Job Summary

The role of the Carers Volunteer and Involvement Worker will be to develop an involvement offer within the Carers Salford Service, ensuring that carers are included within shaping the service offer and that co-production is used as a meaningful way of developing the service. The Carers Volunteer and Involvement Worker will also support volunteers throughout the service. The role will provide information, advice and support to individuals and groups of carers as well as professionals and other organisations.

Job Purpose

This role will complement the service offer by supervising volunteers and ensuring carers are treated as experts by experience, by establishing a service user led working group. The aim of the role is to recruit carers and offer them ongoing support, and ensure that the wider team understand the principles of co-production and it is embedded within their day to day work. The post holder will champion the principles of Community Led Support. Building better relationships and conversations based on trust, using local assets, coproducing outcomes, goals and support with the person, will have positive impacts on Salford peoples’ health and wellbeing, their outcomes and experience.

Hours:  Full-time (35 hours per week; Monday to Friday, 09:00 to 17:00)

Salary:  £30,000 to £42,000 per annum FTE, depending on experience, plus 6% contributory pension scheme

The Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families supports distressed children and their families through innovative therapeutic practice and research, training and promoting awareness of mental health issues. In April 2019, the Centre opened its new Centre of Excellence located in King’s Cross.

The Centre values diversity and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We encourage applications from all sections of the community.

The post-holder will work with the Senior Programme Manager in the Family Hubs team to support the Centre with setting up and delivering the Department for Education funded National Centre for Family Hubs. The National Centre will be a virtual resource hub and learning network (supporting by a series of dissemination events) to champion Family Hubs and spread best practice/evidence on integrated family service models to Local Authorities across England.

The Programme Manager will manage a small national team of staff, with direct line management of four Regional Coordinators and five Regional Local Authority Advisors. The Programme Manager will also complete the roles and responsibilities for the Regional Coordinator for London and the South East, including working to engage and consult with a number of Local Authorities in this region to implement Family Hubs in their area.

The post would be suited to a resilient, motivated, organised, creative, adept in managing projects, and developing relationships.

The post-holder will be home-based/remote working during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic; thereafter the Anna Freud Centre, 4-8 Rodney Street, London N1 9JH and occasional travel will be required predominantly within the London area.

Please email Recruitment @ annafreud .org if you require assistance or experience difficulties in applying. Please note all our posts require candidates to have the Right to Work in the UK at the time of applying and we do not hold a sponsorship licence.

Contract duration
May 2021 to March 2023

Closing date for applications
Midday (12pm), Wednesday 12 May 2021.

Notification of interview
Shortlisted applicants will be notified no later than Friday 14 May 2021.

Please note: due to volume of applications expected, we will be unable to notify unsuccessful candidates.

Interviews
Interviews will be held on Monday 17 and Tuesday 18 May 2021.

How to apply
For more information about this role and to apply, please go to annafreud. org/ vacancies/

We are unable to accept CVs and kindly request no contact from agencies.

We are seeking an experienced Head of Services who will provide leadership to our services.

Responsibilities include:

• To have overall responsibility for all services ensuring staffing, training and quality are in place
• To set annual objectives for the services and contribute to service planning across the organisation
• To ensure the services fulfils all its legal, statutory and regulatory responsibilities
• To contribute to the management team and the efficient running of the organisation
• To represent the organisation at external presentations, meetings and conferences etc.

Key Skills / Essential Qualities:

• Degree level or equivalent
• Demonstrate successful leadership/management of services
• Experience of OFSTED or CQC
• Experience of managing budgets
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to lead and motivate
• Ability to plan strategically
• Experience of working with people with disabilities

38 days holiday, including public holidays

Interviews will take place from 17th June 2021

We are looking for a dynamic, experienced and people-focused Senior Operations Manager to oversee, drive and improve business processes across our Community directorate and ensure our delivery teams receive the first-class back office support needed to enable lives to be changed. 

This is a diverse role which encompasses operational oversight of a busy day nursery, a full programme of family support including one-to-one support and group work, a growing number of youth programmes including sport, informal education and social action, and work with seniors and adults encompassing training, employability, volunteering, peer support and wellbeing.

The post holder will be responsible for effective resource allocation (including staffing and budget), internal and external reporting including to trustees and funders, managing our data, organising administration support for front line workers and managers, developing and maintaining business systems, policies, procedures and processes, securing fees and optimising income for the work we do, and management of a small support team.

We are looking for candidates with:

• Minimum of four years’ experience of managing finance and/or operations at a senior level
• Proven track record of leading day to day operations and project planning in a complex environment on a tightly managed budget
• Experience of establishing and maintaining data and administrative systems, financial and non-financial
• Ability to translate data and delivery into clear written reports and analysis
• Strong people skills, with the ability to build relationships both inside the organisation and with a wide range of external partners across our community

Based in the Coin Street neighbourhood centre, minutes from Waterloo and Blackfriars stations and at the heart of a thriving local community, we are proud to have been judged as an outstanding family and children’s centre by Ofsted and to have built a national and international reputation as a leading social enterprise.

About Coin Street Community Builders

Coin Street Community Builders (CSCB) is a social enterprise responsible for developing and managing a significant part of London’s South Bank. We have transformed a largely derelict area into a thriving place for people to live, work and visit.

In return we can offer you:

• 27 days’ annual leave (excluding bank holidays)
• 8% pension (5% employer contribution with 3% employee contribution)
• Season ticket loan
• Health and wellbeing package including free gym membership and a confidential employee assistance programme
• Commitment to training and development
• And many, many more benefits

To apply please submit an up to date CV and the supporting questions form. We are unable to consider CVs if they are not accompanied by the supporting questions form. The equal opportunities form is optional.

Please note that an enhanced DBS check is required for the post and you will be subject to satisfactory references and checks.

Interviews scheduled to take place on 8 & 11 June 2021.

Richmond Carers Centre, a network partner of Carers Trust, is a registered charity providing information, support, advice and a voice for carers living and caring in London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. 

Helping Carers to Live Well is our organisational aim.  We are looking for someone with the skills and ability to offer a coordinated approach in supporting unpaid and family adult carers in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Carers provide vital support and can come from all walks of life and be of any age.

As an Adult Carers Support Worker you’ll be part of the Adult Carer Support Team at Richmond Carers Centre. Here, you’ll provide carers with advice, information and emotional support either face-to-face, via email and through our dedicated telephone support line. Much of your work will involve actively listening to carers and formulating packages of support. You will also be involved in organising breaks for carers, outreach activities and leisure events, as well as group work to help enhance carers’ health and wellbeing. You’ll also be expected to work with our volunteers and to use appropriate monitoring and evaluation reports to show our funders what we’ve achieved. 

With your proven experience of working with carers or other vulnerable groups on an individual and/or group basis, you’ll recognise the importance of being client focused and have a commitment to enhance the lives of carers.  You will be able to demonstrate a broad knowledge of carers’ needs, a wide range of skills in relation to service delivery to support carers, and have a sound understanding of social care provision in both statutory and voluntary sector environments. 

You will be self-motivated and positive in your approach to working with both carers and staff, and have a willingness to embrace our organisational values. Strong administrative, time management, IT and organisational skills are essential.  Your ability and willingness to occasionally work outside normal working hours is required.

In return, we offer regular supervision, training and professional development for this rewarding position, along with generous annual leave, employer’s contribution to your pension scheme and above all, a supportive and friendly working environment.  

Richmond Carers Centre is currently working remotely and a plan is being devised for a transition to office based provision.

Please use the application form only. CVs will not be accepted

Closing date – 9am Monday 7th June 2021

Provisional interview dates – Tuesday 22nd June and Thursday 24th June 2021. Interviews will be held on Zoom unless otherwise advised.

For application documents, please click the relevant website links

Privacy Notice

In compliance with General Data Protect Regulations, Richmond Carers Centre will only collect personal data and applicant information relevant to carry out a safe recruiting process. This means we will ask for data such as applicant’s name and contact details, education and employment history, and contact details for referees. The application pack will include an equalities monitoring form, which will be separate to the application form for statistical purposes only. Applicant’s information will not be shared with a 3rd party unless required to do so by law. We will retain applicant’s information for the duration of the recruitment period after which unsuccessful applications will be deleted.

Richmond Carers Centre is committed to Equality of Opportunity

Be part of something special by joining us as a Carer Support Worker. Help those who care in their own homes to have an opportunity for all-important time to look after themselves so they can keep caring for longer.

As a Carer Support Worker, we can offer you up to £12.80 per hour and a permanent contract for a minimum of 20 hours per week.

You will work with a wide range of people, including children, with varied and different care needs. This might include but not be limited to physical disability, a learning disability, life limiting illness including cancer or other medical conditions, like Dementia or Parkinson’s. Our colleagues enjoy working as a team with people from different cultures and backgrounds.

We are an equal opportunities employer, committed to safeguarding and the welfare of our clients. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Full training will be provided with opportunities for personal development and career progression. 

We are looking for a dedicated and experienced individual to join our Young Carers Service as part of our successful youth arm, Youth Action Wiltshire. We are seeking to recruit a well organised and motivated individual who is dedicated to the personal development of young people through the provision of 1:1 support, advocacy and positive activities.

The role focusses on providing practical and emotional support for Young Carers in Wiltshire aged 5-18 years. The post holder will be required to work with young people, understand their individual needs and develop a positive trust-based relationship with them and support them throughout their ‘journey’ with our service.

Ideally, you will have a relevant youth work qualification and/or two years of experience in delivering youth work and positive activities. You will hold a valid UK driving licence and will be prepared to drive a minibus and transport young people to and from activities and 1:1 meetings. There will be a need for regular evening, weekend and school holiday working.

Due to the nature of the work, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS check.

Closing date: Midday on Monday 24th May 2021     

Interviews: Friday 28th May 2021

How to apply:

Please complete an Application Form (this is available on our website)

or

CVs, with a covering letter describing why you are applying and how your skills relate to the role, will be considered. 

Please send to Bernadette Lowe, Head ofBusiness Support.

Further information on the work our organisation does can we found on our website. 

Community First is an equal opportunities employer.

Centre 33 is looking to recruit a Young Carers Project Worker, with extensive experience working with young people, to support the delivery of the Centre 33 Young Carer service in Cambridgeshire.

You will be part of the Young Carers Project at Centre 33, providing a variety of support to young carers. Your role will involve assessment of young people, face to face support and group work in line with the strategic development of the service.

This post is a critical part of the Young Carers’ service and involves working and engaging with young people in a variety of settings.

The role is for 37 hours per week over 5 days.  

You will be working across various locations in the South Cambridgeshire region.

A driving license and use of a car is essential for this post.

This post is subject to a DBS check and references. Centre 33 strives to be an equal opportunities employer.

City & Hackney Carers is a warm, welcoming and inclusive organisation which aims to improve the quality of life for unpaid carers. A cornerstone of our organisation is the provision of information and advice, enabling carers to understand their rights and entitlements.

We are seeking an experienced bi or multi-lingual advisor (Bengali, Urdu, Hindi or Turkish) who is looking to develop their skills as a manager whilst utilising their knowledge and expertise in delivering advice. Our team are all home based, with face-to-face services delivered across community settings in Hackney. 

We seek a motivated, enthusiastic, self-starter who enjoys meeting people, being part of a team and wants to deliver the highest quality advice to unpaid carers.

Please submit your CV via Charityjob initially, and we will invite you to complete our application form if your skills and experience match our requirements. 

This post is funded until April 2024. 

Interviews will be conducted on Wednesday 9th and Thursday 10th June 2021

City & Hackney Carers is a warm, welcoming and inclusive organisation which aims to improve the quality of life for unpaid carers. A cornerstone of our organisation is the provision of information and advice, enabling carers to understand their rights and entitlements.

We are seeking a bi or multi-lingual advisor (Bengali, Urdu, Hindi or Turkish) to deliver face-to-face, telephone and video call advice to unpaid carers and the people they support.

This post would suit someone with some advice experience who is looking to develop their skills. Our team are all home based, with face-to-face services delivered across community settings in Hackney. 

We seek a motivated, enthusiastic, self-starter who enjoys meeting people and being part of a team and wants to deliver the highest quality advice to unpaid carers

Please send in your CV and we will invite suitable applicants to complete our application form. 

Interviews will be held on Wednesday 9th and Thursday 10th June 2021.

Support and Information Worker

Could you be at the centre of our busy charity?

We are a busy, ambitious charity operating at the heart of the Wandsworth community helping thousands of people across the borough in unpaid Caring roles. We give information and advice, organise respite, offer complementary therapies, deliver training, provide peer support, we arrange fun events and much more.  In short, we are the Carer's friend and advocate, often helping Carers through difficult times.

We are currently offering an exciting opportunity to be at the absolute centre of our operations, with this role of Support and Informaton Worker.

The successful applicant will have excellent communication and organisational skills.  They will have experience of providing information and advice in a busy setting with competing priorities, and a commitment to working with Carers and volunteers. They will be able to adapt to providing services both face to face and via virtual platforms whilst maintaining a consistent service for Carers.

About us

Wandsworth Carers’ Centre is a well-established Carers support service in Wandsworth since 1995.  We provide a range of support services to unpaid Carers and work with our partner Bluebird Care Wandsworth to deliver a respite service.  Our work is supported by a valued team of volunteers.

Wandsworth Carers’ Centre is an inclusive employer, committed to the continued development of a diverse workforce.

We want to hear from all interested candidates, and to be considered for the position we strongly recommend submitting a detailed covering letter along with your CV, outlining why you're right for the role.

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Job Title:Information & Advice Coordinator (Welfare Benefits)

Hours:28 Hours per week 

Salary:£24,500 - £27,000 per annum including London Weighting plus up to 6% Pension Contribution

Reporting to:Senior Information and Advice Worker

Member of:Information and Advice Team

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Age UK Westminster is committed to achieving equality of opportunity in both its service to the community and the employment of people and expects all employees to understand, comply with and promote its polices in their work. 

We currently have a vacancy for an Information & Advice Coordinator within the Information and Advice Team. The successful applicant will provide Welfare Benefits advice and assist with the completion of benefit claim forms for clients and their carers through a combination of home visits and telephone appointments. 

You will work closely with the Westminster City Council Joint Teams Benefits Officer based within the Home Care Charging team to ensure the smooth running of all service offered by Age UK Westminster as part of the Westminster Advice Services Partnership and able to monitor evaluate and report on a regular basis.

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Function of the Post.

• To compile financial information, provide Welfare Benefits advice and assist with the completion of benefit claim forms for older people and their carers through a combination of home visits and telephone appointments. 

Main responsibilities.

Joint Team working with Westminster City Council

• To visit service users and prospective service users in their own homes or elsewhere to compile evidence of income/savings in order to calculate contributions towards Home Care Charges.
• To provide Welfare Benefits advice and assist in completing benefit claims.
• To compile evidence of disability related expenditure.

Information and Advice:

• Interview clients in person, by telephone or by video
• Explore the nature of the problem raised by the person and, where appropriate, their wider circumstances.
• Identify and research information relevant to the users’ situation, drawing on information resources available.
• Present and discuss information with the client in an accessible form, enabling them to identify a suitable solution.
• Where appropriate and at the clients’ request, to act on their behalf and represent their interests with third parties by letter, telephone or in person.
• Inform older people about services that may be available to them and how to access them, including Age UK Westminster services.Where appropriate refer people to other agencies, and sources of help.
• Give assistance with letter writing and completing forms.
• To maintain detailed records and statistical data concerning client needs and actions taken.
• Liaise closely with the SeniorInformation and Advice Worker and partners, i.e. Department of Work and Pensions, Job Centre Plus, Westminster City Council, service users and their representatives.
• Work with volunteers, assisting the I&A Team, when necessary.
• Where appropriate to work with other local agencies in developing information and advice services, including talking to groups about the work of Age UK Westminster.
• Keep up-to-date with relevant laws, policies and procedures – locally and nationally.
• Work as part of the Age UK Westminster staff team.

General

• To participate in general fund-raising and promotion events for Age UK Westminster when required.
• To comply with Health and Safety regulations associated with your employment.
• To comply with and promote Equal Opportunities and all other requirements as specified by Age UK Westminster’s policies and procedures.
• To cover in the absence of Senior Information and Advice Worker
• To undertake any other duties that may reasonably be requested by your line manager.

Person Specification

Requirements 

Essential

Qualifications

Welfare Benefits accredited qualification or similar Information and Advice accreditation  - Desirable                                      

Experience

At least one year’s experience of working with U.K. Welfare Benefits 

Knowledge or experience of the lives of older people in an inner-city multi-cultural environment and their carers

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Ability to listen to clients and to explain things clearly without jargon or being patronising

Ability to maintain records, write letters and fill in forms

Excellent time management and prioritising skills

Ability to work both under direction and independently within the requirements of the allocated task

Good IT skills and knowledge

Good organisational skills

Ability to work alone or as part of a team and to work with other Age UK Westminster staff and other agencies.

Personal Qualities

To show a caring attitude towards older people

Commitment to the core values of the charity.

Commitment to equal opportunities.

To be level headed and calm

To be flexible and reliable

Swindon Carers Centre is looking for a Finance Officer to join our professional, friendly team. Swindon Carers Centre is a charitable organisation established to provide help and support to the 21,000 unpaid carers in Swindon. We have a team of professionals and trained volunteers who provide a wide range of support and services. You will form an integral part of the charity keeping all financial data up to date and accurate and working closely with staff and the Finance and Resources Director. 

You should be familiar with invoices, journals, VAT and payroll and will manage accounting activities, including bank reconciliations, accounts payable and accounts receivable. You should also have excellent organisational skills and be able to handle time-sensitive tasks. Experience of using Quickbooks would be an advantage but not essential.

General Responsibilities

• Day to day management of all financial transactions and procedures, ensuring financial data accuracy
• The administration of the payroll (training given)

Specific Tasks

• Processing of all sales and expenses invoices as necessary. Controlling all outstanding invoices and ensuring prompt payment
• Processing BACS and cheque payments and maintaining accurate records of authorisation
• Paying staff expenses ensuring they are properly authorised
• Liaise with staff/ suppliers/customers (as required) to resolve queries
• Reconciling the payroll nominal ledger accounts and carrying out other reconciliations
• Administration of the payroll and related HMRC and pension payments liaising with external agents as required (full training will be given)
• Using QuickBooks to undertake regular reconciliations of the main bank accounts
• Processing the company pre-paid cards and petty cash and monthly top-ups
• Preparing and posting all the monthly journals
• Contributing to the preparation of quarterly management accounts prepared on an accrual basis
• Complete VAT returns on a quarterly basis including resolving any queries or exceptions
• Monitoring spends against grants and preparing information required for completing monitoring reports

Full list of specific tasks are included in the attached Job Description. 

Flexibility - Many of our staff work flexibly in different ways. We offer hybrid working and you will be given the opportunity to work from home for a portion of your working week. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility that you need. 

No CV's. Applications must be submitted through our website using our Application form.

About Us 

akt is the UK’s national LGBTQ Youth Homelessness charity.  We provide safe homes, mentoring, and support to ensure that no young person needs to choose between a safe home and being who they are. Currently 24% of young people facing homelessness in the UK identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or Transgender, and 77% cite abuse and rejection by their families after coming out as the primary reason for seeking help. The charity was founded in 1989 and operates service centres in London, Manchester, Newcastle, Bristol and works online through a digital service providing support and opportunities for e-mentoring across the UK. In 2012, akt opened the UK’s first emergency safe house for young LGBT people in the UK.  akt works with over 2,000 vulnerable young people a year providing both face to face and online assistance.

Job Summary 

• To work in partnership with the Director and Assistant Director to develop the services plan and manage the successful delivery and development of London Services.
• Manage akt’s Housing offer in London ensuring that we are legally compliant and adhere to best practice in Health and Safety.
• Identify and develop strategic partnerships and opportunities that support us to safely meet young people immediate housing needs and move on to longer term accommodation in London.
• Manage and provide supervision for; staff, students and volunteers who provide case work and advocacy to homeless LGBTQ+ young people.