospect research skills in a supportive, ambitious, and high-performing team.
The team
Our dynamic fundraising department generated £4.5m through donations in 2023/24, and we are now preparing for an ambitious multi-million-pound campaign in support of a ground-breaking cancer centre on the site of the Royal Free Hospital.
We pride ourselves on being a supporter focused and agile function, working at the heart of the charity to deliver impact for patients and staff across our hospitals.
Responsible for attracting and retaining donors, and delivering an outstanding supporter experience, the fundraising department comprises two teams which work closely together to achieve our shared objectives:
• Our philanthropy & campaigns team builds relationships with individual philanthropists, trusts, foundations, corporate organisations and intermediaries, giving or facilitating donations of £10,000 or more to the charity each year. They lead major appeal activity for the charity, currently focused on our forthcoming cancer campaign, and special events to support these activities.
• Our public fundraising team harnesses the support and energy of individuals and groups, helping them to give back in the way that works for them. This includes committed giving, in memory support, gifts in wills, and fundraising events and challenges.
• Our database and supporter care colleagues underpin and support the entire department.
Organisation
The Royal Free Charity stands at the threshold of its most important period of development.
Our vision is for everyone served by the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust (RFL) to have access to world-leading healthcare, delivered by a thriving workforce, and driven by medical research that has a global impact. We support the 17,000 staff of the RFL and their two million patients across Barnet, Chase Farm, North Mid and Royal Free hospitals and more than 30 NHS services.
Through the services we provide, and the programmes and equipment we fund, we make a profound and immediate difference to patients’ experiences of care.
The recruitment process
To apply for this post please send your:
- CV (please include your last employer and dates of employment)
- Cover letter addressing how you meet the criteria set out in the job description and person specification,
Please note, that applications submitted without a cover letter may not be considered for this role.
Closing date for application: 2 October 2025,12 noon.
Interview date: Monday 13 October 2025
Please kindly note that we may close the job advert before the closing date if we receive a large volume of applications.
- You must be eligible to work in the UK
We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may require during the recruitment process.
As an equal opportunities’ employer, the Royal Free Charity is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.
We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join the Royal Free Charity and act in line with our values of dedication, innovation, partnership, energy and respect.
Benefits:
Core benefits
· 25 days of paid holiday, plus three-day office closure rest period between Christmas and New Year, and UK bank holidays. This increases to 30 days leave after five completed years of continuous employment (all leave is pro rata for part time employees).
· A contributory pension scheme, where we match your 4% contribution towards your pension. If you choose to increase your payments into your pension scheme, we’ll match your contribution up to 9%.
· A sick pay package that offers one month’s full pay and one month’s half pay in any 12-month period if you’ve been with us for less than two years. This rises to two months’ full pay and two months’ half pay in any 12-month period after two years of continuous employment.
· Occupational maternity pay and paternity pay packages that provide more generous support than statutory pay alone.
· A flexible working policy to support our employees’ work/life balance.
Support for your financial wellbeing
As a member of the Royal Free family, you’ll be entitled to benefit from:
· Expert financial advice from our financial partner, the London Credit Union
· Savings on purchases with the Blue Light Card
· Our Death in Service benefit
Support for your health and wellbeing
· Subsidised gym, pool and classes at our Rec Club in Hampstead
· Secure bicycle parking and shower facilities at our Hampstead site
· Fortnightly guided meditation
· Free massage therapy from our complementary therapy team
· Menopause peer support group
· Employee Assistance Programme offering 24-hour access to free confidential advice and support on work and personal issues.
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Senior Programme Manager - Train the Trainer
Breast Cancer Now
London or Glasgow/Hybrid with 2 days per week in the office and travel across England (London and Leicester) and Scotland (Glasgow and Lanarkshire)
Fixed term contract until July/August 2027
Full time, 35 hours per week with flexible working. Open to candidates looking for compressed or reduced hours, such as 9-day fortnight or 28 hours/4 days a week (salary pro-rata)
Salary £40,000-£46,000 per annum depending on location
Excellent benefits including 25 days annual leave a year, plus an additional day for each full year worked (up to 30 days), plus bank holidays and paid time off between Christmas and the new year, 4pm finish on Fridays, enhanced family leave policies, employer contribution pension up to 8%, life assurance scheme, season ticket and bicycle loan schemes, employee assistance programme and learning and development opportunities
Charity People are delighted to be partnering with Breast Cancer Now, the research and support breast cancer charity, to recruit a Senior Programme Manager for the Train the Trainer programme.
Breast Cancer Now changes the lives of people affected by breast cancer by combining the power of research and support and building a brighter future for everyone affected by breast cancer. World-class researchers work in labs across the UK and Ireland to create a world where the words "breast cancer" aren't met with fear. The Breast Cancer Now helpline, health information and support services help 600,000 people living with or beyond the disease, as well as their loved ones every day.
Breast Cancer Now believe that by 2050, everyone diagnosed with breast cancer will live - and be supported to live well. But to create that future, we need to act now.
The Senior Programme Manager will work across teams within Breast Cancer Now and externally, to plan and manage, as part of Breast Cancer Now's exciting transformational growth plans, the delivery and evaluation phases of a 3-year pilot, train the trainer programme, in defined targeted areas within England and Scotland. This role covers the final 2 years of the pilot.
The programme will help drive forward the public health, inclusion, and awareness team's work across the UK, which is to empower patients and the public to play a full role in managing their own risk of getting breast cancer, diagnosing breast cancer earlier and improving their quality of life after a breast cancer diagnosis and treatment, thereby reducing the risk of recurrence.
Key responsibilities
- Lead the delivery and development of Breast Cancer Now's Train the Trainer programme, ensuring effective project management, evaluation, and continuous improvement.
- Manage a remote delivery team and external partners, including evaluation agencies and suppliers, providing strategic oversight and direction.
- Oversee public health and inclusion initiatives, building strong relationships with stakeholders, community groups, and health sector partners across the UK.
- Ensure high-quality programme delivery, maintaining documentation, monitoring impact, managing budgets and small grants, and driving process improvements.
- Represent the charity externally, including at conferences and meetings, championing equity and inclusion in all aspects of public health engagement.
The ideal candidate will bring extensive experience in managing and delivering high-level projects and programmes, particularly in public health, behaviour change, and training delivery. You should have a strong background in developing both digital and face-to-face interventions for a range of audiences, including underrepresented groups and professionals across health, education, and community settings. Proven ability to manage people, budgets, and external partners is essential, alongside experience in independently delivering and evaluating projects. A solid understanding of health inequalities and the wider determinants of health are also essential.
You will need to demonstrate strong communication and interpersonal skills, as the role involves engaging with stakeholders at all levels, including within the NHS and community sectors. The successful candidate will be confident working both independently and as part of a dispersed UK-wide team, managing multiple priorities and deadlines effectively. You will have excellent knowledge of monitoring and evaluation, as well as UK healthcare systems and the challenges they face. Experience of working in the charity/voluntary sector and within a cancer care environment are highly desirable.
This role can be based in the London or Glasgow offices. The programme is being delivered in England (Westminster and Leicester) and Scotland (Glasow and Lanarkshire), based on mortality rates of breast cancer and you will need to travel to these areas. The hybrid working model allows full-time staff members to work up to 3 days per week at home.
How to apply
The application process is CV and tailored cover letter. For the Job Pack and person specification, and full details on how to apply, please share your CV via the link below and Jen D'Souza at Charity People will be in touch. The closing date is 5pm on Tuesday 16 September. Interviews will take place in-person on Tuesday 23 September. Depending on the outcome of the first stage there may be a second stage interview which will take place shortly after the first stage. The ideal candidate will be able to start the role in October 2025.
We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability, and potential. Please inform Jen if you require any assistance or adjustment to help ensure the application process works for you.
Charity People is a forward thinking, inclusive organisation that actively and deliberately promotes equity, diversity and inclusion. We know organisations thrive when inclusion is at the forefront. We evidence our commitment by matching charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates irrespective of background e.g. age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we believe that greater diversity leads to greater results for the charities we work with.
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Join Oak Hill College's Facilities and Site Team
Oak Hill College is seeking a highly organised and detail-focused Facilities and Site Administrator toprovide vital administrative and coordination support across our estate, accommodation, and facilities services.
Reporting directly to the Facilities & Site Manager, you will take responsibility for the day-to-day systems that keep our site compliant and efficient. This includes maintaining accurate records, scheduling statutory inspections, and ensuring essential processes are delivered to a high standard. Alongside this desk-based work, you will also carry out practical checks around the site, such as fire safety and routine facilities inspections, helping to ensure our estate remains safe, well managed, and fit for purpose.
In addition, the postholder will also act as our Safeguarding Officer. This is a small part of the role, but an important responsibility for which full training and support will be provided.
We are looking for someone who is thorough in following procedures, proactive in spotting gaps, and confident in suggesting improvements to enhance the way we work. You will combine attention to detail with a forward-looking approach, contributing to a college environment that is well-run, compliant, and continuously improving.
In many circumstances, you will be the first point of contact when visitors arrive at the College, so a first-class customer-oriented approach is essential.
If you enjoy balancing structured administrative tasks with practical checks and want to play a key role in the smooth running of a purposeful college environment, this role offers both responsibility and variety. Please get in touch - we would love to hear from you.
The Role
The Facilities and Site Administrator provides vital administrative, coordination, and hospitality support within the Facilities and Site Team. The role exists to ensure the smooth day-to-day running of the college estate, accommodation, and facilities services, enabling the Facilities & Site Manager to focus on compliance, strategy, and operational oversight.
The role also covers the receptionist desk - usually two days per week.
About Oak Hill
Oak Hill College is a theological college, based in North London, that offers the space, practical training, and supportive community needed for Christian leaders to thrive in ministry. Our full-time and part-time courses are designed to sustain a lifetime of faithful and joyful service.
Founded in 1932, the College offers courses from Level 4 (Foundation Award) to Level 7 (Postgraduate) validated by Durham University as part of the Common Awards Scheme.
The role will be based in the original manor house on site, which is located alongside an impressive range of facilities and accommodation in around 60 acres of gardens and parkland. The College is marked by its welcoming community, where staff and students are valued and supported.
Hours
Full Time – 37.5 hrs per week, 52 weeks per annum. Some overtime will be required in busy times of the year and for attending events. You will be given 24 days holiday plus statutory bank holidays.
Location
Free on-site parking is provided and an excellent free lunch during term time.
Salary
£28,000 to £32,000 – depending on experience, with a generous matched pension scheme. We also have a life assurance scheme.
Start Date
From Mid-October 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter.
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Role purpose
RISE strives for a world where people can lead safe, purposeful lives as a result of better relationships within families and communities; where harmful behaviour is marginalised and fewer people are victims of crime. In order to create safe communities, RISE empowers people to break their cycle of harmful behaviour. RISE’s programmes challenge attitudes and facilitate long-lasting behaviour change and are driven by the belief that people can make better decisions, given the right support. RISE are specialists in designing and delivering evidence-based, transformative behaviour change courses within the criminal justice system and wider community.
With the main objectives of reducing re-victimisation and reoffending, and helping to protect the public, the RISE practitioner will deliver a range intervention (individual and group), both in the community and in custody.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide a high-quality service to victims of domestic abuse, delivering a service to those at risk;
- Work collaboratively within a multi - agency framework consisting of the Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conferences (MARAC) and local partnership responses to domestic abuse;
- Identify and assess the risks and needs of domestic abuse victims using an evidence-based risk identification checklist.
- Focus on and prioritise high risk cases and provide a pro-active service through individual safety planning and personal support.
- Work with victims of domestic abuse at all levels of risk to help them access services to keep them and their children safe.
- Liaise with Social Services and other professional agencies in relation to any child protection/ adult safeguarding risk issues highlighted;
- To ensure that any issues in relation to safeguarding children or vulnerable adults are brought to the immediate attention of the Safeguarding lead (or whoever is relevant).
- Maintain high standards of professionalism and keep abreast of current legislation, best practice and maintain a focus of continuous improvement;
- Work with victims of domestic abuse to help them access services to keep them and their children safe;
- Understand the role of all relevant statutory and non-statutory services available to domestic abuse victims, and work collaboratively with these as appropriate;
- Provide advocacy, emotional and practical support, and information to victims in relation to legal options, housing, health and finance;
- To record case work accurately and ensure administration of caseload is always up to date.
- To communicate internally within RISE, with victims and with partner agencies about the risks and needs of victims.
- To attend regular case review meetings with the DA Team Leader and Practitioners to share information around the identified risks.
- Manage a caseload of 60-70 service users ensuring each client receives a timely and appropriate service, individual to their needs;
- Support the empowerment of the client, and assist them in recognising the features and dynamics of domestic abuse, and help them regain control of their lives;
- Maintain knowledge of the organisation’s operating environment;
- Demonstrate and maintain a commitment to the organisation’s vision and values, strategic aims and objectives.
- To attend and participate in any and all internal and external training identified as necessary to meet the requirements of the role as identified by Rise Mutual CIC.
Main Duties:
- Establish timely contact with Victim/ Survivors of domestic abuse perpetrators who are referred to attend a DVPP,
- Carry out assessments with the Victim/ Survivors via telephone contact or community visit, using the Safe Lives DASH risk assessment tool;
- Carry out detailed safety planning with Victim/ Survivors;
- Manage risk by being pro-active with Victim/ Survivors, sharing information with other relevant agencies in a timely way.
- Refer and/or signpost Victim/ Survivors to other services/agencies to meet risk/wellbeing needs;
- Ensure Victim/ Survivors can access a place of safety e.g. refuge, if risk escalates to a dangerous/unsafe level;
- Maintain Victim/ Survivors contact and continuously monitor risk by keeping up with all available information while the perpetrator attends the programme;
- Attendance at Social Services Conferences (if appropriate), Risk Meetings and MARAC, advising on any safety planning for any risk issues highlighted;
- Undertake an end of case review, signposting Victim/ Survivors to external agencies for ongoing support where appropriate;
- To maintain up to date Victim/ Survivors records to ensure data is collated for all work completed.
- To offer 100% of Victim/ Survivors to complete service user feedback;
Confidentiality and Information Security
- To adhere to the Data Protection and Freedom of Information Acts and comply with the terms of RISE’s Privacy, IT and Data protection policies, and that of our partners where relevant
- To comply with security measures in accordance with RISE policies and our partner’s E-mail and Internet use.
Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults
- RISE is committed to keeping children and vulnerable adults safe. Post holders with direct service user contact are responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and vulnerable adults s/he is responsible for or comes into contact with. Post holders without direct service user contact have a general responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their daily duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
Other duties:
- Undertake other duties as may be required which are commensurate with the grade and nature of the post.
- Cover for other posts as appropriate, and willingness to be trained in new interventions.
Person specification:
Experience
- Have experience of giving or undertaking advice, advocacy, counselling or casework within a domestic abuse setting;
- Have experience using an evidence based risk identification check list as a tool to aid risk identification and management for Victim/ Survivors of domestic abuse, as well as an understanding of the limitations of such tools.
- Have experience of working with people who have had to deal with difficult emotional incidents or events using a trauma informed approach;
- Possess good organisational skills with the ability to work methodically and accurately whilst meeting deadlines;
- Have experience of liaising with a range of professionals and agencies;
- Have experience of timely preparation of reports on behalf of users; preparing reports and submissions to statutory or professional bodies;
- Experience of case management and record keeping;
- Experience of delivering programmes/training and/or the willingness to be trained;
Skills
- To work on own initiative and as part of a team without close supervision;
- To maintain professionalism when dealing with cases, which may be stressful and demanding;
- To work effectively under pressure including prioritising workload and meeting deadlines;
- To demonstrate empathy for the issues and barriers, faced by Victim/ Survivors and their families;
- To respond positively to change;
- To communicate with vulnerable clients;
- To communicate with external organisation professionals;
- To have excellent written communication skills to write reports;
- Proven communication and Interpersonal skills (both verbal and written).
Knowledge
- Proficiency in the use of case management databases to accurately record Victim/ Survivors information;
- Proficiency in MS Office skills (MS Word, Excel) to intermediate level and experience of using such skills in a busy office environment;
- Have an IDVA qualification or equivalent (Desirable).