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We are seeking a dedicated Youth Worker to join our team and make a positive impact on the lives of young people from refugee backgrounds in our community. In this role, you will have the opportunity to inspire, mentor, and support young individuals in their educational journey while promoting a culture of curiosity and enthusiasm for learning.
About Katherine Low Settlement
Katherine Low Settlement is a charity that has been serving Battersea and the wider Wandsworth community since 1924. We are dedicated to building stronger communities and enable people to challenge and find ways out of poverty and isolation.
We run a range of our own community projects to tackle poverty and isolation, and empower and support children, young people and their families, older people, women and refugee communities. We campaign for social change. We also incubate and support local charities and social businesses to thrive, so together we can meet the diverse needs of the local communities of Wandsworth. Each week we work with 28+ charities supporting more than 1,000 people.
About KLS Love to Learn team
Since 2004, KLS Love to Learn education team of 10 part-time staff and over 100 volunteers, have supported thousands of young refugees and their families in Battersea and the London Borough of Wandsworth to thrive in their education. Through mentoring, family support, casework and homework clubs, we provide the tailored support each young person and their family/carers needs to overcome the barriers to education they face at home and school.
Key Objectives:
Homework Clubs and Mentoring:
- Assess eligibility for Love to Learn.
- Obtain updated consent information.
- Develop session plans and source resources.
- Engage youth with interactive activities.
- Encourage participation and uphold behavior policy.
- Maintain records and safeguarding practices.
- Foster relationships with youth agencies and services.
- Assist Lead Youth Worker with post-16 club.
- Support Volunteer Coordinator in mentor matching.
Trips and Activities:
- Collaborate on annual activity programme.
- Plan and execute holiday and term-time activities.
- Assist with summer programme organisation.
Teamwork and Reporting:
- Coordinate with team members and external agencies.
- Contribute to reports and meetings with funders.
- Communicate effectively within KLS teams.
Other Duties:
- Engage in regular supervision and appraisals.
- Practice anti-discriminatory and empowering principles.
- Adhere to confidentiality, safeguarding, and equal opportunities policies.
- Conduct professional duties in line with KLS values.
If you are passionate about making a profound and lasting impact on the lives of young individuals, shaping their futures, and empowering them to reach their full potential, then join us. Together, let's inspire, mentor, and support the next generation, building a brighter tomorrow for our community.
Dates
Closing Date for Applications: 9.00 am on 26th April 2024
Interview Date: 3rd May 2024
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We have an exciting Education Worker opportunity based at our IntoUniversity centre in Bradford on IntoUniversity’s 2 year Graduate Scheme.
We are looking for people who will thrive in a fast paced, rewarding role helping to change the lives of young people.
We believe that our Graduate Scheme is one of the most exciting in the charity sector. We provide exceptional training and experience, and the opportunity to work with young people and colleagues who will challenge and inspire you.
IntoUniversity is an award winning charity that runs local learning centres in the heart of communities where the young people we support live.
Our centres provide an innovative education programme which includes: practical learning support, motivational and confidence-building activities for children and young people aged 7-18.
Our aim is to inspire students from the least advantaged neighbourhoods to broaden their horizons and achieve their full potential.
As the UK’s leading university access organisation, our staff team is helping thousands of young people each year. We currently have forty one centres and extension projects across England and Scotland. We have a number of new centres planned for 2023 to 2024, and ambitious plans to scale up our provision further over the coming years.
If you believe that all young people deserve the chance to develop their talents regardless of their background and want to play a part in helping them succeed, then we would be delighted to hear from you.
Application deadline: 9am on Monday 15th April 2024
Start date: As soon as possible, to be agreed with the candidate,
Salary: £25,500 per annum, rising to £27,400 per annum from 29th July 2024.
Working hours: Monday, Thursday from 09.30 to 18.00, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: 0900 to 1730
Staff benefits:
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33 days (including bank and public holidays)
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Plus additional 2 closure days in December and 1 day in July
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Plus additional length of service entitlement (one day per year of service, up to 5 days)
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Employee Assistance Programme
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Life Assurance
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Staff in FOCUS – rewards, competitions and prizes across the year
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Interest free new starter loans of up to £1,000
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Summer working hours
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Cycle to Work Scheme
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Corporate eyecare scheme
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Employer pension contributions of 6% from April 2024
As a charity with social mobility as its core objective, IntoUniversity is wholly committed to equality of opportunity. We work with children and young people from a diverse range of backgrounds, and we believe that our staff team should be similarly diverse and representative.
The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be, and we recognise that we have much more to do in this regard. We are committed to building a culture where students, staff and volunteers are valued for the unique people they are.
We therefore encourage applications from candidates from as wide a range as possible of ethnic, cultural and social backgrounds. In particular, we actively and warmly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, male candidates and candidates with a disability as they are currently under-represented within IntoUniversity.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The position is a dual role. You’ll join as the organisation’s sole dedicated Youth Worker and will lead on a portion of Free to Be’s year-round follow-on support for vulnerable young people who we have initially engaged via our Thrive Outside residentials. This will involve working with a member of the management team to run our Young Leader and Mentoring programmes as well as working one to one with a small caseload of our children who have more complex needs.
You’ll also help lead at least 10 of our residential projects across each year - working on the ground with the children, leading the volunteers, and helping make the projects special, safe, and transformative for vulnerable young people.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Youth Work (approx. 60% of workload):
When not on residentials (see below), you’ll help to lead the delivery of our year-round work. All of our young people come to us initially through our Thrive Outside ‘Gateway’ residentials. Through that residential week they’ll build deep trust with the organisation. Many however have complex life situations requiring longer term support. Your role will be to deliver and lead the youth work elements of this longer-term support. This will include:
a) Co-lead our ‘Young Leader’ Programme. This programme currently consists of a weekend residential training project to skill up young people, aged 14-17, who have previously attended residentials as younger children, to return as volunteers on those projects. Young Leaders also attend a thank you and feedback weekend each Autumn. We have recently begun to develop this programme further to offer greater year-round support including 1:1 keywork and support through challenges; sessions focusing on life skills development; linking them into work experience/capacity building experiences. We would also like to develop a ‘Youth Board’ or similar in the coming couple of years. You will lead the youth development aspects of the programme: delivering support sessions and keywork to Young Leaders, arranging development opportunities, building participation, and growing the offer over time.
b) Hold a small caseload of higher need young people. Working with a caseload of 4-6 young people at any one time you will deliver targeted 1:1 keywork sessions supporting young people with significant needs – offering advice, support, activities, and crucially help to work through sensitive or complex issues including difficult relationships with parents/carers; low school attendance; challenges with emotional/mental health.
c) Hold a small caseload of volunteer mentors and their mentees - providing regular support, supervision, and guidance meetings to the mentors; ensure mentors are running sessions safely and in line with policy; leading Start of Mentoring meetings with children, parents and mentors; taking the lead on liaising with the wider network of support around the child Including advocacy, attending multi agency meetings and safeguarding referrals. Mentoring is one of Free to Be's follow-on programmes.
d) of support, building on relationships built during our Initial residentials. Volunteer mentors are matched to our existing young people requiring ongoing support, and then offer regular sessions for at least a year with a focus on building young people's confidence and emotional health.
2. Thrive Outside Project Coordination (approx. 40% of workload):
Our residential projects are immersive, exhausting in all the right ways, and full of opportunities for children to feel included, valued and successful. Children usually spend 5 days at a time with us - many will paddle in the sea for the first time, play hide and seek in the woods, build rafts, canoe across lakes, visit farms, forests, ruined castles and splash through streams. A small number of projects are camping based, but most run from a variety of residential centres that we hire for the purpose. The majority of these projects take place during the school holidays.
We want you to play a key part in at least 10 such projects a year. Initially spending time in the different project roles (working intensively with small groups of children; providing floating support to the project coordinators; perhaps overseeing catering or driving our minibusses.). Once you are familiar with the way projects work, we will support you to progress to lead and coordinate them, working alongside a member of our staff team or an experienced volunteer. This will involve managing teams of between 5 and 25 volunteers, to oversee the wellbeing of between 8 and 20 children and young people per project.
Jointly with the other project coordinator, you will:
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Take lead responsibility for the organisation, structure, and safe running of the project.
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Provide leadership, support and direction to the project’s volunteer team. Set the tone and ethos of the project, understand and model Free to Be’s approach to supporting young people, and lead the team to create the best experience possible for the children.
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Build excellent working relationships with Free to Be’s children and young people, ensuring they feel welcomed and included and that their safety and support needs are fully met during the project.
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Support the volunteer team to respond effectively and in a positive manner to children presenting behaviour,risk issues (including safeguarding issues), or other challenges which may arise.
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Liaise with the parents/carers of Free to Be children, building positive and supportive relationships, understanding many may have been let down by statutory or other organisations in the past.
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Work to ensure safety and quality standards on residentials are of the highest level by ensuring Free toBe’s policies and processes, (including safeguarding, health and safety) are implemented at all times and issues are efficiently and constructively problem-solved, with the support of the leadership team.
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Be the ultimate problem solver on the project - anything can happen, and frequently does!
As a small but fast-growing charity, we may also, from time to time, ask you to step in and support with other tasks in line with the development of the organisation.
Senior Youth Participation Officer
Fitzrovia Youth in Action is looking for an experienced, passionate and enthusiastic person for our Senior Youth Participation Officer role. If you feel like this is you, we would love to hear from you!
The post holder will coordinate and develop our new young people drop-in programme and additional youth action programmes, aimed at engaging local young people into the work of FYA. The successful candidate will oversee the development and delivery of the drop-in sessions, as well as deliver some youth led social action programmes. The role will include recruiting young people, engaging them in co-producing fun and creative activities and workshops which will take place at the drop-ins, as well as supporting them in planning and delivering the social action programmes.
Typically, sessions will occur Sundays (TBC) and young people from the ages 8 to 18 will attend. We are also planning to start a second drop-in session from September, which is likely to run on a Friday evening.
The post holder will support young people to plan some social action programmes directly, as well as support young people into other youth-led community action programmes at FYA.
Examples of projects include youth-led football tournaments, street parties and festivals and peer education activities.
This is an exciting opportunity for FYA as we are elated to have our first drop-in session at our Warren Centre, as we want to reach as many local young people as possible and provide opportunities of social action and support.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are looking for a Live Well Little Hulton Development Worker who will play a central role in the development of a community-led network of trusted voices that will enable local people to access activities, services, and information in support of their emotional and physical wellbeing.
Initially, Live Well Little Hulton will use innovative and creative methods to engage with the community to establish baseline information and insights to inform the development of the network. This will include recruiting and supporting a small team of community researchers to undertake a community-wide audit.
The role of Live Well Little Hulton Development Worker is a great opportunity for an individual that has a passion for building on community strengths and assets to help establish a model that can be adapted for communities across Salford, Greater Manchester and beyond.
This post will be matrix managed by Salford CVS and CommUNITY Little Hulton. It will be based in the community and will require some evening as well as weekend working. This is a fixed-term role for two years where you will work 18.75 hours per week.
The Live Well Little Hulton Development Worker will be confident in working both as part of a team and collaborating with a wide range of community stakeholders, including residents, community groups, charities, local GP practices, Council Officers, and local businesses.
If that sounds like you – then we want to hear from you!
The benefits of working at Salford CVS
- 28 days’ holiday – rising to 30 days (after five years), plus Bank Holidays (pro rata for part-time)
- Paid sick leave – subject to terms and conditions of service
- A compassionate approach to dependants leave and compassionate leave – to help deal with life’s unforeseen circumstances
- Pension scheme – with 7% employer contribution (and 1% mandatory employee contribution)
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Membership of the Hospital Saturday Fund via an employer-subsidised scheme (optional and non-contractual)
- RHS family membership (optional and non-contractual)
- Development opportunities – we support and encourage our staff to progress in their careers (including formal training)
- A supportive working culture – we respect and support one another to do the best we can
For further information and to apply, please visit our website via the Apply button.
Closing date: Noon on Monday 15th April 2024
Interview date: Tuesday 23rd April 2024
We reserve the right to review applications before the closing date should we get sufficient applications.
Please note late applications will not be accepted.
Passionate about Support and leading a team?
Passionate about passing your knowledge to others?
Want to grow within an organisation with strong employee values?
Come and join a Charity focused on people rather than profit.
As our new Senior Support Worker, you would provide floating support and assist with overseeing staff ensuring CCP's expanding Independent Living Support Services for young people leaving care in Gloucestershire and surrounding counties meet all staffing, contractual, legal and audit requirements providing the highest quality of support in line with Ofsted Standards. You'll mainly be based in properties in Cheltenham and Gloucester working a mix of 10-6pm and 12-8pm shifts with some weekend working. Full-time and Part-time hours considered (minimum of 22.5 hours per week)
Why should you consider this opportunity?
Work within a fun, established and very supportive team.
Management support from a very well established and tight knit senior management team with decades of experience.
Career growth, joining a service which has grown in the last 5 years from a few properties to 20+ across 5 counties.
Role Responsibilities
• You'll Re-enforce, positive support being delivered and establish the same standards in new placements.
• Provide a strengths-based, trauma-informed approach to empower young people in improving independent living skills.
• Safeguard them from any potential danger, harm, or abuse.
• Accurately document notes on our computer system and ensure seamless communication with support staff for effective handovers.
• Oversee staff, including volunteers and students, focusing on supervisions, appraisals, and other quality measures.
• Participate in the on-call rota, for which you will be paid extra for.
• Assist in the recruitment, selection, induction, and supervision of staff as needed.
About Us
Established in 1989, CCP (Caring for Communities and People) is a registered charity propelled by an unwavering commitment to addressing homelessness, family breakdown, and social exclusion. Over the years, we've consistently made tangible impacts in communities across Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire, South Gloucestershire, Bristol, Wiltshire, Dorset, and Devon.
Why join us?
• 25 days holiday, plus public holidays, with an additional day added per year and option to purchase more^
• Enhanced pension
• Enhanced sick pay
• Death in service benefit
• Free subscription to Benenden healthcare cashback plan or Perkbox discounts
• 45p Business Mileage^^
• Investors in People Gold accredited employer, committed to making the workplace better for you.
• Comprehensive induction and ongoing training and development.
• Option to join various groups, including Proud2Be, Green Impact, Health & Safety, and Health and Wellbeing.
• In-house Workplace Welfare Manager for support when needed.
Are Your Values Aligned with Ours?
• We look for staff who embody our SPIRIT values:
• Show gratitude and appreciation of others.
• Demonstrate personal and professional Pride.
• Integrity is everything.
• Reflect and learn.
• Continuous Improvement.
• Take your best self wherever you go.
Apply Now
If you're ready to make a meaningful difference and share our values, click the apply button to start your journey with CCP.
Application Information:
Position: Senior Support Worker (Job ID 824)
Hours: Full-time hours 37.5 or Part-time hours (minimum of 22.5 hours per week) working a mix of 10-6pm and 12-8pm shifts with some weekend working.
Contract: Permanent
Location: Gloucestershire and surrounding areas
Pay: £24,725 a year full-time equivalent (Part-time will be pro rata)
Closing Date: 7th April 2024 - CCP reserves the right to close the job advert early if needed.
CCP is committed to equality and diversity, ensuring fair treatment and equal opportunities for all.
We believe in the rehabilitative power of employment and working toward a purpose, so a prior conviction will not necessarily prevent you from joining CCP. Please note this role is subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks and also an enhanced check by the Disclosure & Barring Services, paid for by CCP.
Please review the attached job attachments for further insights.
You may also have experience in the following: Support Worker, Senior Support Assistant, Accommodation Support Worker, Homelessness Support Worker, Youth Support Worker, Support Supervisor, Supported Accommodation Worker, Young People's Support Worker, Social Care Worker, etc.
Development Worker
Fixed Term Contract
Job Ref: V491
Hours/Days per week: 28 hours per week – (Flexible days/hours)
Salary: £20,000 pro rata (25K FTE) plus attractive employee benefits package
Start date: ASAP
Location: Office based in Alloa, or locally home based, with regular work in local communities
Closing date: 1 April 2024 – 10am
Interview date and Location: Monday 8 April 2024 – Alloa
Volunteering Matters
At Volunteering Matters, we use the unique power of volunteering to bring people together, build stronger, more resilient communities across the UK and solve some of society’s most complex issues. From social isolation and loneliness, to improving health and wellbeing, to building skills, confidence and opportunity, and to ensuring young people can become change-makers in their community; the impact that we have is great. And we won’t stop until everyone in the UK has the opportunity to thrive.
People-led and impact driven, we are a national charity that is deeply embedded in local areas across the UK. We operate in regional hubs across Scotland, England and Wales. We also have a national Employee Volunteering Team, with over 25 years’ experience, acting as a broker of tailor-made solutions to employers. We turn local knowledge and energy into action and progress, building stronger communities and a better future for all.
We are a worthwhile, fun, interesting, challenging, team orientated, collaborative and rewarding place to work!
This is an exciting time to be joining the team. We’re changing the way we work to meet new ambitions and make sure our impact continues to grow alongside out business.
Role Purpose
The Retired and Senior Volunteer Programme (RSVP) is supported by the Volunteering Matters family. RSVP is a volunteer-led project that encourages, facilitates, and supports older people aged 50+ to keep active by volunteering in their community.
RSVP believe by volunteering and using their life experience and skills, older people are less likely to be socially isolated and suffer from poor mental and physical health and wellbeing. RSVP groups are coordinated by a team of Volunteer Organisers. Current activities include volunteering within NHS hospitals and schools, charitable knitting groups, walking groups, and a Handyperson scheme. Over 1000 older people have engaged over the last 21 years.
We are looking for a Development Worker who can work flexibly, is driven, and is passionate about supporting older people to volunteer in their community. It is important that the post holder can commit to our organisational values – being Compassionate, Empowering, Inclusive, Positive and Straightforward.
The coronavirus pandemic caused major disruption to RSVP. Risks to older people meant that our volunteers were asked, overnight, to shield at home. RSVP activities closed for a prolonged period of time. While these have since re-launched, a significant number of Organisers and Volunteers have not returned to volunteering.
As our Development Worker, you will provide staff support to re-build RSVP activities across Forth Valley. You will help to decrease social isolation and loneliness, and improve older people’s mental health and wellbeing, by engaging them in regular, ongoing volunteering roles suited to their needs and interests.
You will work closely with a small team of Volunteer Organisers, supporting and empowering them to deliver and develop RSVP activities across Forth Valley.
Over the next year, we aim to engage a minimum of 60 new volunteers in our activities across Forth Valley. You will lead a volunteer recruitment campaign while also developing and implementing sustainable infrastructure for the future such as Organiser guides, and other volunteering and project resources. These local resources will supplement the nationally developed “RSVP toolkit” and resource materials already available.
This role is funded by the Community Mental Health and Wellbeing fund, in Falkirk, Stirling and Clackmannanshire.
Key Duties
• Role model and display our organisational values – being Compassionate, Empowering, Inclusive, Positive and Straightforward
• Teamwork across the regional staff team and the wider charity, working in a flexible way
• Support the day-to-day activities, and development of RSVP. This includes meeting ambitious goals, ensuring all older people engaged achieve positive outcomes
• Establish and maintain excellent working relationships with stakeholders including colleagues, volunteer organisers, volunteers, schools, NHS staff, partner organisations and others. This will include face-to-face meetings in a variety of locations across Forth Valley
• Develop and lead an ambitious volunteer recruitment campaign, aimed at engaging older people in volunteering. This includes creating relevant promotional material and information.
• Recruit and support older volunteers and volunteer organisers in an inclusive way
• Support existing Volunteer Organisers, alongside the Delivery Leader, particularly around ensuring the project has appropriate infrastructure in place for our activities
• To maintain Volunteering Matters and RSVP standards around quality and effective Volunteer Management
• Support appropriate risk assessment, safeguarding, quality assurance and audit processes
• Ensure quarterly statistical data is collected and that RSVP Forth Valley meets its agreed goals, reporting format and schedule as required by our funders.
• Administration tasks including the use of Office 365, Microsoft Teams and other relevant software
The above job description is intended to include the broad range of responsibilities and requirements of the post. It is neither exhaustive nor exclusive but while some variations will be expected, these will be at an appropriate level for the role.
Skills / Knowledge Required
• An excellent knowledge and understanding of the life challenges and issues that older people face
• An understanding of how to assess the needs of an individual, using a person-centered approach
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including being able to have strategic conversations with external partners one minute, and talk to an anxious or unsure older person the next
• Excellent people skills with the ability to build professional, long-term relationships with various stakeholders, to influence and motivate others
• Excellent organisational skills including strong attention to detail, the ability to manage a busy workload and prioritise accordingly
• Excellent IT skills including the use of Office 365, Microsoft Teams and other software packages
• A creative approach to problem solving, an ability to work independently and use own initiative
Experience Required
• Experience working directly with older people as volunteers
• Experience in leading or supporting a large volunteer recruitment campaign
• Experience in all aspects of effective Volunteer Management
• Experience developing strong working relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders
• Experience of project management, achieving goals, managing a busy workload and working to deadlines
• Experience of measuring the impact of volunteering, and understanding the results
• Understanding of, and full commitment, to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
Qualifications
We are not looking for any specific qualifications, for this role. Relevant experience and skills are more important, along with a commitment to our organisational values.
Our values and ways of working
We offer flexible working by default. This means that our staff have significant flexibility when it comes to place of work, working hours, and are empowered with the responsibility of managing their own diary and workload.
Part of your working week will need to be based in local communities within Forth Valley, meeting older people, volunteers, and other stakeholders. For the remainder of the time, you will work from our Alloa office, or from home (must be based locally).
If working from home, you will need good internet access and a suitable home working environment. All I.T. equipment, mobile phone and other infrastructure will be supplied.
At Volunteering Matters, we embrace a philosophy of ‘Freedom within a Framework’ and are guided by our organisational values at all times:
We are Empowering.
We are Inclusive.
We are Compassionate.
We are Positive.
We are Straightforward
We are looking for a candidate who can evidence these characteristics in their application and at interview.
PVG
This role requires membership of the PVG (Protection of Vulnerable Groups) scheme. Having a conviction will not necessarily cause a bar to employment. We will support you to become a member of the PVG scheme, or update your existing membership (if relevant).
Employee Benefits
Volunteering Matters ambition is to be the best place to work in the charity sector. We offer a wide range of employee benefits which include:
• Fully flexible working
• Unlimited annual leave allowance to achieve a positive work-life balance
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Interest free season ticket loan (public transport)
• Competitive and supportive maternity/adoption/family leave provision
• Competitive and supportive sick leave provision
• Access to our free Employee Assistance line (provided by CiC Wellbeing)
• An organisational “Wellbeing Promise”
Diversity & Inclusion:
We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and communities. This will help us to ensure that our staff team represents the people we serve in Forth Valley.
We particularly welcome applications from Black people, people of colour, and people with disabilities - all of whom are currently under-represented in our staff team.
Our Values & Way of Working:
In all that we do, we embrace a philosophy of ‘Freedom within a Framework’ and are guided by our values: Empowering, Inclusive, Compassionate, Positive & Straightforward.
Diversity & Inclusion
Volunteering Matters welcomes all applicants and are keen to ensure our team reflects the diversity of the UK and the communities we serve. We encourage applications from disabled, LGBT and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, along with candidates with any protected characteristics and from disadvantaged groups.
Disability Confident & Reasonable Adjustments:
We guarantee to interview anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the role. Please provide evidence in your application, which demonstrates that you meet the level of competence required in the “Experience/Skills” section of this advert. To be considered for a guaranteed interview or to discuss any reasonable adjustments during the process, please state this in your application for more information.
We have also committed to the following pledges which positively encompass our recruitment and selection processes and methodology: The Promise, Show The Salary, Salary History.
GDPR Statement
If you apply for a role with us, we will retain your contact details including your name, address, email address and phone number to help us manage your application for up to 6 months. We will not use your personal data for any other purpose or share it with any third party. You can contact us at any point to update your personal information or ask us to delete it from our records.
To Apply for this role - Visit our website -
• Please prepare an up-to-date CV
• Please write a supporting statement – this should be at least 1 A4 page which demonstrates why you are the best person for this role. You should refer to the Job Description and Person Specification
• Send your CV and supporting statement
• Finally, please complete our Recruitment Monitoring Form which is available on our website
If you have any questions around this role, or would like to discuss the role with our recruitment manager, please visit our website for contact information.
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Location:
This role is primarily based in our Brent office with occasional travel to our Croydon and Kings Cross offices. However, our hybrid working model allows staff members to do some homeworking.
The Role
The Youth Development Coordinator is responsible for the development and delivery of our youth development programme for young refugees and asylum seekers.
You will be focused on ensuring our programme activities achieve our outcomes, are in line with our strategy and identify areas for change and development under the direction of the Head of Services. An excellent communicator and skilled at working with partners, you will be key in the implementation and running of our weekly Youth Club and Advice and Support Hub working closely with the Youth Development Worker and having oversight of our weekly Young Women’s group and Skills Workshops.
Working with the Brent team, and wider Young Roots staff, you will play a key role in our youth participation and youth leadership work in Brent.
You will prioritise the participation of young people in all activities, ensuring excellent safeguarding by following our policy and protocols, and ensure that we collect excellent data for monitoring and evaluation and to aid our future planning. You will also assist with staff and volunteer recruitment and reporting to our funding partners.
We particularly value lived experience of the asylum system. If you are an expert by experience (a refugee or a migrant with direct, first-hand experience of issues and challenges of the UK asylum or immigration system), you can ask for an independent and confidential support for your job application from the Experts by Experience Employment Network . Please email to request support and they will confirm if they can match you with a mentor to support your application.
Job Description
To be responsible for coordinating, planning, and delivering our youthwork programme in Brent, ensuring you are focused on achieving our outcomes and impact for young refugees and asylum seekers – and working within our current strategy, youth development strategy and implementation plan. Our current youth work activities are:
· 1:1 youthwork
· Young Women’s’ Group
· Support and Advice Hub (including cricket and football)
· Youth Club
· Trips and Residentials
· English classes
2. To manage the Brent Youth Development Team
· Line manage Youth Development Workers
· Supervise volunteers to enable them to support activities with young people
· Assist the Head of Services with the recruitment and induction of staff and volunteers, ensuring young people’s participation in the process.
· To ensure excellent monitoring and evaluation
· To have a supportive and wellbeing-focused approach to line management of staff - ensuring regular one-to-one supervision meetings and annual Performance and Development Reviews.
3. To play a key role in the delivery of our weekly Youth Club and Advice and Support Hub. This includes working closely with the Head of Services, Casework Manager and Hub partners and subsequent follow-up actions relating to supporting young people access their rights and entitlements.
4. To play a key role in developing and co-ordinating youth participation work, working closely with young people and the Head of Services:
· To ensure the views of young people are central to the shaping and delivery of all youth activities in Brent.
· to be responsible for ensuring young refugees and asylum seekers are meaningfully involved in participation opportunities – or other relevant projects.
5. To be responsible for ensuring there are adequate volunteers/staff present to safely run each session/trip and to find staff cover in the case of illness or absence.
6. To identify, propose and with agreement from the Head of Services, develop and run new projects in line with our new strategy and implementation plan, meeting unmet need and with advice from young refugees and asylum seekers in Brent and surrounding areas.
7. To ensure targeted outreach to young asylum seekers and refugees, publicising projects creatively and appropriately, including at relevant schools and colleges in the local area.
8. To ensure excellent safeguarding practice, and always follow our Safeguarding Policy, reporting any Safeguarding incidents to the Designated Safeguarding Lead ad ensuring they are informed, and appropriate, timely action is taken.
9. To work with the Impact and Communications Manager to provide content (photos, videos, quotes, case studies) which is safe for and respectful of the young people we support, with the right permissions that can be used as part of communications to our supporters, on social media and as evidence of our work to funders.
10. Ensure activities in Brent are monitored and evaluated in line with the agreed protocols.
11. To build collaborative relationships with partners and referral organisations attending and organising partnership meetings as required.
12. Manage new referrals to the service alongside our Casework manager
General Responsibilities
· To work within Young Roots’ values at all times.
· To have a creative approach to your work highlighting new areas of need/new service ideas to the team and your manager.
· To attend regular supervision, project planning, team and debrief meetings as agreed with your manager.
· To attend and take part in training as agreed with your manager
· (optional) To attend youthwork supervision (clinical is also available)
· To read, understand and agree to Young Roots youth participation statement.
· To read, understand and agree to Young Roots child protection/safeguarding policy.
· To read, understand and implement the Young Roots Equal Opportunities policy.
· To undertake other tasks as requested by the Head of Services.
For further details please download the job pack for the role.
Are you a night owl with a heart for helping others?
Ever thought about embracing the nocturnal lifestyle and making a real difference?
Come and join a Charity focused on people rather than profit.
We are looking for a Night Worker (internally referred to as a Building Supervisor), to join our fantastic Hereford Adult Accommodation Based Service, which offers shelter and support for vulnerable adults aged 18 and above who face homelessness.
We are looking for someone to work Full-time (Average 39.375 hours per week) on a rota basis 12.25 hour shifts 8pm-8:15am
We would also consider people to join our Bank team which is £12 per hour, plus holiday pay accrual and paid training, working shifts as and when they are available on a zero hour basis.
Why should you consider this opportunity?
- Work within a fun, established and very supportive team.
- Management support from a very well established and tight knit senior management team with decades of experience.
- Career growth, join a service which continues to grow in Hereford, as a result of excellent service delivery.
Who are we looking for?
Ready to leave a lasting impact?
- Your primary focus will be ensuring the safety and security of our residents. This involves effective communication with support staff for seamless shift handovers.
- Your duties will encompass various responsibilities, from monitoring site activity and maintaining cleanliness to undertaking minor maintenance tasks and providing companionship to residents in need of support.
- Regular health and safety checks are a crucial part of the role.
- Displaying empathy and maintaining professional boundaries with our residents are non-negotiable qualities.
- You'll be an integral part of a close-knit team comprising Night Building Supervisors, Support Workers, Senior Support Workers, and a Project Manager.
- While prior experience in interacting with diverse communities is advantageous, it's not a prerequisite as comprehensive training will be provided.
About Us
Established in 1989, Caring for Communities and People (CCP) is a registered charity propelled by an unwavering commitment to addressing homelessness, family breakdown, and social exclusion. We are driven by our values-based approach, caring deeply about the individuals and families we serve. Our supportive programs aim at developing long-term solutions to societal challenges. Over the years, we've consistently made tangible impacts in communities across Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire, South Gloucestershire, Bristol, Wiltshire, Dorset, and Devon.
Benefits:
- 25 days holiday, plus public holidays, with an additional day added per year and an option to purchase more^
- Enhanced pension and sick pay
- Death in service benefit
- Free subscription to Benenden Cashback plan or Perkbox Discounts
- Why choose CCP
- Charity - people focused not profit.
- Investors in People Gold accredited employer, committed to making the workplace better for you.
- Excellent training and support to help you excel in your role.
- A voice in various groups, including Proud2Be, Green Impact, Health & Safety, and Health and Wellbeing.
- Access to a Workplace Welfare Manager for support when needed.
- Be part of an organisation that delivers social value; check out our latest Impact Report
Are Your Values Aligned with Ours?
- We look for staff who embody our SPIRIT values:
- Show gratitude and appreciation of others.
- Demonstrate personal and professional pride.
- Integrity is everything.
- Reflect and learn.
- Continuous improvement.
- Take your best self wherever you go.
How to Apply
If you're ready to make a meaningful difference and share our values, click the apply button to start your journey with CCP.
Position: Night Worker (internally know as Building Supervisor) (Job ID 815)
Hours: Full-time (Average 39.375 hours per week) on a rota basis 12.25 hour shifts 8pm-8:15am
Contract: Permanent
Location: Hereford
Pay: £22,317 per year based on 39.375 hours per week or £12 per hour for bank work
Closing Date: 21st March 2024 - CCP reserves the right to close the job advert early if needed.
Interview Date: 27th March 2024
CCP is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all.
Our robust Safeguarding Policy guides our recruitment process. We believe in the rehabilitative power of employment and working toward a purpose, so a prior conviction will not necessarily prevent you from joining CCP. Please note this role is subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks and also an enhanced check by the Disclosure & Barring Services, paid for by CCP.
Please review the attached job attachments for further insights.
You may also have experience in the following: Supported Accommodation supervisor, Facilities Manager, H&S Management, Maintenance Manager, Facilities Coordinator, Health and Safety, States Manager, Site Management, Facility Building Manager, Night worker, Building Maintenance, etc.
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As we move into large-scale programme delivery and evaluation, we are expanding the Programmes and Grant Directorate with two new Heads of Programmes roles. Each postholder will lead the development and implementation of a major area of programming, overseeing high quality delivery and ensuring that the work we fund generates robust evidence and insight.
As Head of Programmes, you will manage the work of a cross-functional team delivering a programme of grants, research, evaluation, communications, youth involvement and associated activity. You will provide programme leadership, ensuring that this range of activity is aligned to programme objectives and Youth Futures’ overall strategic aims. You will coordinate programme-related work across the organisation, fostering collaboration in pursuit of a shared purpose.
You will make connections to relevant stakeholders and wider debates, positioning Youth Futures as an organisation at the forefront of thinking and practice in your programme area(s). You will work closely with externally-facing colleagues to feed learning and insight from funded programmes into our policy work, employer engagement and public communications. At the heart of the role is management and oversight of a thematic grants programme, ensuring that funded delivery is of high quality and enables Youth Futures to deepen and build the evidence base of what works in youth employment.
This role can be based at any of our hubs located in London, Birmingham or Leeds. We currently operate a hybrid model of two-days per week in the office and three-days from home. For more information, please download the job recruitment pack.
We are expanding our Programmes & Grants team and have a number of opportunities available on our website.
The young people we aim to serve – and the challenges they face - are all unique. We are looking to build a team that reflects this diversity. Our commitment to inclusion across race, gender, age, class, religion, identity, and experience forms the cornerstone of our work. We are an equal opportunities, Living Wage and Disability Confident employer and encourage applications from a diverse range of backgrounds representative of our communities. We offer a welcoming and inclusive workplace, where employees are encouraged to have a voice.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as the applications come in. Don’t miss your opportunity, apply now!
Do you want to make a difference now and for the future?
We have an exciting opportunity to join our team in East Sussex who support Young Carers, aged 5-18 years, who have caring responsibilities for someone in their family due to disability, long-term illness, mental health, or drug or alcohol misuse.
You will manage an existing caseload and new referrals, meeting with families and Young Carers to complete statutory assessments, and providing short-term interventions that support Young Carers to improve their resilience, educational chances and wellbeing. This might be signposting to local services, action planning, one-to-one support, or our workshop programme.
Working closely with schools and Childrens Services, you will make referrals to a range of professionals and community services, ensuring whole family needs are met, and thereby reducing the impact of caring on the Young Carer.
As a CYP Coordinator, you will plan and deliver workshop sessions and activities, providing opportunities for Young Carers to spend time with their peers and recognise that they are not alone.
This is a full-time role delivering the service across Wealden (part-time hours considered), and includes working once a week at our Tunbridge Wells office. Some early evenings required. Own car essential.
You can make the difference and give a Young Carer their childhood back.
We offer our employees:
· Inclusive values-based environment
· Competitive remuneration package
· Workplace pension scheme
· Generous 31 days annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays
· Opportunities for hybrid working
· Benenden Health Care
· Death in Service Benefit
· Cycle to Work Scheme
· Employee Supported Volunteering scheme
· Development opportunities
· and more
Imago is committed to Safer Recruitment practices, and the post is subject to references and an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Please either submit your CV with a short covering note or visit our website for full details.
Imago recognises that many people in our society experience discrimination or lack of opportunity for reasons that are not fair. We aim to create a culture that respects and values each other’s differences, and see these differences as an asset, as they improve our ability to meet the needs of the organisations and people we work with. We proactively seek to increase opportunities for inclusion, and celebrate diversity across our organisation and within communities.
Imago recognises its duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of the children, young people and adults at risk who access its services or with whom it comes into contact.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as the applications come in. Don’t miss your opportunity, apply now!
Do you want to make a difference now and for the future?
Are you confident, approachable, self-motivated and have a flexible attitude?
Then join our team supporting Young Carers, aged 5-18 years, who have caring responsibilities for someone in their family due to disability, long-term illness, mental health, or drug or alcohol misuse.
You’ll deliver the service across Gravesham, so your own car is essential. You will manage an existing caseload and new referrals, meeting with families and Young Carers to complete statutory assessments, and providing short-term interventions that support Young Carers to improve their resilience, educational chances and wellbeing. This might be signposting to local services, action planning, one-to-one support, or our workshop programme.
Working closely with schools and Childrens Services, you will make referrals to a range of professionals and community services, ensuring whole family needs are met and thereby reducing the impact of caring on the Young Carer.
As a CYP Coordinator, you will plan and deliver workshop sessions and respite activities, providing opportunities for Young Carers to spend time with their peers and recognise that they are not alone.
Applicants may have relevant experience of working or volunteering in education, health or social care, or be looking to start a career working with children or young people. This is a part-time role (22.5 hours); some early evenings required.
You can make the difference and give a Young Carer their childhood back.
We offer our employees:
· Inclusive values-based environment
· Competitive remuneration package
· Workplace pension scheme
· Generous 31 days annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays
· Opportunities for hybrid working
· Benenden Health Care
· Death in Service Benefit
· Cycle to Work Scheme
· Employee Supported Volunteering scheme
· Development opportunities
· and more
Imago is committed to Safer Recruitment practices, and the post is subject to references and an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Please either submit your CV with a short covering note or visit our website for full details.
Imago recognises that many people in our society experience discrimination or lack of opportunity for reasons that are not fair. We aim to create a culture that respects and values each other’s differences, and see these differences as an asset, as they improve our ability to meet the needs of the organisations and people we work with. We proactively seek to increase opportunities for inclusion, and celebrate diversity across our organisation and within communities.
Imago recognises its duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of the children, young people and adults at risk who access its services or with whom it comes into contact.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Youth Co-Ordinator – Young Carers
Hours: Full time (37 hours).
Salary: £24,325.16
We have a vacancy in our Young Carers Team
Are you passionate about working with young people and would like to learn about young carers and how we support them? Get in touch!
We work with young carers to let them know they are not alone and see what support we can offer. Activities and events are organised for them to get a break from their caring role and meet other young carers. We provide training to other professionals about how they can identify and support young carers. It is a varied role where full training is provided, we ask that you are enthusiastic about working with young people and having quite good IT skills.
As a carer led organisation Carers in Hertfordshire believes that the voice of the carer is central to everything we do. You will be able to ensure young carers voices are heard at every level. You will contribute to this through supporting the work of our young carers council, encouraging feedback on support as well as regular activities.
Closing Date: Monday 15th April 2024 – 9am
Interview Date: Friday 19th April 2024
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you looking for a new challenge? Are you keen to work with children to support and develop their phonics and reading skills?
38% of children from disadvantaged backgrounds leave primary school in England each year unable to read to the expected standard. Chapter One is a fast-growing charity, with a vision of a world in which all children have the literacy skills they need to thrive. We work to ensure that all children have 1:1 reading support at the time they need it most.
Our Early Literacy Intervention (ELI) programme (based on a model that serves 20,000 children successfully in the USA) provides daily, 1:1, 7 minute phonics sessions for children who are behind in phonics. Using a bespoke technology tool, a trained Early Literacy Interventionist works individually with target children.
We are seeking a part-time Early Literacy Interventionist (ELI), based at Galleywall Primary School in Southwark, South London. This ELI role, reporting to the Schools Development Manager, is a great opportunity for someone who wants to develop and grow their knowledge of phonics and/or their teaching skill set. It is ideal for someone with previous school experience who is looking for a new and exciting challenge.
For your caseload of target children, you will conduct an initial baseline assessment and then deliver differentiated, 1:1, targeted, 7 minute phonics sessions to pupils using a systematic, synthetic approach. Although you are employed by Chapter One, you will work closely with the school team to understand the progression of the school’s phonics teaching; establish tailored plans for each child and feedback on pupil progress. Using your knowledge and insight, you will also collaborate with colleagues at Chapter One to further improve the ELI model, the online tool and programme delivery.
Please read the full job description for details of the responsibilities of the role, and our employee recruitment pack to learn more about Chapter One.
Chapter One is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All postholders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service disclosure. Copies of our Safeguarding Policy and Safer Recruitment Policy are available on request.
Chapter One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value and celebrate diversity in backgrounds and experience and are deliberate about the kind of teams we are building. Literacy is a universal concern, and we need people from all backgrounds to maximise our innovation, creativity and impact. We especially welcome applications from persons who have experienced disadvantage and/or from those who are from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities who are currently underrepresented in the organisation.
Please apply via Charity Jobs by sending a CV and covering letter (of no more than one page) outlining why you’re the right person for this role and how you meet the Required skills & experience section of the job description.
Closing date for applications: Sunday 14th April at 11.59pm
Interview date: w/c 14th April
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as the applications come in. Don’t miss your opportunity, apply now!
We’re an award-winning charity that runs local learning centres in the heart of communities where the young people we
support live. Our centres provide an innovative education programme which includes practical learning support and
motivational and confidence-building activities for children and young people aged 7-18. Our aim is to inspire students from
the least advantaged neighbourhoods to broaden their horizons and achieve their full potential.
As the UK’s leading university access organisation, our staff team is helping thousands of young people each year.
From Spring 2024 we will have forty-three centres and extension projects across England and Scotland, with a
number of new centres planned for 2023-24, and ambitious plans to scale-up our provision further over the coming years.
We are looking for people who will thrive in a fast-paced, rewarding role helping to change the lives of young people by taking up a fixed-term full-time role as an Education Worker at one of our centres in London. You will work closely with our existing team, supporting the delivery and organisation of the IntoUniversity programme in the centre.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.