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Role description:
We are seeking a technically excellent management accountant to play a central role in the finance team at this young and vibrant charity, preparing monthly management information to aid business decisions, and undertaking project work as requested.
Main Responsibilities:
Management Accounts preparation
- Account for accrued income and expenditure, including:
- Accrued legacy income
- Accrued trust income
- Other accrued income
- Accrued grant expenditure
- Normal accruals and prepayments
- Reconcile all control accounts regularly
- Prepare and post journals as required
- Prepare monthly management accounts, including restricted and unrestricted reserves
Record keeping
- Contribute to the proper maintenance of book keeping records where necessary, to comply with statutory, financial and GDPR regulations
- Assist in gathering documentation for audit, ensuring necessary information is organised and available
- Assist in year-end statutory accounts preparation
- Ensure that all relevant finance processes and systems are adhered to
Other
- Liaise with fundraising team to assist in reconciliation of finance software to fundraising CRM software
- Produce ad-hoc reports as required
- Complete government and other surveys as required
- Represent the Charity in all dealings with internal and external stakeholders in a professional and efficient manner.
- Champion our code of behaviour and act as a role model, ensuring that our safeguarding and other key policies and procedures are adhered to at all times so as to protect the people we work with and our reputation.
- Perform other duties as reasonably required in line with the nature of the role.
Person Specification:
Knowledge and experience
- Qualified or part-qualified ACA, ACCA or CIMA
- Experience of management accounts preparation
- Experience of working with accounting software
- Experience of reconciliations
- Demonstrable experience of accounting in a charitable organisation would be useful but not essential.
Skills, abilities, and behaviours
- A drive for accuracy
- Excellent problem solving skills
- Excellent communication skills – liaison with other charity staff will be essential
- Excellent technical accounting skills
- A drive for adherence to processes
- Considerable IT skills, including database work and Excel
- Good written communication skills
- Commitment to team-working and respect and consideration for the skills of others
We are a leading healthcare charity dedicated to enhancing patient care and experience at University Hospital Southampton
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
An exciting opportunity to ensure our systems work in harmony to support young people to thrive. Jamie’s Farm is seeking a proactive and detail-oriented Systems Coordinator to cover maternity leave. This role is central to ensuring our systems are integrated, efficient, and used to their full potential. You’ll work across teams to support data-driven decision-making and help us maximise the value of our digital tools.
What is Jamie’s Farm? Jamie’s Farm is a charity that supports young people by combining therapeutic work, farming, and purposeful activities to help them thrive. Through residential visits to our working farms, we provide a nurturing environment where young people can reflect, build confidence, and develop the resilience they need to overcome personal challenges. As part of the dynamic HQ team we offer a beautiful and unique supportive working environment, a competitive salary, and the opportunity to be part of a team that is passionate about making a real difference.
More about the role: As Systems Coordinator, you’ll manage and continue to develop our Salesforce CRM system, ensuring it supports teams across fundraising, finance, business development and delivery. You’ll champion good data habits, support staff with training, and oversee our KPI dashboards to enable data-driven decision making. You’ll also help assess and implement new IT systems, including exploring the potential of AI to enhance our efficiency and impact.
About you: You’ll bring experience working with Salesforce or similar CRM systems, and a strong ability to support colleagues in using digital tools confidently. You’re highly organised, detail-oriented, and capable of managing multiple projects and deadlines. You’re also curious about new technologies and keen to explore how AI can be used safely and effectively in a charity setting. Importantly, you’ll also be interested in and aligned with Jamie’s Farm’s mission and values.
Please see the full job description, desired experience and employee benefits by exploring our recruitment pack below. Don’t meet every single requirement? We’d still love to hear from you – your unique skills and experience could be just what we’re looking for.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Drupal Developer
Location: Fully Remote
Salary: £40,000 - £43,000
30 Days Annual Leave + Bank holidays, 35 hour working weeks
I'm partnered with a well known UK charity who are hiring for a drupal developer with strong front end experience to join the team on a permanent, remote basis. Key skills for this role are knowledge of drupal, PHP, a/b testing and understanding of how the cms integrates with other digital tools to improve the user journey.
The Drupal Developer will be supporting a key organisational project working with an in-house development team and wider technical/digital team.
Skills required for the Drupal Developer are:
- Drupal, PHP experience
- Experience with CMS systems and digital tools like google tag manager
- Charity experience would be an advantage
- Good communication skills and a self starter
Drupal / Front End developer
Apply now for immediate consideration regarding this excellent opportunity!
Understanding Recruitment is acting as an employment agency for this vacancy.
Location: Hybrid, Old Street, London
Department: Transformation and Innovation
Salary: £28,396 per annum (pro-rata to the full-time equivalent of £46,650 per annum)
Hours: 21 hours (3 days) per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Plan International UK is a global children’s charity striving for an equal world. One where every child can reach their full potential and every girl can choose her own future.
We bring people together to protect children’s rights and keep girls safe, in school and in control of their bodies – even when disaster strikes. And we won’t stop until we are all equal.
We are looking for an experienced Innovation Manager to join our Transformation and Innovation Unit. The Transformation and Innovation Unit is a small but critical function that sits in the Fundraising and Supporter Engagement Directorate. The post-holder with work the Head of Transformation and Innovation on four focus areas:
- Income diversification: identifying growth opportunities and leveraging trends to develop new products and campaigns that will diversify Plan UK’s fundraising portfolio
- Optimisation and process improvement: finding ways to maximise impact and drive efficiency in the way we do things, making the best use of digital and data tools to improve our processes and deliver a great supporter experience
- Insights and supporter-centricity: leading the charge to becoming a truly supporter centric organisation, ensuring audience insight and data is at the heart of everything we do
- Culture of innovation: Building and nurturing a spirit of innovation and insight-led experimentation, empowering everyone at Plan UK to innovate with confidence
This is an exciting new role in the team that will support the development of Plan International UK’s fundraising portfolio, using audience insights to innovate and develop new sustainable fundraising streams that grow our income and deliver best-in-class supporter experiences.
Please note, this role is not eligible for sponsorship and therefore we are unable to provide sponsorship for this role.
The deadline for applications is 23:59 on Thursday 28 August 2025
First interviews will take place on Friday 5 September 2025
Final interviews will take place on Thursday 11 September 2025
We are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children, young people and adults in our work. We, therefore, apply rigorous recruitment and selection processes to ensure that only those who are suitable are recruited to work for us. Accordingly, appointment to all our roles is subject to a range of vetting checks and for this role this will include a Basic Disclosure and Barring (DBS) check. A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working for us; this will depend on the circumstances of any offences.
Plan International UK is committed to being an inclusive employer and we welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds.
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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 Domestic Abuse Advisor & Trainer
Salary: £26,000 - £32,000 pro rata
Location: Across Brent Community Hubs and Advance Head Office
Hours: 17.5 Hours per week
Contract: Fixed Term – 12 months from start date
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. This role is also subject to Police Vetting.
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 postholder will support the delivery of a specialist domestic abuse (DA) project in partnership with Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (CLCH) in the London borough of Brent. The role aims to raise awareness and promote best practice in responding to domestic abuse across CLCH staff, improving support for patients impacted by domestic abuse. This will involve delivering training, workshops, and guidance to health professionals, providing consultancy on embedding DA response pathways, and helping CLCH navigate referrals to local domestic abuse support agencies. The role combines professional training, advocacy, and systems change to strengthen the health sector’s response to domestic abuse. The postholder will work across the Brent borough, attending community hubs and co-locating to deliver services when needed.
The postholder may be approached by staff seeking advice or consultation regarding male victims of domestic abuse. While the role’s primary focus remains on supporting women, the postholder will be open to supporting male victims through appropriate signposting and referral guidance. They will also be willing to undertake relevant training (e.g. Respect toolkit) to ensure inclusive and informed responses. Training will be provided.
A car may be desirable for this role, though not essential
About You:
To be successful as the Domestic Abuse Advisor & Trainer you will need the below experience and skills:
- A thorough understanding of the dynamics of domestic violence (physical, emotional and sexual violence, so-called ‘honour-based violence’, forced marriage, stalking and harassment) and its impact on women, children, families and communities.
- Experience in designing, delivering, and promoting engaging training and learning sessions on domestic abuse, tailored to professionals and stakeholders across a variety of settings.
- Experience of partnership working and of maintaining excellent working relationships with a range of stakeholders as well as experience of working within in multi-agency environment.
- Ability to provide consultancy and guidance to multidisciplinary teams on domestic abuse-related issues, offering informed advice and support.
- Excellent communication skills (listening, verbal, and written), with the ability to effectively collaborate with diverse professionals and stakeholders.
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 will take place on a rolling basis
What we can offer you - Employee Benefits:
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 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
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Salary: £34,900 – £44,900 ( £312 home-office allowance)
Contract: Permanent, full-time
Location: Remote – Home based.
Closing date: Friday 22nd August
Benefits: 26 days annual leave (rising with service), generous pension contributions (matched 4% or 6%), HolidayPlus scheme, enhanced family leave, employee discounts, health cash plan, and more
Are you a partnerships fundraiser looking for an opportunity to join an incredibly successful new business team and work on some exceptional new partnerships? Thrilled as always to be working with Barnardo’s, the UK’s largest children’s charity, as they recruit a tenacious and relationship-driven Partnership Development Manager.
This is a pivotal role within Barnardo’s newly launched Partnership Development Team, focused on securing high-value, multi-faceted corporate partnerships that align with the charity’s strategic goals. You’ll work closely with internal teams to craft innovative, bespoke proposals and take a proactive approach to stewardship, building strong networks and maintaining a flexible pipeline of prospects.
You’ll be joining a team with a strong track record of success and a wealth of untapped potential, this could be a career defining role for a tenacious and driven new business fundraiser looking to prove themselves.
To be a successful Partnership Development Manager, you will need:
- Proven experience in securing high-value partnerships within the charity or corporate sector
- Strong relationship-building skills and a proactive approach to stakeholder engagement
- Creativity and strategic thinking to develop impactful, long-term partnerships
If you’d like an informal chat about the role, please call and ask to speak to Jake.
Ashby Jenkins Recruitment is a specialist charity recruitment agency. We use our deep sector knowledge and experience to match candidates with the most suitable roles. Our relationship-led approach means we work ethically and supportively to help people find their perfect role in the not-for-profit sector.
We’re committed to improving equality across the sector — you can read more about our diversity pledge on our website.
Please note, if enough applications are received, the charity reserves the right to close the application period early.
Salary: £28,900 – £37,000 (plus £312 home-office allowance)
Contract: Permanent, full-time
Location: Remote – Home based
Closing date: Sunday 17th August
Benefits: 26 days annual leave (rising with service), generous pension contributions (matched 4% or 6%), HolidayPlus scheme, enhanced family leave, employee discounts, health cash plan, and more
Are you a meticulous and motivated events professional looking to take the next step in your career? We’re excited to be working with Barnardo’s, the UK’s largest children’s charity, as they recruit a proactive and detail-oriented Special Events Executive to join their growing Special Events team.
This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a small but ambitious team driving a key growth area of fundraising. You’ll support the delivery of high-value, high-profile events, working closely with Event Managers on everything from planning and logistics to guest communications and on-the-day coordination. You’ll also take ownership of smaller solo events and help develop new income streams through beneficiary-led activities.
This role offers variety, challenge, and the chance to make a real impact. You’ll be involved in the full event cycle and play a key role in shaping the supporter experience, ensuring every detail is delivered to the highest standard.
To be a successful Special Events Executive, you will need:
- Experience supporting or delivering events, ideally within the charity or corporate sector
- Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities across several projects
- Confidence managing budgets, volunteers, and external suppliers
If you’d like an informal chat about the role, please call and ask to speak to Jake.
Ashby Jenkins Recruitment is a specialist charity recruitment agency. We use our deep sector knowledge and experience to match candidates with the most suitable roles. Our relationship-led approach means we work ethically and supportively to help people find their perfect role in the not-for-profit sector.
We’re committed to improving equality across the sector — you can read more about our diversity pledge on our website.
Please note, if enough applications are received, the charity reserves the right to close the application period early.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Job Title: Trainee or Qualified Independent Domestic Violence Advisor (IDVA) with an interest in working with children and young people (aged 16 - 25) who are at high risk of serious harm from domestic abuse
Locality: Oxfordshire
Salary: £27,000 - £29,000 depending on experience
Hours of work: 37 hrs per week
Notice: 2 calendar months 1 month during the Probationary period. Probationary 6 months
Accountable to: Service Manager of Reducing the Risk of Domestic Abuse, CEO ultimately the Board of Trustees
Context of post
Reducing the Risk of Domestic Abuse is a company and charity set up to:
- provide inclusive services that reduce the risk of domestic abuse and promote the safety, choices and welfare of those affected
- enhance awareness of the nature and prevalence of domestic violence and help to foster good practice and an integrated multi integrated approach.
- This post holder will be in the high-risk team and be managed by the Service Manager with support from the Senior IDVA.
- A structured training and induction programme is in place to ensure new staff members are knowledgeable, confident and comfortable with the role.
- After 6 months of experience, the applicant will attend the Safelives IDVA training.
- Workload will be adjusted and study time will be given for attendance at training.
- Salary will be uplifted on successful completion of the course.
The trustees collectively have expertise in domestic abuse, child protection, criminal justice, voluntary sector governance, local authority community safety, training and quality assurance. While primarily a local charity the trustees anticipate that, with a focus on quality, some of the work of the charity may contribute to broader good practice development. The charity participates in a number of multi agency partnerships responsible for aspects of the county’s integrated domestic abuse strategy.
Function
The first priority of the charity is to provide an Independent Domestic Violence Advisor Service for the county. The post holder will be a member of the IDVA team and provide a pro-active service to victims of domestic violence to keep them safe and promote their wellbeing. They will use their skills to assess the risk a client is in, deliver a service appropriate to the level of risk and have a particular focus on providing an intensive service to those at high risk. The post holder will have the skills to act as lead professional, working to ensure an integrated service and co-ordinating multi agency work to keep people safe, in addition to working with victims and signposting to other services.
Responsibilities:
- Work as part of the Oxfordshire IDVA team to provide pro-active service and advice to victims at high risk of harm from domestic abuse to keep them and their children safe
- Risk assess and deliver service in keeping with the result
- Undertake safety planning with clients
- Develop individual service plans to meet the specific risks clients face
- Where relevant also support victims in their role as primary carers for their children
- Manage a caseload
- Maintain and update records of all cases
- Participate in champion networks and work closely with outreach workers and any other dedicated DA services as appropriate
- Participate in MARAC framework: refer clients to, attend and participate in meetings, follow-up on actions agreed in MARAC
- Keep other relevant services informed about important changes in client’s situation
- Support clients through the criminal justice system, explaining the procedures and their role and rights within that system
- Ensure that clients are immediately informed of any CJS developments and advised on any aspect affecting their safety
- Explain housing, civil and criminal legal options to clients
- Ensure that clients access the services to which they are entitled
- Refer on and arrange meetings with other agencies/services as necessary e.g. solicitors, benefit agencies, etc.
- Note and feedback to other agencies any consistent difficulties clients are having accessing their service
- Help clients develop their own support network
- Follow procedures and protocols so that the safety of the clients is kept central to any process
- Ensure Reducing the Risk fulfils its responsibilities in relation to safeguarding children
- Understand the legal framework relating to the protection of children, and the policy and procedures of Oxfordshire Safeguarding Children’s Board – including specific guidelines applied to the voluntary sector
- Participate in supervision and support systems for the service, and in training and professional development
- Bring casework issues and regular difficulties clients are having to the attention of the manager; contribute to efforts to improve Reducing the Risk practice and procedures and/or to work through multi agency partnerships to improve multi agency practice
- Any additional responsibilities as reasonably requested by the manager or trustees
The nature of this post will require flexibility to meet work needs as they arise. This may occassionally entail some work outside normal office hours. The post holder will be expected to adopt a flexible attitude to their duties. These may have to be varied after discussion, subject to the needs of the service and in keeping with the general profile of the post. There will also sometimes be a necessity to work effectively under pressure.
Appointment to the post will be subject to full enhanced DSB checks.
Full drivers licence with the use of a car for work
Ability to travel around the county
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: £27,000.00 - £29,000.00 per year
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Licence/Certification:
- Driving Licence (required)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
Project Worker - Mockingbird
Making a Difference in Foster Care!
We are seeking a dedicated and passionate Project Worker to support and sustain the Mockingbird programme across the UK. This is an exciting opportunity to work directly with fostering services, making a meaningful impact on the lives of children and young people in care.
Position: Project Worker – Mockingbird
Salary: £32,480 – £37,555 per annum (plus London weighting if applicable)
Location: Home base in the North of England/Midlands with travel required throughout the UK.
Hours: Full time, 35 hours per week
Closing date: Wednesday 27 August 2025, 12 noon
Interview dates: Thursday 4 September 2025 (held in person in Leeds)
About the Role
As a Mockingbird Project Worker, you will play a vital role in expanding and embedding the Mockingbird model—a ground-breaking, evidence-informed approach to foster care. You will provide direct support and quality assurance to fostering services, helping them implement, grow, and sustain Mockingbird constellations.
You will:
- Deliver remote and in-person support, training, and guidance to local fostering teams.
- Build strong, trust-based relationships with delivery partners and stakeholders.
- Ensure quality assurance through coaching, ongoing assessment, and resource development.
- Contribute to the design of training content and programme events.
- Represent the Mockingbird programme internally and externally, championing its benefits and impact.
- Support the operational delivery of the programme across the UK.
About You
We're seeking individuals who are:
- Passionate about improving the lives of children and young people in care.
- Experienced in training, coaching, or project work within fostering or children’s services.
- Skilled in relationship-building and confident working across multidisciplinary teams.
- Organised and self-motivated, able to manage a varied workload and travel regularly.
- Familiar with children’s social care policy and practice (fostering knowledge is a strong advantage).
- Committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion.
Essential:
- Experience delivering training and support both online and in-person.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Confident IT skills, including Microsoft Teams and Office 365.
- Willingness to travel and work flexibly across your region.
Desirable:
- Understanding of the Mockingbird model.
- Experience working with foster carers, local authorities, or independent fostering agencies.
- Lived experience of the care system.
About the Organisation
As the UK’s leading fostering charity, they work with fostering services and foster families to transform children’s lives. The Mockingbird programme is one of the most exciting developments in foster care, improving stability and outcomes by replicating the support of an extended family. They offer a flexible, inclusive and supportive work culture where your contribution truly matters.
What We Offer
- 38 days annual leave (including bank holidays)
- Flexible and hybrid working arrangements
- Enhanced maternity, adoption, and sick pay
- Pension scheme and life assurance
- Employee Assistance Programme (24/7)
- Season ticket loan
- Eye care contributions
Other roles you may have experience in could include: Project Officer, Project Manager, Project Lead, Family Support Worker, Children’s Project Worker, Fostering Support Officer, Learning and Development Coordinator, Practice Development Officer, Community Support Worker, Social Care Project Worker, Constellation Support Lead.
PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.
You’ll play a central role in welcoming new families, assessing their needs, and providing tailored support through peer groups, events, and one-to-one engagement. This includes planning and delivering seasonal events on site or at local hubs, coordinating volunteer support, and occasionally visiting hospitals or homes during times of crisis. Your work will help families feel connected, supported, and empowered.
This role includes participation in a 7 day a week rota, typically covering Saturday/Sunday at The Bluebells, evening and after-school activities.
The position is primarily part-time, based on a 3-day work week (22.5 hours). Participation in weekend and evening activities (approximately once per month each) is expected, Time Off In Lieu (TOIL) will be provided to ensure compliance with contracted hours.
Key Responsibilities
Family Registration & Support
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Completing registration and initial needs assessments for new families.
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Assessing existing families’ needs when there is a change in circumstances.
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Develop and deliver personalised support plans when needed, including form filling and referrals to local services.
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Monitor progress and adjust support as needed.
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Be a key point of contact for families on the SAT caseload providing support during the child’s illness and in bereavement.
Peer Support & Community Engagement
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Plan, organise, and lead peer support groups for supported children, parents, and siblings at The Bluebells and in local community hubs.
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Foster peer-to-peer connections and create inclusive, supportive environments.
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Support and attend after-school and evening activities as needed.
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Participate and collaborate in annual and seasonal events.
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Participate in a staff rota to cover 5 annual sleepover for siblings and supported children.
Crisis & Outreach Support
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Conduct hospital or home visits at times of crisis.
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Ensure safeguarding policies are followed at all times.
Collaboration & Communication
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Effectively and sensitively communicate with children, young people and their families
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Liaise with professionals and other local partners as required.
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Work closely with internal teams, including fundraising, to support case studies and funding bids.
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Ensure all activities align with Trust policies and procedures.
Supervision and professional development
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Participate in supervision and staff debriefs.
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Complete all required mandatory and statutory training.
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Develop own knowledge and reflect on practice .
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Participate in annual appraisal.
Volunteer Supervision
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Manage family support volunteers, delegating specific tasks such as emotional support calls or practical help as required.
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Provide training, supervision, and ongoing support to ensure volunteers feel valued and effective – training will be provided.
Person Specification
Essential
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Experience working with children and families in a support or outreach role.
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Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build trust and rapport quickly.
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Excellent communication, organisation, and record-keeping skills.
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Ability to manage a caseload and prioritise effectively.
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Proficiency in Microsoft Office and digital communication tools.
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Comfortable working in emotionally sensitive environments.
Desirable
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Experience supporting families through grief, loss, or bereavement.
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Event planning or group facilitation experience.
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Knowledge of local community services and support networks.
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Experience of managing volunteers.
General
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Be aware of and comply with all relevant policies and procedures
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Can work autonomously and with a team
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Comply with all areas of health and safety
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Work within the purpose and aims of the charity
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A car driver
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Competent IT
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Ensure confidentiality
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Be an ambassador for the charity
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The role is responsible for ensuring the charity operates within a robust governance framework and complies with all relevant statutory, regulatory, and internal requirements. This role requires the ability to operate, and pivot, between subject matter expert, strategic partner, advisor and team member - with hands-on delivery, supporting the Board of Trustees, senior leadership, and staff to embed a culture of good governance, risk awareness, and ethical practice across the charity.
The role line manages a small team (including two administrative assistants), and oversees the use of external experts to provide advice.
If you would like further information about this role, please contact Julie Brennan via the email address listed
Barnardo's are seeking a Senior Policy & Public Affairs Lead for Cymru / Wales. The postholder will be responsible for developing and delivering Barnardo's policy and public affairs activity across Cymru / Wales, using intelligence and feedback to plan and deliver influencing activity that delivers transformational change for children. You will work closely with our policy advisors, frontline services, communications team, and our voice and influence team to bring the voices of children and young people to decision makers in Wales in order to make childhoods safer, healthier, happier, and more hopeful.
Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.
At Barnardo's we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. Our safer recruitment processes mean that the safety and welfare of the child is paramount at every stage of the process and therefore, we adopt rigorous scrutiny in our pre-employment checking. This post is subject to a range of pre-employment checks including a Criminal Records Enhanced Disclosure for the successful candidate.
About Barnardo's
At Barnardo's we believe in children – no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about our basis and values following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role.
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is reflected in our values and our practice, and we have invested in this area of our work to ensure that we can deliver on our commitments to be an inclusive employer. EDI is a key enabler of our purpose as a charity and we want to ensure that the diversity of our teams is reflective of the communities we serve and that we continue to learn and develop our work with a focus on inclusion. We particularly encourage applications from candidates from Black, Asian and Minoritised Ethnic Communities, candidates who are LGBT+ and Disabled candidates.
Our basis and values
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Youth Realities is a youth and survivor-led charity based in Barnet, addressing teenage relationship abuse through creative education and specialist, survivor-centred support.
Youth Realities aims to:
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Reduce abuse within teenage relationships
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Increase awareness of teenage relationship abuse through education
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Empower young people’s personal development & growth
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Provide advocacy and trusted support for young survivors
Our vision is a world where young people live free from relationship abuse and violence. Our mission is to end relationships abuse by working with young people to provide specialist spaces for prevention, intervention and healing.
Please apply directly via Charity Job
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
FearFree delivers services across the Southwest for victims, children and perpetrators of domestic abuse, sexual violence and stalking, with the aim to break the cycle of abuse and support all to live free from fear. We provide trauma responsive support, and this post will be fundamental to ensuring service users, stakeholders and partners experience this in our daily delivery.
Working within experienced and committed teams, the Behaviour Change Worker will deliver trauma responsive interventions including one to one support and group work to prevent harm.
FearFree is committed to flexible and hybrid working and this role will be a mix of home based and office based, alongside requiring travel for multi-agency meetings and other deliverables.
There is a requirement for evening working – approximately once per week to deliver group work interventions. There may be a requirement to work weekends.
Key Responsibilities
- Complete specialist risk assessments according to service guidelines and Respect standards, alongside developing personalised safety and support plans for programme participants.
- Deliver one to one specialist behaviour change interventions for people with vulnerabilities, complex or multiple needs and those who require additional support to access our services.
- Co-facilitate short term and long-term group work, providing a Respect accredited DVPP (Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programme) programme.
- Promote the service externally and ensure our interventions are accessible.
- Provide proactive, trauma responsive and holistic support, with a focus on increasing victim safety and reducing the risk posed by a perpetrator.
- Work within a multi-agency framework to effect change, manage risk and ensure safeguarding of vulnerable adults and children is paramount.
- Offer professional consultancy, training and advice to other agencies on working with perpetrators.
- To work collaboratively with colleagues to ensure the safety of the victim is held central.
- Represent the service user voice in a multi-agency context.
- Attend Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conferences (MARAC) and Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) meetings as required.
General
- Live and embody the FearFree values – kind, receptive, open, pragmatic, robust and expert.
- To promote the service to external agencies where applicable.
- Give information and support to service users regarding their other needs and refer them to other support services as required.
- Ensure our service is widely accessible – adapting practice as required to suit individuals.
- Work across a large geographical area to ensure locality is not a barrier to accessing services.
- Deliver training and information sessions to promote our service, and increase awareness and understanding of domestic abuse, sexual violence and stalking for victims and those who harm.
- Have a responsibility around safeguarding of both adults and children, maintaining knowledge of appropriate policies and procedures and integrated working.
- Support other agencies in the identification and referral of domestic abuse, sexual violence and stalking issues, via promotion of service and institutional advocacy.
- Ensure all referrals are clearly logged on our database and all case records are kept fully updated, according to FearFree policies and procedures.
- Engage with case management supervision, reflective practice and clinical supervision as required, taking an active role in managing own wellbeing and supporting the wellbeing of your colleagues.
- Support colleagues in all services across FearFree as required.
- Support the sustainability of the organisation by participating in fundraising activities and sharing ideas and contacts for income generation,
- To engage in and contribute to effective team working with a flexible and pro-active approach, including cover for other team members’ holidays and sickness.
- Undertake all statutory and mandatory training, as required by the organisation.
To apply, please download the full job description/person specification along with the application and equality monitoring forms. Please send the completed application form and Equal Opportunities form direct to FearFree.
There is no specific closing date for this role and this vacancy will close once a suitable candidate is found, so early applications are encouraged.
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FearFree is committed to encouraging equality and diversity in the workplace. We strive to be a diverse and inclusive place to work where we can all be ourselves and individual differences are recognised and valued.
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The Daniel Spargo-Mabbs Foundation is a drug and alcohol education charity that aims to support young people to make safe choices about drugs and alcohol and reduce harm. We do this through increasing understanding of the effects and risks, and helping to develop life skills and resilience. The Foundation was set up in January 2014 by Tim and Fiona Spargo-Mabbs in response to the death of their 16-year-old son Daniel having taken ecstasy
We are recruiting a Drugs Education Coordinator (Scotland) to join our team. This role will involve the coordination and delivery of DSMF drug education in Scotland, based in the Grampian region, working with the Head of Education and Engagement and Director to develop provision regionally and more widely.
Suitable candidates will:
- be passionate about supporting young people to make safer choices about drugs and alcohol
- have experience of developing and delivering drug and/or alcohol education in schools, colleges and/or the community
- have experience of working with young people, including a knowledge of substance use and its impacts
- have experience of project coordination, with excellent organisation skills
- be a skilled and effective communicator, both in writing and orally, with a wide range of people and agencies
- enjoy working remotely in a small and busy team
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.