Main purpose of Job

To project manage the Big Lottery funded Eikon Virtual Youthwork project and deliver the project as outlined in the bid.

To be part of a small team (2 digital youth workers and digital lead youthwork moderator, communications officer, and project manager) to develop and deliver Eikon’s virtual youthwork across Surrey

Key responsibilities

• Create and deliver a project work plan and revise as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements

• Working closely with the Lead Virtual Youth worker, manage day-to-day operational aspects of the Virtual youthwork project

• Ensure a comprehensive budget is prepared, reflecting the plan and all resource needs

• Monitor and manage the budget

• Work within Eikons internal policies, safeguarding and data protection regulations

• Submit project status reports to the project group

• Generate mid and final project reports to the Big Lottery – in line with the reporting requirements

• Proactively identify and resolve potential problems in the delivery of the project

• Monitor the quality of the project deliverables and ensure the project objectives are met

• Direct and motivate the Virtual Youthwork team to achieve the desired results and ensure effective communication is maintained throughout the project

• Manage the delivery of the technical contractors to ensure delivery within agreed timescales and costs

• Ensure application of thorough risk and issue management across the project, instigate mitigation actions, identify contingency plans and manage the project through to conclusion

Key issues over the next 6 months

To work with a small team to:

· grow our existing virtual youth club users

· build the new digital platform

· explore and develop new ways to digitally connect with young people in Surrey

Following a hugely successful £13.5m capital appeal, Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice have reached a pivotal stage in their history where they need to diversify income and focus on financial sustainability. This is a newly created senior position, leading on the strategy for individual supporter acquisition and engagement. 

As Senior Head of Supporter Engagement you will:

• Develop the supporter stewardship strategy for new and existing supporters, focussed on long-term and regular support
• Innovate the ways the organisation connects with and retains donors through the development of sophisticated supporter journeys
• Drive significant growth in the number of donating to and fundraising for Noah’s Ark through engaging campaigns and events
• Devise a legacy and in-memory strategy, underpinned by the principles of supporter care

The position would best suit:

• An individual with experience of running an Individual Giving programme – acquisition and retention, raising £500k+ across various channels
• Someone focussed on supporter engagement and donor journey
• An applicant with experience of legacy tools and marketing

Further details can be found via the Apply link, or in the attached job pack.

If you would like an informal conversation before applying, please contact Naomi Carruthers at QuarterFive Fundraising Recruitment - details via the Apply link.

The closing date for applications is Friday 4 September.

Children and Young People’s Support Workers - Days
Dartington, Nr Totnes 
£9.34 - £9.98 per hour
Full time - 40 hours

We are looking for amazing Support Workers to join the team at Robins, our 10 bed Residential and Shortbreak Home in Dartington. 

Children and young people with learning disabilities and their families are at the heart of everything we do, and we want every person we support to have a great life with excellent outcomes. We couldn’t achieve that without all the great support workers who join our care teams. It all starts with you! 

There is no such thing as a ‘typical’ support worker. Our staff come from lots of different backgrounds, people with little or no experience but want a job that involves helping people, those who want a change of career as well as experienced support workers.  The one thing that links them all together is their desire to work with young learning disabled people, make their lives better, and help them to learn something new or take a further step towards independence. Our support workers certainly don’t see what they do as ‘just another job’. 

No two days will be the same as you will get involved in a variety of different tasks and activities whilst helping the young people to learn the skills they need to live the life they choose.

As a full-time Support Worker on days, you will work a pattern of 2 days on, 2 days off and as shifts are planned in advance, you will know exactly what your work pattern is so that you can plan your life outside of work. A typical term-time day shift is 07:00 - 10:00 and 14:30 - 21:30 and during school holidays and at the weekend the shift is usually 08:00 – 20:00.
 
A typical weekday night shift is 21:15 – 09:15 during term time and on Saturdays and during school holidays it is 20:00 – 08:00 with a working a pattern of 3 nights on, 3 nights off. 

Part-time hours are agreed at point of job confirmation and discussed at interview. Bank staff are able to work with us to choose their hours to meet business needs within our standard shift patterns.

Ideally, you will have previous experience in this sector and hold a Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare (or equivalent). Though this qualification is by no means essential, a willingness to gain the qualification within 2 years is required. Defined as a “Good” provider by Ofsted, Robins are looking for “Outstanding” staff who will deliver support in a professional, caring way. 

In return, we would like to support you in making care work your career, offering you an extensive induction on commencement of employment and amazing array of training opportunities. We will also work with you on your own individual development plan to help you to progress your career and become our senior workers for the future.

We are a well-established charity that provides an excellent range of staff benefits including 28 days’ annual leave on starting, a company pension scheme and a staff discount scheme.  

Lifeworks is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment. For this post, pre-employment checks will be carried out, references will be sought, and successful candidates will need to undertake an enhanced DBS check. 

All communication relating to your application including any invitations to interview will be communicated by email. Please check your spam regularly for missed emails.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to encouraging applications from applicants who declare they have a disability, provided they meet the minimum job criteria as specified in the person specification, by offering a guaranteed interview. 

PLEASE NOTE: In accordance with the Children’s Home Regulations 2015, applicants need to be 21 years or over to be able to work at Robins.

Closing date for applications: 28th August 2020

This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency. 

Additional Keywords: Support Workers, Night & Day Staff, Healthcare Worker, Healthcare Co-ordinator, Social Care Worker, Care Assistant, Healthcare Assistant, Social Care Assistant, Healthcare, Social Care. 

Are you looking for an exciting new challenge to work within a charity that provides support to young people?

The Benjamin Foundation, founded in 1994, helps around 2,000 people per year through difficult times by providing them with hope, opportunity, stability and independence. Our service in Ipswich is a supervised accommodation centre, staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week for vulnerable young people, aged 16-18, who require a bespoke support package to support them with the transition from a children’s or foster home towards independent living.

The Benjamin Foundation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people. An enhanced DBS check will be required for successful applicants.

The Benjamin Foundation embeds the Nurtured Heart Approach ® which creates strong and improved relationships by focusing on positive behaviour rather than energising negativity, providing clear rules and consequences, creating an environment in which people thrive.

The position includes lone working, weekends, evenings, sleeps ins and on call on a rota basis. Applicants must be able to drive and have access to a car.

Victim Support is looking to recruit a Children & Young People's Youth Advocate, co-located in Waltham Forest.

Victim Support (VS) is an independent charity for people affected by crime in England and Wales. We work towards a world where people affected by crime or traumatic events get the support they need and respect they deserve.

The main purpose of the Youth Advocate is to deliver a specialist service to young victims or witnesses of gang related crimes or serious youth violence.

The main duties and responsibilities of this role include delivering support to young victims of gang related crime, using appropriate service guidance and policy framework, both on a 1:1 basis and working in partnership with other professional colleagues in the boroughs. The Youth Advocate will be co-located across the borough they are assigned to, working alongside colleagues in other organisations. The Youth Advocate will develop and deliver innovative interventions to address the needs of children and young people, involving them in service design, delivery and evaluation. The role will also require you to develop good working relationships with partner agencies and undertake detached / outreach youth work with Youth and Community workers engaging with hard to reach and hard to engage young people within their own communities. The role will also involve developing and delivering workshops in schools and communities.

The successful candidate must have in depth knowledge, understanding and awareness of the current issues for children and young people experiencing crime, gangs culture and serious violence. You will have a proven track record of successfully delivering services for children and young people and successful youth engagement in a comparable role within a service-driven organisation, including knowledge of safeguarding issues relating to young people. You will be able to work within other professional teams, while representing Victim Support and achieving Victim Support's outcome targets.

The Youth Advocate will be assigned to Waltham Forest and will have a VS base in Barking.

VS are committed to recruiting with care and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks, Police vetting and Disclosed Barring Service checks will be required.

Victim Support offers competitive rewards and benefits including pension and life assurance, 25 days annual leave (pro-rata), voluntary benefits such as season ticket loans and the opportunity to play a key role in a national charity providing world-class services to victims and witnesses and being a vital force for change.

Applications should be explicit enough to provide good evidence against the shortlisting criteria, which are marked in the person specification as A. In order to apply, please create a profile in our website (jobs section), complete and submit an online application form.

If you have the drive to make a difference within an organisation which makes a difference we look forward to hearing from you.

Victim Support is committed to providing an inclusive and supportive environment for our staff. We believe having a diverse workforce at all levels allows us to represent the communities we serve and connect better with people affected by crime. We welcome applicants from all communities and as part of our commitment to the we would particularly welcome applicants from BAME communities.

ABOUT US

The Diana Award is proud to be the only charity set up in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales and her belief that young people have the power to change the world. It’s a big mission but there are two things within it that we focus our charity’s efforts on – young people and change.

Throughout all of our programmes and initiatives ‘change’ for and by young people is central. We all play our part to help realise this vision and our team is diverse in its talents and roles. Day-to-day we can be found working out in the community with young people through our anti-bullying and mentoring initiatives, fundraising, managing our valued corporate partners, providing vital HR and communications support, celebrating young people in memory of Princess Diana and plenty more.

We’re not your typical organisation. From the moment that you join The Diana Award, you’re part of our family. Together, we are united by our shared belief that young people can change the world, and, by our values: passion, collaboration, integrity, ambition and unity.

THE ROLE

Over the past 20 years The Diana Award has delivered services to thousands of young people across the UK and beyond, honing our expertise and skills to produce exceptional, high quality interventions that create long lasting change.

As we embark on the next phase of our strategy, we're looking for an experienced HR Generalist to take the lead on developing, implementing and delivering our People Strategy. This is a hands on role, managing all aspects of HR across the organisation, and working closely with staff at all levels.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Act as the first point of contact in relation to all internal and external HR related enquiries

• Advise managers on a range of employee related issues including performance management; sickness and absence issues; and disciplinary and grievance matters

• Ensure that The Diana Award’s HR policies and procedures comply with current legislation and best practice and are updated in accordance with the organisations needs and values

• Oversee and support all stages of the recruitment process

• Manage and deliver the induction process for all new staff and volunteers

• Develop and facilitate relevant training to staff and volunteers

• Take the lead on ensuring staff have access to continious learning and development opportunities

• Manage the DBS application for all Diana Award staff and volunteers

• Liaise with the finance team to ensure accurate records and assist in the monthly payroll process, including the notification of new employees, pay related contract variations, leave notifications and pension/benefit changes

• Develop and implement an effective HR Information System (HRIS)

• Lead on a review of our performance management system and the subsequent implementation of this system

• Ensure staff voice and feedback is captured to inform future strategy through exit interviews, forums and an annual staff survey

• Ensure all employee relations issues are dealt with in an effective manner, partnering with line managers when necessary. This includes conducting disciplinary meetings, grievance meetings etc.

• Lead the coordination of our Culture Committee, aimed at promoting our values across the organisation

• Promote and champion diversity and inclusion throughout the organisation

PERSON SPECIFICATION

EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE

• CIPD Qualified to minimum level 5, or with demonstrable HR generalist equivalent experience

• Good working knowledge of employment law and solid understanding of best practice in HR policies and procedures

• Experience managing complex employee relations issues including the ability to maintain confidentiality, data security and handle sensitive conversations

• Experience supporting organisational change

• Experience of supporting remote working

• Experience of delivering on a diversity and inclusion strategy (advantageous)

• Experience facilitating, advising, guiding and supporting line managers

• Experience working with HR systems

SKILLS

• An effective communicator at all levels, with the ability to build good relationships both internally and externally

• Sound judgement and decision making - ability to make decisions in line with company policy and the law

• Discretion and confidentiality

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word and Excel)

• Good attention to detail and accuracy

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

• Commitment to and ability to inspire commitment to The Diana Award’s vision, values and mission

• A self-starter with the drive, determination and commitment to get things done.

• Personal integrity and credibility

• Resilience

• A ‘can do’ attitude

• Commitment to self-development

• Commitment to keeping up to date with key trends/developments in the sector

• Good judgement

• Driven to achieve great results

• Ability to work well under pressure

• Energetic, flexible, willingness to work outside of ‘normal’ office hours

DIVERSITY

The Diana Award is committed to building and developing a workforce which reflects the diversity of the young people we support. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer that values and respects the people who work for us. We seek to ensure all job applications are treated fairly, with respect and without bias.

We positively encourage applications from suitably experienced candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

SAFER RECRUITMENT

The Diana Award is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all. This is a responsibility that is shared by all members of staff the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS or equivalent police check. We also ask all staff to undertake safeguarding training when they join us.

Children and Young People's Team Leader – Days

Salary scale: £10.77 - £12.16 per hour
Working hours: Full time (40 hrs)

We are looking for a Team Leader to join our day team at Robins, our 10 bed Residential & Respite Home in Dartington.

Children and young people with learning disabilities and their families are at the heart of everything we do and we want every person we support to have a great life, with excellent outcomes. As part of that, you will be joining our team of staff who are committed to looking after the children and young people who both live in and visit our residential and respite setting.

As a Team Leader, you will be managing, supporting and guiding a team of daytime Support Workers who strive to deliver quality care whilst making a difference to all our children and young people. As well as leading your team, you will also be responsible for actively safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the young people in the home.

Ideally, you will have previous experience in this sector and must hold a Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare (or equivalent).

Defined as a “Good” provider by Ofsted, Robins are looking for “Outstanding” staff who will deliver support in a professional, caring way and in return, we can offer an excellent range of staff benefits including 28 days’ annual leave, a company pension scheme, childcare vouchers, staff discount scheme, ongoing training and supervision, continuing professional development and support as well as an extensive induction on commencement of employment. Lifeworks are also accredited Disability Confident Employers.

Lifeworks is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment. For this post, pre-employment checks will be carried out, references will be sought and successful candidates will need to undertake an enhanced DBS check.

This is a fantastic opportunity to develop an engaging career with a forward-thinking charity. Apply today!

PLEASE NOTE: in accordance with the Children’s Home Regulations 2015, applicants need to be 21 years or over to be able to work at Robins.

Closing date for applications: 28th August 2020
Interviews are to be held: TBC

To apply for the role of Children and Young People’s Team Leader, please apply via the button shown.

This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

Additional Keywords: Children and Young People’s Team Leader, Care, Healthcare Team Leader, Healthcare Supervisor, Care Supervisor, Care Team Leader, Healthcare, Social Care.

Audience Development Manager

Fixed term contract until March 2021

35 hours per week

£40,382 pro rata

Location: Greater London

Working in a diverse and fast-paced Strategic Communications team, are you knowledgeable on how to target and grow audiences, able to research and test with new audiences across different spectrums - from supporters to young people; teachers to MPs? Are you able to plan distribution strategies to engage audiences in the work we do to help improve the lives of the young people we work with?

The Children's Society is looking for an Audience Development Manager to grow our audience intelligence and build on our strategy. You'll work alongside other Strategic Communications colleagues to ensure we are delivering audience-first comms to provide new and existing audiences with content that engages them with our work.

This role sits within our Engagement and Income directorate. The Audience Development Manager will work with internal stakeholders to help them understand their audiences, setting out detailed plans on how best to reach them, on which channels and with what content.

In order to be successful in this role, you must have:

-A successful track record of developing and executing audience strategies and marketing plans to build on an organisation's market segments

-A firm understanding of audience insight tools.

-Excellent written and verbal communication skills, plus the ability to juggle multiple tasks

-A firm understanding of on- and offline user journeys and how these can be broken down by audience.

The Children's Society runs over 100 local services that help thousands of young people who desperately need our support, and we campaign to get laws and policies changed to make children's lives happier and safer.

The Children's Society is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services.

We welcome applications from all backgrounds.

Closing date: 27 August 2020

Interview dates: 3-7 September 2020 - interviews will be held online

RSVP is expanding our team of Children and Young People’s Independent Sexual Violence Advocates (CYP ISVAs). We want a new full time ISVA for this post, which is funded until 31st March 2022. You will join an experienced CYP ISVA Team to support children and young people (CYP) who have been subjected to sexual abuse, sexual violence and sexual exploitation. You will ensure that the voices, needs and rights of CYP are heard, understood and acted upon at every stage, and that they are safeguarded at all times. You will provide CYP with information, access to support services (e.g. sexual health), emotional and practical support (e.g. through the criminal justice system.)

You will report to the Head of ISVA Services and the key parts of the role are:

1. To provide high quality, victim/survivor-focused and pro-active advocacy support to CYP who have been subjected to sexual violence, sexual abuse, sexual exploitation and/or sexual coercion.

2. To ensure that the voices, needs, rights and legal entitlements of CYP are heard, understood and acted upon by all individuals and organisations, at every point throughout the Criminal Justice Process.

3. To ensure that positive outcomes and differences for the CYP we support are met, working closely with our CYP ISVAs and the whole CYP team, including our CYP Counselling and Wellbeing Services Team. 

Main purpose of job: To lead CARA’s teams of child and young person’s practitioners and manage the provision of specialist sexual violence counselling for young people (13-19), play therapy for children under 12 and family support.  The post holder will also provide weekly counselling and/or play therapy, holding a caseload of clients.

Start date:  As soon as possible (subject to Enhanced DBS Check and satisfactory references).

Salary: £32,029 - £33,799 (NJC scale 29 - 31), per annum pro-rata, pay rise expected.

Hours: 28-35 hours per week (exact hours to be agreed).

Place of work: To work flexibly at CARA premises across mid and north Essex, including Braintree, Chelmsford, Clacton, Colchester and Dunmow.

To apply: Please complete the application form, which can be downloaded from our website, explaining how your skills and experience relate to the person specification.

Applications must specifically address each essential and desirable criterion, giving evidence from previous experience or qualifications. 

Application deadline:  12pm, Wednesday 19th August

Interviews:  Friday 11th September

Mandatory Training Dates: To be confirmed.  

This post is restricted to women applicants under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1.

About CARA

CARA (Centre for Action on Rape and Abuse) works with victims and survivors of sexual violence and child sexual abuse, providing independent, specialist support and promoting and representing their rights and needs. 

CARA is a registered charity working with adults of all genders, young people and children from across mid and north Essex.  We have a head office in Colchester and outreach premises in Braintree, Chelmsford, Clacton-on-Sea, Great Dunmow and Harwich.

During the COVID-19 crisis, CARA has continued to provide a range of remote services.  From early June, we have gradually started to offer limited face-to-face support.

About Synergy Essex

CARA is part of Synergy Essex – the Essex Rape and Sexual Abuse Partnership. We work closely with South Essex-based SERICC and Southend-on-Sea Rape Crisis (SOS Rape Crisis) to deliver the contract for the Office for the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex for services for victims and survivors of sexual violence and child sexual abuse across Essex.

Job Description

The role of CARA’s Child and Young Person’s Practice Manager is to lead CARA’s teams of Young Person’s Practitioners and Child and Family Practitioners and manage the provision of specialist sexual violence counselling for young people, play therapy and support for parents and carers.  The post holder will also provide weekly counselling and/or play therapy, holding a caseload of clients.

This is a new and exciting post, giving the post holder significant opportunity to develop CARA’s Child and Young Person’s Practice and lead a talented and committed team of practitioners. As well as overseeing day-to-day operations of the team, the post holder will be part of CARA’s management team and will have the opportunity to play a key role in CARA’s wider development, working closely with the Director and Manager. The post holder will also work closely with our sister centres, SERICC and SOS Rape Crisis to ensure the coordination of Child and Young Person’s services across Essex.

Main Responsibilities

Leadership and Management

• To manage all operational aspects of CARA’s Child and Young Person’s Practice, including overseeing the delivery of our specialist young person’s counselling service, play therapy and support for parents and carers.  This may also include managing any new Child and Young Person’s Practice projects that CARA develops.
• To work in accordance with CARA’s policies and procedures and embed a feminist approach in CARA activities.
• To co-ordinate, review and develop effective processes within the Child and Young Person’s Practice, working closely with the Manager, the Young Person’s Practitioners and the Child and Family Practitioners.
• To line-manage a team of Young Person’s and Child and Family Practitioners, providing day-to-day support, monitoring performance and identifying training and development needs. This will include keeping up to date notes of line management meetings and conducting and recording annual staff appraisals.
• To oversee the work of a wider team of sessional counsellors, including supporting Practitioners in line managing sessional and volunteer counsellors and identifying training needs.
• To support practitioners and sessional counsellors in maintaining up-to-date client records and ensure that gaps in data are addressed, as required.
• To work with CARA’s manager to recruit and train new staff and sessional and volunteer counsellors, as required.
• To lead regular Young Person’s Practice and Child and Family Practice meetings, producing notes to share with team members and with senior management.
• To help co-ordinate a monthly sessional and volunteer counsellor meeting.
• To maintain an overview of waiting lists, working closely with practitioners and with the Manager and Director to ensure that staff and resources are deployed effectively.
• To keep up to date with relevant legislation, policy and practice issues, including BACP and child safeguarding guidance and ensure the practitioners are aware of changes.
• To liaise with CARA’s other teams and more widely with Synergy Essex teams, resolving problems and ensuring good communication and mutual understanding of respective roles and ways of operating.
• To liaise with external agencies, including mental health and social care, ensuring CARA is represented at meetings as required and developing effective relationships to ensure our services co-ordinate with statutory and voluntary services.
• To be part of the CARA management team and attend regular management team meetings, contributing to CARA’s ongoing development.

Counselling and client support

• To oversee client work within the teams, working closely with all team members to resolve client issues and ensure high quality service provision.
• To undertake client assessments and make appropriate arrangements for support.
• To provide specialist counselling for young people and/or play therapy for children and support for their parents, holding a caseload of clients.
• To keep client records up to date.
• To work flexibly at CARA centres across mid and north Essex, providing face-to-face and remote sessions, as required.

General 

• To work flexible hours, including some evening work and occasional weekends.
• To participate in CARA team meetings, supervision, training and development. 
• To provide specialist advice to other workers and agencies, including participation in delivery of training sessions.
• To raise awareness of sexual violence and its impact in the community and within other agencies.
• To keep appropriate records in accordance with CARA policies and procedures.
• To adhere in full to all CARA’s organisational policies and procedures, including safeguarding procedures.
• To be administratively self-servicing.
• To report to the Manager, Director and Trustees as required, including the production of regular written reports and verbal reports.
• To undertake any other related activities as required by the Manager, Director or the Chair of the Board of Trustees.

The organisation

The South West Academic Health Science Network (SW AHSN) is dedicated to improving health and care by spreading innovation across the region. We are a network of 15 AHSN’s, set up by NHS England to identify, adopt and disseminate innovative healthcare.

The role

We are looking for a talented and experienced Partnerships Manager to support the long term sustainability of the SW AHSN by ensuring that we are strategic, proactive and enterprising in meeting the needs of our members and stakeholders, both present and future.

The Partnerships Manager has a vital role in our partnerships business function, both supporting our teams to maximise the impact of their work with our members and partners, and supporting long-term sustainability.

You will work closely with the Senior Partnerships Manager and colleagues in the communications and engagement business function.

You will work with our communications and engagement, programmes, and evaluation and learning business functions to deliver our engagement strategy and plans for our member organisations.

You will be a vital link to our membership, managing the delivery of the commitments we make in our

partnerships and new commissions through the running  of projects in quality improvement and spread and change methodologies.

Overall you will ensure that we are delivery focused, proactive and reliable in our work with our members, and current and future stakeholders.

Key success factors

• Building and maintaining collaborations and partnerships for mutual benefit.
• The ability to design and co-ordinate the delivery of training programmes and events focused on capability development.
• An accomplished communicator with a drive to support our members and stakeholders.
• A solutions-focused completer-finisher with a can-do attitude.
• Comfortable with change and uncertainty in a fast-paced setting.

Responsibilities

• Working with the Chief Executive, Director of Partnerships, Senior Partnerships Manager and colleagues in the communications and engagement business function to design our member engagement strategy and plans.

• Supporting delivery of membership engagement plans in partnership with colleagues in our communications and engagement, programmes, and evaluation and learning business functions.

• Managing the development and delivery of capability development programmes to meet member and partner needs, with a focus on quality improvement (QI) and spread, including:
• Managing training and workshop sessions
• Establishing strong relationships with stakeholders
• Ensuring the production of quality promotional materials and sending engaging correspondence to participants
• Creating training budgets and monitoring spend
• Managing, supporting and co-ordinating SW AHSN sub-contractors and associates in the design and delivering of our capability programmes.
• Supporting and working with our programmes business function to support the delivery of internally focused QI and spread training projects.
• Supporting effective decision-making through the provision of timely and accurate information and the use of critical thinking.

Location: Flexible 

Company description

NorthPoint Fostering CIC is an independent non-profit fostering organisation based in the North East of England, with a plan to serve across the UK. Founded by a care-leaver, we are passionate advocates of children, young people & carers.

Job description

1. Purpose of the team

The Team Manager will oversee the setup and expansion of NorthPoint’s frontline practitioners team. Delivering on the agreed strategic goals and targets, the team will provide care, support and world class work to help children in care and their carers, to thrive.

2. Main purpose of the job

As we are a new organisation, this role is to help establish all that is needed for NorthPoint to be in a position whereby we can offer approved individuals and families as foster care placements.
The role will include ratifying any relevant policies, procedures and best practices that are needed. To oversee and bring expertise in helping to attain Ofsted registration, making sure our standards are excellent and at expected levels. Once attained, this role will oversee quality standards.

As the Team Manager, you will be the designated registered Manager for Ofsted.
Other aims of the job include; liaising with local authority partners and external agencies. To assess, work with and provide ongoing support for potential/approved foster carers. To research and implement best practices and to assist/bring expertise in producing high quality products for our partners.

Requirements:

• Degree in Social Work, at least level 4, DipSW, CQSW
• Registered as a qualified social worker by the Health Care Professionals Councils.

• Mentoring/Coaching qualification (Desirable)
• Qualification in management (or be working towards)

Experience

• You must have at least 2 years experience relevant to fostering within the last 5 years

• At Least 1 years experience supervising & managing other professional staff

• Possess significant experience of decision making, the training of foster carers, and the ability to manage a varied and demanding workload

• Experience leading staff, managing others, setting tasks, delegating and monitoring progress

• A good knowledge & experience of law and practice related to looked after children

3. Position in organisation

This is a senior position and reports directly to the Founder & Director. Working with the Director to create, deliver our strategic objectives. It is expected that this role will oversee the recruitment and management of other social workers and after 1 year will adopt a ‘Director of Care’ role. As NorthPoint expands, this role will oversee team leaders and will be responsible for our national care strategy.

4. NorthPoint’s culture

We believe that prayer and discernment is fundamental to NorthPoint achieving its mission of being a force for good in young people’s lives, serving those we work to the best of our ability and supporting life transformation.

Please note; In accordance with the equality act 2010 it is a genuine occupational requirement that the post holder is a practicing Christian.

RSVP is expanding the Children's and Young Person's (CYP) Counselling and Wellbeing Services for children subjected to all forms of sexual violence, sexual abuse and sexual exploitation, and for their parents and carers too.

To work with our new Head of CYP Counselling and Wellbeing Services, we need a new CYP Team Leader to help support these exciting new developments. This will be a new part time role (19 hours/week). You will report to the new Head of CYP Counselling and Wellbeing Services and work closely with them to ensure that the expansion of the CYP counselling and wellbeing services runs smoothly. You will also continue and stand in for the work of the Head of CYP Counselling Service when they are unavailable. 

Your role will be to support the CYP Senior Counsellors and CYP Counsellors, including supporting other members of our counselling team. You will also be responsible for allocation, matching CYP and the people supporting them to a member of our CYP counselling team, ensuring that services are offered as quickly as possible to minimise waiting times for CYP. You will also ensure that positive outcomes and differences for the CYP we support are met, and will work closely with the whole CYP team, including our CYP Independent Sexual Violence Advocates (ISVAs). Alongside the Head of CYP Counselling and Wellbeing Services you will ensure that RSVP continues to offer CYP centred, safe, effective and trauma informed specialist support services to CYP and the people who support them.

Paid Digital Marketing Manager

Fixed term contract until March 2021

35 hours per week

£40,382 pro rata

Working in a diverse and fast-paced Strategic Communications team, are you a skilled paid marketing manager, able to plan and roll out ad campaigns across multiple online channels? Are you keen to discover and innovate through new channels and deliver the right content on the right channel to engage audiences in the work we do to help improve the lives of the young people we work with?

The Children's Society is looking for a Paid Digital Marketing Manager to oversee our paid marketing strategy, channel oversight and campaign reporting. You'll work alongside other Strategic Communications colleagues to ensure we are making data-based decisions to provide new and existing audiences with content that engages them with our work.

This role sits within our Engagement and Income directorate. The Paid Digital Marketing Manager will work with internal stakeholders to set out marketing plans and then strategise and execute content across different channels.

In order to be successful in this role, you must have:

-A successful track record of developing and executing paid digital marketing across multiple channels.

-A firm understanding of digital audiences, what content they will engage with and what channel to deliver it to them on.

-Excellent communication and copy-writing skills, plus the ability to juggle multiple tasks

-A key analytical eye, with the ability to report on campaign performance and offer insight.

The Children's Society runs over 100 local services that help thousands of young people who desperately need our support, and we campaign to get laws and policies changed to make children's lives happier and safer.

The Children's Society is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services.

We welcome applications from all backgrounds.

Closing date: 1 September 2020

Interview dates: 9-11 September 2020