Head of Volunteering
c.£60-65k
Location Flexible

The role

At the Canal & River Trust – one of the UK’s largest charities – we believe life is better by water. The 2,000 miles of canals and rivers we’re responsible for in England & Wales give millions of people the chance to spend quality time in natural environments in which they can walk, run, cycle, boat, canoe, paddle-board or simply relax and enjoy the tranquility. All of which helps them to feel happier and healthier whilst also allowing us to contribute to the wellbeing of communities and support local economies. Join us as our Head of Volunteering, and you’ll lead a step-change in the growth of volunteering across the Trust while also supporting  a change in our culture. It’s a brilliant opportunity to use your talents to help us increase the breadth, scope and scale of volunteering across our national organisation.

In particular, we’ll be looking for you to lead on increasing the diversity of both our volunteer base and the opportunities available, all with a view to helping us achieve our goal of benefitting from  over one million volunteering hours a year by 2025 and a highly engaged volunteer team. We’ll need you to manage a small central team and to work with senior colleagues and our volunteering leads across our Regional Operations teams and with the range of different directorates across the Trust to determine the opportunities to support them in realising their volunteering objectives.

What you need

To thrive in this key leadership role, you will be a proven leader and influencer who is recognised in the wider volunteering sector. You will have skills and experience in managing volunteers as well as in developing and delivering volunteering strategies, with a particular focus on growing volunteer roles and driving cultural change within a volunteering environment. You should be degree-qualified or have comparable professional experience. Meanwhile your excellent communication skills, credibility and gravitas mean you can lead, network and build a rapport with diverse audiences and influence other people at a strategic level to deliver positive outcomes.

The impact you’ll have

The waterways we look after contribute to the health and wellbeing of local communities and economies, creating attractive and connected places to live, work, volunteer and spend leisure time. These historic, natural and cultural assets form part of the strategic and local green-blue infrastructure network, linking urban and rural communities as well as habitats. Our waterways are on the doorstep of 8 million people and reach some of the most diverse and deprived communities within the UK. By caring for our waterways and promoting their use we believe we can improve the wellbeing of our nation. Come and be part of it.

Our diversity

We aim to represent the diverse communities we are part of and welcome applicants from across all sectors of the community. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce brings with it a diversity of ideas, thinking and ways of working which enhances what we do. 

To find out more and apply, visit:

Please quote reference 2021-6462 when applying.

Closing date for applications: 16 May 2021

Interviews will be held: w/c 24 May 2021

To apply please click on the 'Apply' button.

Programme Finance Officer

Salary: £30,763 - £32, 573 annum, depending on experience + good range of benefits.

Contract: 18 Months Fixed Term Contract with the potential to become permanent – 36.5 hours per week

Based: Remote Working (UK based only) and / or Milton Keynes / Hybrid working after COVID-19 will be considered

World Vision is an international children’s charity working with children, their communities, and with supporters and partners, in almost 100 countries.

Through long-term development projects, emergency responses and advocacy we’ve helped bring lasting change to millions of children, over more than 60 years. And as a Christian organisation, everything we do is motivated by our faith as we strive to reflect God’s unconditional love.

Work for World Vision UK and you will be part of a truly global Partnership, building brighter futures for vulnerable children.

Amplify the impacts of the organisation through grants and contract acquisition and quality management of funded programmes. Working across the World Vision global partnership to ensure successful management of a portfolio of projects and programmes in compliance with donor requirements and aligned to the implementation of the Policy & Programmes strategy. Focusing on the Most Vulnerable Children to facilitate WV's mission of positively impacting child well-being.

Key Responsibilities include:

· leading on grants & contract compliance and management of World Vision financial processes and reporting;

· providing technical advice on compliance and financial management of donor funded programmes;

· supporting the development and submission of proposals for grant and commercial contracts

· managing financial and operational risks in programme portfolios;

· maintaining up-to-date information on systems and databases; and

· conducting monitoring trips including visits to projects in fragile states and as part of emergency response grants.

· Working with others to build & improve stakeholders’ relationship

As an active Christian, this role offers you the opportunity to integrate your Christian faith and be sensitive to its various expressions across cultures and denominations.

In addition to the salary offered, we offer good benefits including pension, generous holiday entitlement and free parking (MK only).

Please click the link provided to view the full job description.

Please upload your CV of full employment history explaining any gaps of employmentand reasons for leaving your previous employer. This must be accompanied with a covering letter stating how you meet the essential criteria given in the Job Description.

Closing Date for applications: 23rd May 2021

Interview Dates: w/c 17th May 2021 & 31st May 2021

Please note, we reserve the right to interview and appoint before the advertised closing date.

Universal acceptance for everyone, everywhere is at the heart of our Christian organisation. We promote diversity of thought, culture and background, which connects the entire World Vision family. As such, World Vision is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity and aspire to reflect this in our workforce. We particularly welcome applications from under-represented sections of the community. World Vision UK also operates flexible working policies and practices.

As a child focused organisation, World Vision UK is committed to the safeguarding of children, therefore any offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of applicable background checks, including a criminal records check.

By submitting your application, you understand and accept that World Vision UK will process the data you provide for the purposes of your application and in accordance with the World Vision UK - Job Applicant Privacy Notice is available on our website.

No agencies please.

Job title: VCSE Pathways Coordinator
Post no: 402
Working base: HQ, Flitwick
Area covered: Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes
Reports to: Project Support Manager
Contract type: Permanent
Salary: £23,000 per annum
Contracted hours: 37 Hours a week
Working days: Monday to Friday
Working hours: To be agreed
Flexibility required: Evenings and/or weekends depending on agreed hours
Checks needed: Enhanced DBS and 2 satisfactory references
Start date: ASAP

About Mind BLMK 
Mind BLMK works across our communities to support positive mental health and wellbeing. Working closely with a range of partners, we offer a number of activities from our wellbeing centres and local venues to make a difference to the mental health and wellbeing of people in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes, and our aim is to make sure that no-one has to face a mental health problem alone.

About the role 
We are delighted to advertise for this new role as part of our growing organisation. The right individual will be able coordinate referrals to help people with their mental health and prevention of suicide. Our ideal candidate will be able to assess individuals needs and be able to tailor support for each person.  This role will be an important link for our relationships with external services and help to break down any access barriers.

Responsibilities include:

• To be the first point of contact to receive referrals from external services including A&E, police, Ambulance, GP and NHS 111 Option 2 for mental health support and for those with suicidal feelings and are in crisis or distress.
• Assess the needs of all referrals and refer individuals to the appropriate service(s) for support. These services will include internal Mind BLMK services, Voluntary sector, and other relevant community groups.
• Promote and raise awareness of this service across the whole Mind BLMK including building relationships with referral organisations and the community and voluntary sector.
• To set up referral routes in to and out of the service which are effective and break down any access barriers.

About you 
Experience

• Working with people with mental health needs to improve their wellbeing
• Working with internal and external colleagues to achieve shared outcomes
• Experience of service promotion and development

Skills, abilities and knowledge

• Knowledge of mental health conditions and how these might present in primary care
• Understanding the wellbeing needs of and working with people with mental health needs, including those from culturally diverse communities.
• Advanced interpersonal and presentation skills
• IT (MS Outlook, Word and Excel and internet).
• Good literacy and numeracy skills.
• Good communication, motivational and negotiation skills.
• Valid driving licence and access to a car for work.
• Knowledge of local relevant organisations, community activities and leisure facilities.

Qualifications and training

• Willingness to work towards relevant qualifications

Entitlements/benefits:

• Annual Leave: 23 days (pro rata)
• Bank Holidays: All (pro rata) as per April to March for each year – usually 8
• NEST pension scheme: Auto-enrolment (employer contributes 3%, employee contributes 5%)
• Health Plan: Optional
• Learning and Development: In-house and external as appropriate for the role.
• Flexible Working: On request (in line with Mind BLMK policy on Right to Request Flexible Working)
• Disability Confident Employer signatory: Mind BLMK has been annually assessed and approved as a Disability Confident Employer (previously “Two Ticks”) since 2008.
• Mindful Employer and Mindful Employer Plus signatory: Mind BLMK has been committed to the Mindful Employer charter since 2008.

If you feel you would be a good fit for this role and would enjoy representing Mind BLMK’s mental health work, then we would love to hear from you.

Closing date: Friday 21 May 2021 @ 5pm

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION

Please click ‘Apply’ to be redirected to our website, where you can view the full Job Description and download the application form.
Please note, you are not applying at this stage.

No agencies please.

• Maintain and develop the company’s CRM platform on Salesforce
• Maintain the company’s IT systems and hardware, including cloud based office 365, PDA (tablet) deployment and support in the field and
• API Plugin development

The company:

Wildlife Fundraising (Central) Limited is a not for profit company, wholly owned by a partnership of 6 Wildlife Trusts. The company was formed in 2013 to provide face-to-face (F2F) membership recruitment services for the members of the company.

The role:

• Responsible for Salesforce implementation and development (systems upgrades, backups and maintenance)
• Provide IT support to internal office team with Office 365, use of tablets in the field, Salesforce CRM and Evergiving sales platform
• Resolve IT service requests and incidents effectively
• Responsible for all matters pertaining to IT security, security of systems, breaches and reporting accordingly
• Maintain accurate Asset Management records to ensure that assets are tracked from purchase to retirement
• Provide support and set up for use of PDAs in the field
• Develop training plans for specific roles and deliver training sessions
• Ensure high levels of data integrity through regular data quality checking

Benefits:

• £28 – 33k FTE, depending on skills and experience
• Part-time hours, flexibility on working pattern/hours
• Home based, with travel to our office at near Bicester, Oxfordshire a few days per month when required (on-site parking)
• Pension Scheme
• 25 day holiday entitlement plus bank holidays (pro-rata)

Essential Skills:

• At least 2 year's experience in administering, managing and maintaining CRM systems – preferably Salesforce
• Ability to train a variety of audiences and develop strategies
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills – particularly excel & data manipulation
• Excellent attention to detail and organisation
• Excellent administration and process skills with efficient working practices and good attention to detail
• Experience of IT systems and maintenance

Desirable skills:

• Experience of financial processes and systems
• Experience of working effectively as part of a team with excellent communication skills both verbal and written

Deadline for applications: May 14th 2021
Date of interviews: W/C May 17th 2021

Sulgrave Manor Trust is looking for a part-time Development Officer to join our small and enthusiastic team.

Located near Banbury in rolling countryside, Sulgrave Manor is a unique historic visitor attraction. Built during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, Sulgrave Manor was the home of the Washington family, ancestors of George Washington, first President of the United States. In 2021, as the house celebrates its 100th anniversary of first welcoming visitors, the Sulgrave Manor Trust is embarking on a fundraising campaign to support its educational mission: of furthering the public understanding of British and American history, and the ties which connect the two nations.

Sulgrave has long been indebted to the generous and ongoing support of the National Society of Colonial Dames of America (NSCDA) and its supporter organization in the US, the Friends of Sulgrave Manor. Alongside stewarding these key supporter relationships, the Trust seeks to engage new donors in the UK and overseas, through annual donations, capital gifts, and legacy giving.

The Development Officer is a new position demonstrating Sulgrave Manor’s commitment to securing its financial future. The postholder will require excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills to develop successful appeals for our endowment campaign and associated projects.

The role will suit someone who enjoys a varied workload and thrives in a small team. The successful applicant will have experience of fundraising, ideally in the heritage and/or education sector.

We are pleased to announce that we are looking for a Team Leader to oversee our Central Bedfordshire Crisis Cafe Service.

Job title: Crisis Café Team Leader – Central Beds
Post no: 390
Start date: As soon as possible
Working base: Flitwick/Biggleswade
Area covered: Flitwick/Biggleswade
Reports to: Crisis Café Manager
Contract type: Permanent
Salary: £24,000.00 F.T.E (Actual salary: £15,567.57 per annum)
Contracted hours: 24 hrs per week
Working days: Across 4 nights a week (Days of delivery to be confirmed)
Working hours: 5:00pm – 11:00pm
Flexibility required: Evenings and/or weekends depending on agreed hours
Checks needed: Enhanced DBS and 2 satisfactory references

About Mind BLMK

Mind BLMK works across our communities to support positive mental health and wellbeing. Working closely with a range of partners, we offer a number of activities from our wellbeing centres and local venues to make a difference to the mental health and wellbeing of people in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes, and our aim is to make sure that no-one has to face a mental health problem alone.

About the role

The successful candidate will be able to manage this area effectively and offer support to individuals potentially going though crisis and those managing their mental health.  The role will work closely with the Crisis Cafe Manager to ensure the delivery of this service is in keeping with Mind BLMK’s ethos, vision and values. 

Your responsibilities will include:

• Operate a service and ensure outcomes which supports individuals to deescalate crisis and develop strategies for recovery and increased wellbeing, in line with Mind BLMKs vision and values as well as contract requirements.
• Assessing need and suitability for the service in line with the access to services process, and undertaking 1:1s.
• To manage a relationship with the mental health trust which ensures effectiveness of the crisis pathways for those who need further support.
• Work with the Crisis Cafe Manager to ensure regular involvement of service users, volunteers and staff on local service delivery, organisational matters and wider mental health and crisis care strategies.
• Maintain an effective workforce for the service in line with Mind BLMK’s HR policies, procedures and guidance (recruitment, line management, workload planning, support and development of crisis workers, peer support workers and volunteers).
• Hold responsibility for health and safety in line with Mind BLMK’s H&S policies, procedures and guidance (risk assessments, reviews, reporting, safeguarding, incidents/accidents, premises).

About you

Experience

• Coordinating a small service within a wider organisation, including delivering a service against performance targets.
• Coordinating a small team of staff and volunteers.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience working with people with mental health issues and experience of assessing level of need.

Skills, abilities and knowledge

• Establish and maintain constructive working relationships with a wide range of people.
• Promoting a service.
• IT (MS Outlook, Word and Excel and internet).
• Conducting meetings, identifying actions and generating notes.
• Good literacy and numeracy skills.
• Good communication, motivational and negotiation skills.
• Understanding the wellbeing needs of and working with people with mental health needs, including those from culturally diverse communities.

If you are an individual who wants to oversee vital support for people managing their mental health, then we would love to hear from you.

Closedown: 5pm on 11 May 2021

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION

Please click ‘Apply’ to be redirected to our website, where you can view the full Job Description and download the application form.
Please note, you are not applying at this stage.

No agencies please.

Job Description

Role:

Community Link Worker (Social Prescribing)

Hours:

30 pw

Location:

Maple PCN (Poplar Grove Surgery, Oakfield Surgery & Mandeville Surgery)

Salary:

£24,000 Full-time (£19,459 pro rata)

Contract Duration:

Permanent

Annual Leave

27 days plus Bank Holidays per annum (pro rata if part time)

Reporting to:

Team Manager.

ABOUT BUCKINGHAMSHIRE MIND

Buckinghamshire Mind shares National Mind’s vision: “We won’t give up until everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets both support and respect.”  It remains our mission to deliver high quality community-based services across Buckinghamshire and East Berkshire to reach out and ensure everyone with a mental health problem gets access to the help they need.

Buckinghamshire Mind has over 500 volunteers (including 400 peer ambassadors/mentors in schools and over 100 in befriending partnerships). These dedicated individuals support our passionate staff team alongside an active service user council, who all ensure our services are tailored to need and are of the highest quality.

Purpose of the role

The Social Prescribing service will be delivered by Community Link Workers working from GP surgeries in Primary Care Network (PCN) areas. The Community Link Worker will be directly employed by Buckinghamshire Mind.

Social prescribing empowers people to take control of their health and wellbeing through GP referral to non-medical Community Link Workers (CLW’s) based in GP surgeries who give time, focus on ‘what matters to me’ and take a holistic approach, connecting people to community groups and statutory services for practical and emotional support. Community Link Workers work collaboratively with all local partners.

Social prescribing can help to strengthen community resilience and personal resilience and reduces health inequalities by addressing the wider determinants of health, such as debt, poor housing, and physical inactivity, by increasing people’s active involvement with their local communities. It particularly works for people with long-term conditions (including support for mental health), for people who are lonely or isolated, or have complex social needs which affect their wellbeing.

Key Responsibilities

1. Take referrals from GP practices within a primary care network.
2. Provide personalised, holistic support to individuals, their families, and carers to take control of their wellbeing, live independently and improve their health outcomes.
3. Develop trusting relationships by giving people time and attention to their priorities and ‘what matters to me’.
4. Co-produce a personalised support plan to improve health and wellbeing, introducing or reconnecting people to community groups and statutory services.
5. Managing and prioritising your own caseload, in accordance with the needs, priorities and any urgent support required by individuals on the caseload.
6. To refer people back to other health professionals/ agencies when the person’s needs are beyond the scope of the Community Link Worker role.

Key Tasks: Referrals

1. Promoting social prescribing to patients; its role in improving health outcomes, reducing social isolation and the ability to remain independent in one’s own home for longer.
2. Build relationships with key staff in GP practices within the local Primary Care Network (PCN), attending relevant meetings, becoming part of the wider network team, giving information and feedback on social prescribing.
3. Be proactive in developing strong links with GP surgery personnel to encourage referrals, recognising what they need to be confident in the service to make appropriate referrals.
4. Work in partnership with all local agencies to raise awareness of social prescribing and how partnership working can reduce pressure on statutory services, improve health outcomes and enable a holistic approach to care.
5. Provide referrers with regular updates about social prescribing, including information on the types of people most likely to benefit from the service, how to refer and outcomes of referrals
6. Seek regular feedback about the quality of service and impact of social prescribing on referrers.
7. Work in close collaboration with the Prevention Matters service to maximise the availability of social prescribing across the county whilst ensuring there is no duplication of resources.

Provide personalised support

1. Meet patients on a one-to-one basis, making home visits or using digital technology such as Skype where appropriate. Give them time to tell their stories and focus on ‘what matters to me’. Build trust, providing non- judgemental support, respecting diversity, and lifestyle choices. Work from a strength-based approach focusing on a patient’s assets.
2. Be a friendly source of information about wellbeing and prevention approaches.
3. Help patients identify the wider issues that impact on their health and wellbeing, such as debt, poor housing, being unemployed, loneliness and caring responsibilities.
4. Work with the patient, their families and carers and consider how they can all be supported through social prescribing.
5. Help people maintain or regain independence through developing skills, adaptations, enablement approaches and simple safeguards.
6. Work with patients to co-produce a simple personalised support plan – based on their priorities, interests, values, and motivations – including what they can expect from the groups, activities, and services they are being connected to and what the person can do for themselves to improve their health and wellbeing.
7. Where appropriate, physically introduce patients to community groups, activities, and statutory services, ensuring they are comfortable. Follow up to ensure they are happy, able to engage, included and receiving good support.
8. Where patients may be eligible for a personal health budget, help them to explore this option as a way of providing funded, personalised support to be independent, including helping people to gain skills for meaningful employment, where appropriate.

Support community groups and VCSE organisations.

1. Develop supportive relationships with local Voluntary, Community, Social Enterprise groups/organisations and statutory services, to make timely, appropriate, and supported referrals for the patient being introduced.
2. Work with commissioners and local partners to identify unmet needs within the community and gaps in community provision.
3. Support local partners and commissioners to develop new groups and services where needed, through small grants for community groups, micro-commissioning, and development support.
4. Encourage patients who have been connected to community support through social prescribing to volunteer and give their time freely to others, in order to build their skills and confidence, and strengthen community resilience.
5. Encourage patients, their families, and carers to provide peer support and to do things together, such as setting up new community groups or volunteering.

General tasks: Data capture

1. Work sensitively with patients, their families, and carers to capture key information, enabling tracking of the impact of social prescribing on their health and wellbeing.
2. Encourage patients, their families, and carers to provide feedback and to share their stories about the impact of social prescribing on their lives.
3. Support referral agencies to provide appropriate information about the patient they are referring. Use the case management system to track the patient’s progress. Provide appropriate feedback to referral agencies about the patients they referred.
4. Work closely with GP practices within the PCN to ensure that social prescribing referral codes are inputted to EMIS and that the patient’s use of the NHS can be tracked, adhering to data protection legislation and data sharing agreements with the clinical commissioning group (CCG).

Professional development

1. Work with your line manager to undertake continual personal and professional development, taking an active part in reviewing and developing the roles and responsibilities.
2. Adhere to organisational policies and procedures, including confidentiality, safeguarding, lone working, information governance, and health and safety.
3. Work with your line manager to access regular ‘clinical supervision’, to enable you to deal effectively with the difficult issues that patients present.
4. Attend team meetings with other Community Link Workers, organised by the Team Manager.
5. Work with allocated GP who will have oversight of the successful embedding of this role into the surgeries and support with patient issues as required.

Miscellaneous

1. Work as part of a team to support the Coronavirus vaccination rollout and support the PCN with Coronavirus recovery.
2. Work as part of the team to seek feedback, continually improve the service and contribute to business planning.
3. Undertake any tasks consistent with the level of the post and the scope of the role, ensuring that work is delivered in a timely and effective manner.
4. Duties may vary from time to time in this new and developing service, without changing the general character of the post or the level of responsibility.

Person Specification

Candidates are required to meet all the essential conditions and requirements listed (E) and the majority of the desired requirements (D). Please refer to these requirements in your supporting statement as they will be used to help select candidates for interview.

Requirements

• Supports the aims and work of Buckinghamshire Mind (E)
• Maintains strict confidentiality concerning all Buckinghamshire Mind matters (E)

Personal Qualities & Attributes

• Ability to listen & empathise with people and provide person-centred support in a non-judgemental way (E)
• Able to support people in a way that inspires trust & confidence, motivating Others to reach their potential (E)
• High level of written & oral communication skills with the ability to apply these effectively with people, their families, carers, community groups, partner agencies & stakeholders (E)
• Ability to identify risk and assess/manage risk when working with individuals (E)
• Ability to work from an asset-based approach, building on existing community and personal assets (E)
• Ability to maintain effective working relationships with all colleagues and other partners(E)
• Demonstrates personal accountability, emotional resilience and works well under pressure (E)
• Ability to work flexibly and enthusiastically within a team or on own initiative (E)
• Knowledge of and ability to work to policies and procedures, including confidentiality, safeguarding, lone working, GDPR & Health and Safety (E)

Qualifications, Training & Experience

• Experience of working in VCS or relevant Adult health & Social care roles (E)
• Training in motivational coaching and interviewing of equivalent experience (D)
• Experience of supporting people with their mental health (in a paid or unpaid capacity) (D)
• Maintains confidentiality in line with Buckinghamshire Mind policy (E)
• Experience of Supporting people, their families/carers in a related role (D)

• Has excellent communication skills, especially with people who experience/have experienced mental health issues (E)

• Is able to network and build sustainable working partnerships with other agencies (E)

• Is able to organise own workload and work without direct supervision (E)
• Is able to keep written records and data (E)
• Understanding of equality and diversity principles (E)

Other

• Access to own transport and ability to travel across the locality on a regular basis, including to visit people in their own homes (E)
• Meets DBS reference standards, in line with the law on spent convictions (E)

Employee Benefits

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and 2 wellbeing days pro rata

• Training and development opportunities
• Sodexo employee benefits - access to a portal with discounts on supermarket shops, holidays, high-street shops, days out, cinema and gym membership
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme – free professional confidential counselling
• Childcare vouchers
• Annual leave purchase scheme
• Flu vaccinations
• Free eye tests
• Pension: Auto Enrolment (currently 3% employee contribution, 3% employer contribution

Applications: Please send –

CV and Supporting Statement.  Your Supporting Statement should explain how your skills and experience meet each of the requirements detailed in the Person Specification.

The short-listing panel make their decisions based on this information and no assumptions about your skills or experience will be made.

Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, therefore please apply as soon as possible.

Buckinghamshire Mind is an Equal Opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all sections of the community. Any offer made relating to this post will be subject to satisfactory references and a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.

To apply for any of our vacancies, please send your CV and covering letter.

We are recruiting for an experienced Community Development Worker who understands Locality Provision within communities.

The role will focus upon Place Based Social Action, delivering transformational change within communities. Candidates should have experience of working in Community Development more generally or on Place Based Community Projects which deliver social impact for individuals and communities, which increase aspiration, ambition or health and well-being.

 Tasks and responsibilities will include

• Plan and deliver creative and engaging consultation events and activities, to understand and gather information from a diverse range of people on local needs and issues
• Support residents to lead on community projects and the development and delivery of new groups, services or activities to meet needs or improve services in the community.
• To deliver a training and network forum programme for existing community organisations in Northampton (approximately 10 sessions per annum).

Job title: Crisis Recovery Worker
Post no: 391
Working base: Milton Keynes
Area covered: Milton Keynes
Reports to: MK Crisis Café Team Leader
Contract type: Permanent
Salary: £20,700 F.T.E (Actual salary £10,070.27 per annum)
Contracted hours: 18 hours per week
Working days: 3 days per week worked flexibly across 7 days a week Monday-Sunday
Working hours: 5:00pm to 11:00pm
Flexibility required: evenings and/or weekends depending on agreed hours
Checks needed: Enhanced DBS and 2 satisfactory references

About Mind BLMK 
Mind BLMK works across our communities to support positive mental health and wellbeing. Working closely with a range of partners, we offer a number of activities from our wellbeing centres and local venues to make a difference to the mental health and wellbeing of people in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes, and our aim is to make sure that no-one has to face a mental health problem alone.

Background to the role 
Our Mind BLMK Crisis Cafes are out-of-hours mental health crisis services which are located in Bedford, Luton and Milton Keynes that provide a safe and welcoming space for people who are feeling distressed and experiencing a crisis.

About the role 
Mind BLMK are currently looking for a Crisis Recovery Worker to join our Crisis Cafe Service in the Milton Keynes area.  The ideal candidate will be able to support individuals to deescalate crisis as well as offer guidance to improve mental health and wellbeing through 1:1s and structured crisis interventions.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Deliver crisis focussed 1:1s and ensure outcomes which supports individuals experiencing a mental health crisis in Milton Keynes, in line with Mind BLMK’s agreed crisis service and requirements as well as contract requirements.
• Assessing need and suitability for the service in line with the access-to-services process and undertaking 1:1s.
• Contribute to maintaining an effective volunteer workforce for the service in line with Mind BLMK’s HR policies, procedures and guidance (workload planning and support).

About you
Experience

• Working in a small service within a wider organisation, including delivering a service against performance targets.
• Experience of working with individuals experiencing mental health and wellbeing issues

Skills, abilities and knowledge

• Establish and maintain constructive working relationships with a wide range of people.
• Promoting a service.
• IT (MS Outlook, Word and Excel and internet).
• Good literacy and numeracy skills.
• Good communication, motivational and negotiation skills.
• Understanding the wellbeing needs of and working with people with mental health needs, including those from culturally diverse communities.
• Carry out assessments and 1:1s

Closing date: 5pm on 12 April 2021
Start date: As soon as possible

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION

Please click ‘Apply’ to be redirected to our website, where you can view the full Job Description and download the application form.
Please note, you are not applying at this stage.

Mind BLMK is a Disability Confident Employer and has been committed to the Mindful Employer charter since 2008.

No agencies please.

SAFE! Support for Young People Affected by Crime is an Oxford based charity working across the Thames Valley.  We are looking to recruit an experienced practitioner to work with children and young people who have experienced domestic abuse, across both the Young Victim Service and Building Respectful Families – our service supporting families affected by Child on Parent Violence.

In order to be considered for this role you will have extensive experience of working with young people in a supportive role.  An enthusiastic self-starter with excellent communication skills, you will have experience of multi-agency working and a commitment to high-standards of professionalism. You will be responsible for:  providing appropriate support to children, young people and parents, conducting assessments and designing individual intervention plans based on the young person’s needs and providing support parents/carers.

Applicants will have a good understanding of confidentiality and safe working practices and maintenance of records in accordance with the Data Protection (GDPR) Act.  In addition, you must be able to demonstrate your active commitment to promoting equal opportunities and diversity.

These roles will require some travel around the region, and occasional unsociable working hours. We are able to offer flexible working including time spent in our central Oxford office, working from home and out in the community.   

SAFE! offers competitive rewards and benefits including pension, flexible working and 28 days annual leave (pro rata), as well as the opportunity to play a key role in this award-winning charity at an exciting time.

The welfare of children is paramount to all that we do in SAFE! and we would expect all successful candidates to demonstrate that they are equally committed to these values. We follow safer recruitment processes to ensure that we adhere to these standards.  Appointments will be subject to references and checks made by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) satisfactory to SAFE!

This role is funded by Oxfordshire County Council for an initial fixed term for 12 months from appointment.  Extension to the initial contract may be considered subject to funding.

Closing date: Thursday 13 May by 09.00am. Interviews are likely to be held week starting 24 May.

Full-time 37.5 hours per week, permanent
Home based with the potential to do some face-to-face activity post COVID-19
Covering Central England (including Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Bedfordshire & Buckinghamshire, Staffordshire, Walsall and Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Herefordshire & Worcestershire)
Job Ref: 22508

The Shaw Trust, in tandem with government and the broader employment support community across the UK, is working hard to make sure we support as many individuals as possible to get and keep a job. We believe that everyone who needs help and support to attain their employment goals should be able to access it as soon as possible, and that support should reflect their individual needs.

To help us in this mission, we are looking to expand our employability services and are looking for Engagement Advisors to work on a DWP Work and Health Programme - Job Entry: Targeted Support (WHP/JETS).

As an Engagement Advisor (WHP JETS), you will be an excellent communicator who will be required to develop and maintain working relationships directly with Shaw Trust Employment Advisors and Team Leaders to expand engagement opportunities for participants.

The role requires an engaging, empathetic and motivating individual, with the ability to achieve
day-to-day KPI performance. Liaising with Shaw Trust Employment Advisors and Team Leaders across the Contract Package Area, You will manage a caseload of dis-engaged participants, with the aim of increasing the number of participants starting on the programme from JCP referral.

This will be mainly delivered remotely via phone, video conference and other digital channels.

You must have an understanding of the local and regional labour market and employment issues within Central England regions of Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Bedfordshire & Buckinghamshire, Staffordshire, Walsall and Wolverhampton, Birmingham and Herefordshire & Worcestershire, and able to maintain an up-to-date working knowledge of the benefit system and entitlements.

Shaw Trust operates on a national level with over 2,000 staff and 1,000 volunteers. We work with the government, local authorities, combined authorities, health service providers, employers, and other stakeholders – including the Education and Skills Funding Agency, Department for Work and Pensions, clinical commissioning groups and NHS Trusts.

You will need to be inclusive and embrace our culture and values, putting those we serve at the heart of everything we do. You will consistently deliver high quality services to support our communities and beneficiaries in a fast pace target driven environment. In addition, an understanding of government funded employment programmes such as the Work and Health Programme would be an advantage.

Benefits include:

• Competitive Salary.
• Enhanced Pension Scheme after 6 months.
• Life Assurance x 3 of your salary.
• Enhanced annual leave.

For further information and to apply online, please click the Apply on website button quoting the reference number 22508.

Closing date: 16th May 2021.

Shaw Trust reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.

Shaw Trust is committed to a policy of equality of opportunity and inclusion. We are Disability Confident Leaders, support the guaranteed interview scheme and use of the government’s Access to Work scheme. Living our values we are keen to reflect the diversity of UK society at every level within our organisation. We welcome applications from all sections of the community including from people with lived-experience and/or knowledge of disability or social exclusion. If you have accessibility requirements and would like information in a different format please contact our HR Service Centre to make alternative arrangements.

Wellbeing Worker

We are looking for an experienced mental health / wellbeing professional to work with people experiencing mental health or other social or lifestyle issues.

You will be working for a mental health charity, who make sure anyone with a mental health problem has somewhere to turn for advice and support; in total over 20,000 people in Oxfordshire access services each year.

Position: Primary Care Wellbeing Worker

Location: 3 vacancies available, 2 x Faringdon and Botley and 1 x Bicester, Oxfordshire - Initially working from home, in response to Covid-19 this will change in line with restrictions

Salary: £21,748 - £24,981 per annum

Hours: Full time, 37 hours per week. Permanent

Closing Date: Tuesday 25th May at Midday

Interview Date: Wednesday 2nd June

About the role:

As Wellbeing Worker you will provide an effective information and options service based on a social prescribing model to people referred by Primary Care staff or via self-referral. Primary Care Wellbeing Workers can offer triage calls and up to six one-to-one sessions with clients who may be experiencing mental health issues or other social or lifestyle issues that are impacting on their wellbeing.

Wellbeing workers will work in a non-clinical person-centred way to encourage and enable service users to link in with existing support services, use the support available in their local community and develop tools to increase their ability to manage their own wellbeing.

You will be working with a fun, caring and dynamic team which places a high value on mutual support, sharing wide-ranging knowledge and expertise and maintaining close working relationships, despite working in different areas of the county. There are lots of opportunities for staff to develop areas of interest when it comes to working with people; on an individual and team basis.

About you:

To be successful in the role of Wellbeing Worker you will be motivated, pro-active and supportive, with a strong commitment to person-centred work and service user involvement, you will also need to bring with you the following skills and experience:

• Experience of working within mental health, wellbeing or similar services
• Experience of working with individuals with complex needs enabling them to identify and pursue their own goals to support personal wellbeing and recovery
• Experience of data collection and entry to enable the measuring of outcomes and service impact
• Ability to establish positive inter-agency relationships
• Effective team work skills with the ability to take initiative and work on an individual basis
• Strong commitment to the involvement of service users in the shaping of service delivery
• Excellent organisational, planning, administrative and IT skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication, and interpersonal skills

As a member of the team you will need to be willing to work flexibly in response to changing organisational requirements and outside of normal office hours on occasion.

Other roles you may have experience of could include: Wellbeing Advisor, Primary Care, Mental Health Worker, Primary Care Wellbeing Worker, Mental Health Support Worker, Mental Health Nurse, Mental Health Recovery Worker, Mental Health Practitioner, Personal Wellbeing Worker, Safeguarding and Wellbeing, Community Link Worker, Wellbeing Practitioner, Wellbeing Officer, etc.

Harris Hill are thrilled to be partnering up with a health charity based in Buckinghamshire. You can be homebased for most of the week so you don't need to live in Buckinghamshire. They are on the hunt for a brilliant Trusts and Foundations Officer who will be helping secure 5 figure gifts. This role is a really exciting opportunity for someone who has 1 - 2 years of trusts experience.

The postholder will be fully supported in the task to uplift funds from grant making trusts and foundations, company foundations, public sector funders and lottery bodies. A key aspect of the role will be to establish and maintain positive relationships with smaller, local funders, ensuring all obligations under grant agreements are fulfilled in a timely manner.

With support from the Philanthropy Manager the postholder will work with clinicians, researchers and other key stakeholders to develop compelling requests for support and funding.

Within this role you will:

* Take responsibility for the rolling trusts and foundation program aimed at delivering £400,000 plus per annum from trusts and foundations.
* Prospect research as appropriate in order to write compelling and relevant applications.
* Research and identify grant making opportunities.

To apply for this role you will need:

* Demonstrable experience of grant fundraising in the charity or statutory sector with demonstrable results from your own portfolio of work
* Highly developed influencing and interpersonal skills
* Excellent written and oral communication skills, with keen attention to detail, the ability to present complex information to high value supporters and partners
* The ability to manage conflicting situations and priorities with tight deadlines

If you want to hear more about this role, then please get in touch with Hannah at Harris Hill by calling her or emailing her.

The deadline is Wednesday 31st of March and a CV and supporting statement will be required.

Only suitable candidates will be contacted.

The Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association are looking for a Database Selections Officer to join our Data and Insights Team at our national office in Northampton, where we operate a trusting, collaborative, and agile working environment.

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Salary: c.£23,000 per annum plus benefits

Location: Northampton with Agile working

Hours: Full time 37 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

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About the role

The Database Selections Officer will work with the Selections and Data Analyst to deliver our marketing data selection and communication programme. You will work with teams across the association, running multiple, concurrent selections and supporting the design and documentation of existing and new procedures to achieve greater efficiency in our use of the databases - Raiser's Edge and Dynamics 365.

You will provide database support to the Association including resolving incoming data team requests, data cleansing, ensuring our data remain GDPR complaint, providing ad-hoc reports and other tasks to support the Data and Insights Teams.

What are we looking for?

You will be driven by data and have a passion to work collaboratively and analytically to produce insightful results. You will have experience of creating mailing data using CRMs preferably Raiser's Edge and Microsoft Dynamics 365, together with experience of delivering complex data selections against a brief using FastStats or equivalent software.

Your key essential skills will be:

• Microsoft Excel or Access, including formulas and data manipulation.
• Highly numerate and literate.
• Highly accurate work style with attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to identify problems and provide effective solutions.
• Ability to manage several tasks and deadlines concurrently.
• Ability to work individually and effectively within a team.
• Understanding of Data Protection regulations.

For the full role responsibilities please view the job description.

How to apply?

We would love to hear from you and encourage early applications.

If this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you, apply online now and submit a supporting statement and CV.

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About Us

The MND Association was founded in 1979. Our mission is to improve care and support for people with MND, their families and carers. We also fund and promote research that leads to new understanding and treatments and brings us closer to a cure for MND. The Association also campaigns and raises awareness so the needs of people with MND, and everyone who cares for them, are recognised and addressed by wider society.

We operate an agile working environment within a flexible office space using the latest technology and digital infrastructure. This, together with a high level of trust and performance driven culture, gives staff the freedom and flexibility to work in the best way for them, the Association and, most importantly, people with MND.

We are committed to equality and value diversity. We are working hard to remove perceived and actual barriers to participation for people with and affected by MND, current and future staff, volunteers and stakeholders.

Important Notices

This role is currently based remotely due to the covid pandemic. In normal circumstances this role will be based at our national office in Northampton with an option for agile working.

Please submit your application as soon as possible; due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the closing date once we have received sufficient applications.

Our selection process will be multi-stage; this may include video call screening, psychometric assessments, and competency-based interview/s.

We request that recruitment agencies do not contact us in relation to this role. We work hard to fill our roles directly and if assistance is required, we operate a PSL, which currently closed for review. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies/ headhunters.