At Ronald McDonald House Charities UK we build and run Houses that provide a ‘home away from home’ for families who have a sick child in hospital.
We are recruiting for a House Manager at our Ronald McDonald House situated in the grounds of University Hospital, Cardiff. This is a permanent position for the right candidate who is self-motivated, enjoys working as part of a team and will share our vision of wanting to keep families close to their sick child. You will lead the House team to ensure that the highest standards of family-centred care is delivered to all families and will set clear expectations for standards of work for the team and their development.
You will be a proactive and positive individual with excellent organisational and interpersonal skills with the welfare and wellbeing of the families and staff at the forefront of all your work.
Reporting in to the Regional Operations Manager, you will strive to create a safe and welcoming environment for our families to stay in during difficult times. The role is diverse and duties include management of the day-to-day duties associated with communal living, ensuring the premises are well-maintained, supervising employees, volunteers and other visitors. Managing office tasks and all administrative matters including computerised and manual systems and keeping up-to-date with matters of governance and compliance.
This is a great opportunity for someone with operations experience and line management experience or ready for the next challenge in his or her career.
The Candidate Pack will provide you with more information about the role, salary and employee benefits.
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We believe in the potential of every individual.
We believe no one should live in poverty.
We believe in the power of effective information and advice.
The Manchester Volunteer Advice Partnership (MVAP) recruits and trains advice volunteers centrally and then supports them in ways that enable them to develop. This has been a collaboration of Manchester Mind, Cheetham Hill Advice Centre, Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit, Manchester Refugee Support Network, Centrepoint, and, since December 2017, Manchester City Council. The project increases our respective capacities to meet the advice needs of our communities. We all share our talents and skills and the responsibility for this exciting project for which Manchester Mind serves as lead and accountable body.
We approach our work in a way that is shaped and guided by our core values of:
- Collaborative Communities
- Sharing
- Trust
We are seeking someone who cares about social justice and collaboration to work with us:
Advice Supervisor
Salary: £28,785 pro rata (£17,271 actual) | Hours: 21 per week
Funding for this post is in place until 30th March 2021.
The skills and knowledge that are important to us are:
- Supporting volunteer development
- Collaboration
- Advice in areas of social welfare law (benefits, debt, housing)
This part-time role is based at the Town Hall, where you would be supporting volunteers in Manchester City Council’s Homelessness Contact Centre. As such you would be working both within the Town Hall and at the Zion Centre in Hulme.
If you are interested in this role, please download the application documents from this listing or from the Vacancies page of the Manchester Mind website. The deadline for application submissions is 9am, Monday 24th August 2020.
Manchester Mind is striving to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Manchester Mind sees it as a positive advantage if you have experience of mental health issues and/or have used mental health services or had experience of volunteering.
Manchester Mind is in independent local mental health charity which delivers services to young people and adults.
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About us
Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.
The Supporter Services team ensures that our donors, fundraisers, campaigners and volunteers have the best possible experience supporting Crisis. The team is at the heart of what Crisis is doing to end homelessness – keeping our supporters with us to achieve our goal.
About the role
As one of our Supporter Services Assistants, you will be joining the Supporter Services team at an incredibly exciting time. The Christmas period is always our busiest period, and you’ll play a crucial part in making sure our supporters receive an excellent experience however they interact with us. While you are part of our team we will ensure that you receive thorough training and ongoing development, and you’ll gain a deep insight into charity fundraising, supporter care and how we as an organisation are working to end homelessness. We’re really looking forward to hearing from you!
About you
To be successful in this role you will share our belief in the importance of excellent, personalised supporter care. You will be able to communicate effectively over the phone and in writing, tailoring your approach to each and every supporter. You will need to be at ease with using a customer relationship database (we use Raiser’s Edge). Our team relies on each other to bring about the best outcomes for our supporters by sharing our experiences, learning and developing together. You will love working in a busy environment and be great at multi-tasking.
Benefits
As a member of the team you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:
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Interest free loans to purchase a train season ticket or a bike or for a deposit to secure a tenancy
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Mandatory pension scheme, with an employer contribution of 8.5%
- 25 days’ annual leave which increases with service to 28 days
How to apply
If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please visit our website to apply online. Please address points 2, 4, 5 & 6 only from the Person Specification in your supporting statement. The job description is available on our website by clicking on the red 'Vacancy Details' button.
If you need to request an application in an alternative format, please contact the HR Team, contact details can be found on our website.
Closing date: Sunday 16 August 2020 (23:59)
Interviews will be held on 25th or 26th August 2020 (including a short test)
We value diversity, promote equality and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of homelessness.
For more information about our work or to see our work in action, please visit our website.
Registered Charity Numbers: E&W1082947, SC040094
Crisis is the national charity for homeless people.
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We are looking for a Link Worker to work in a primary/secondary school in West London.
We are looking for highly motivated individual with a passion for providing young people and families with the opportunities and relationships to enable them to flourish in life. Applicants will be highly proactive, professional, meticulous in their attention to detail and able to recognise the rigour required in reporting and data collection so as to evidence their own and other organisations’ work. WLZ Link Workers are individuals who are creative, constantly looking for new situations and solutions to improve the lives of young people and families, and who have great energy and enthusiasm for this work.
Link Workers work with families, WLZ colleagues, teachers and partner organisations to plan, co-ordinate and deliver a two year programme of support for children and young people. WLZ aims for every child to achieve good wellbeing, confidence and aspiration, positive relationships and improved academic achievement.
Responsibilities include:
● Act as a trusted adult and role model in the lives of the children, young people and families
● Engage with children/young people in order to build and maintain trusted relationships
● Motivate and inspire children and young people to engage positively with additional support as part of the WLZ programme
● Accurately assess the strengths and needs for each individual on the WLZ programme informed by work with children, young people, parents and professionals
● Create robust individual support plans to meet the needs of children and young people, using a Skills Framework and SMART goals to monitor and review progress
● Deliver 1:1 and small group engagement sessions to children and young people, which support their progress towards goals, consistent with WLZ policies and procedures
● Support school classroom delivery through one to one support with certain children
● Plan and participate in a range of educational trips and visits for children and young people in the school holidays
● Maintain regular communication with parents and provide opportunities for home learning where appropriate.
● Follow WLZ’s policies and procedures in relation to safeguarding
Applications received before: 11:30pm on Sunday 23rd August 2020 will be considered. Shortlisted candidates will be notified by 5:00pm on Tuesday 25th August 2020. Interviews to follow later that week and early the following week.
Interviews would either be Face to Face or via video call but will be in-line with the most up to date government guidance.
If you would like an informal conversation with one of our existing Link Workers please contact us and we will arrange a telephone call.
You can also apply for this position by going to West London Zone’s website.
Fixed-Term until October 2021 – with potential extension (dependent on additional funding being secured).
The London Survivors Gateway (LSG) is an innovative project that is the first of its kind in London. It is a partnership of specialist sexual violence services in London comprising of the four Rape Crisis Centres, Galop, SurvivorsUK and The Havens that have come together to provide a unique single point of access into specialist sexual violence services.
The LSG is run by Navigators who support any survivor, aged 13 or above, to access long-term services including advice, advocacy, counselling and other services that they may require. It is a fast-paced role, providing timely and short-term interventions to address immediate needs whilst helping survivors to make decisions about the next steps in their healing journey.
Navigators work from a person centred, trauma informed and survivor led, integrated approach ensuring individualised care pathways that are rooted in empowerment and best practice. The work is delivered through a commitment to an anti-oppressive, feminist framework that strives to address additional barriers and meet the diverse range of survivors needs understanding the specific support needs of each survivor.
Navigators are supported by a team of experienced practitioners and receive an ongoing package of training and clinical supervision.
The successful candidate will provide holistic support that is innovative. They will have specialist knowledge in sexual violence as well as frontline experience supporting survivors. The successful candidate will have exceptional communication skills, strong IT skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced, telephone focused role. If you have these skills, and want to join this unique and innovative project, we would love to hear from you.
WGN’s employee benefits include: 3% pension contribution, enhanced leave entitlement and an Employee Assistance Scheme.
This role will initially be on a remote-working basis, changing to office-based (in Hammersmith and Fulham) when circumstances allow.
This post is subject to satisfactory references, DBS check and evidence of right to work in the UK.
WGN is an equal opportunities employer. The above post is exempt under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1
Established in 1987, Women and Girls Network (WGN) has spent over 30 years supporting women and girls across London affected by gender-based vi... Read more
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The East European Resource Centre (EERC) is seeking two Welfare Advisers to join our fantastic team – one Romanian-speaking and one Polish-speaking.
The roles will be part time and for a fixed term – four days per week until 31 January 2021.
This Welfare Advisers will provide crucial support to users in understanding their rights and accessing their entitlements. The main duties will be:
- Outreach and information to Eastern Europeans in the UK
- Advice and casework around welfare benefits and housing applications
- Peer review of colleagues’ casework
The ideal candidate will have significant experience in assessing and supporting users to apply for welfare benefits. Though not essential, experience working with vulnerable users would be useful.
Please note: this post-holder will liaise with users who are unlikely to speak good or any English, might struggle with literacy, and have experienced disadvantage and trauma. Therefore, we request a fluent or very good Romanian- or Polish-speaker for this role.
Deadline: 9am on Monday 10 August 2020
How to apply: Please complete an application form and email to EERC as per instructions in job pack. Please note CVs will not be accepted.
East European Resource Centre is a charity (reg. no. 1114607) that has been providing information, advice and support to people from Centr... Read more
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Do you have experience of working with children and young people and do you understand the challenges that they face? Are you passionate about empowering young people to have their voices heard? If so, you could be part of an exciting new project.
At Healthwatch Somerset, we’re committed to ensuring our health and care service is shaped by the people who use it. We’re the county’s independent health and care champion and we exist to make sure people are at the heart of care.
We want to ensure that children and young people from across the county are listened to and heard by the people who buy, plan and run health and social care services in Somerset. We are looking for a dynamic, experienced Youth Worker to lead an exciting new Young Listeners project.
You will lead the project and recruit, train and support a team of 10 young listeners who will in turn engage with other children and young people from across Somerset offering a peer to peer engagement approach. It will be a varied and interesting job and no two days will be the same.
You will need a can-do attitude, be enthusiastic and a ‘people person’. You will also need to be a team player who enjoys being part of and contributing to a small and dynamic team.
In return we offer 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, a generous contributory pension scheme, comfortable office accommodation in Bridgwater and flexible working practices.
Closing date for applications: Midnight on Friday 28 August 2020
Date for interview: Friday 4 September 2020 in Bridgwater
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.