Job Summary

Gaddum is seeking a passionate and committed leader with a thorough awareness and background in children and/or youth services in voluntary settings. The postholder will ensure people who need support can access it, when they need it. Qualified in Social Work, Youth Work or other relevant community, health and social care, the postholder will have a demonstrable history of delivering or overseeing community programmes to children and/or young people in diverse populations.

We require a Counselling Manager to lead our Adult Sexual Violence Counselling Service. You must be an experienced counsellor, ideally with previous management experience. We welcome applications from roles in a range of relevant sector and service specialisms.

As a manager of the counselling service, you will have excellent interpersonal skills able to support counsellors with clinical issues and lead them positively and sensitively through service changes and developments. You will be able to spot issues and trends related to the needs of service users and staff and use such knowledge to lead on the implementation of operational and strategic improvements. Diplomacy, flexibility and the ability to collaborate are required, always balancing the needs of service users, staff and the organisation.

As the manager for the counselling service, you will have experience building external stakeholder relationships that support service delivery, service innovations and service sustainability. Stakeholders may include funders, referral agencies, sector networks or researchers.

As a counsellor, you must be BACP or UKCP registered or equivalent or working towards accreditation) and have experience of face-to-face, telephone or online counselling as you will hold a small caseload.

We require someone who can work within the spirit of SERICC values and adhere to Rape Crisis National Service Standards. The post requires the successful candidate to work flexibly, working from our central base in Thurrock, as well as visiting outreach counsellors across South East and West Essex.

Job Title: Partnerships Manager

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Salary: £28,528 – £29,796 per annum

Contract: Permanent

Holidays: 7 weeks including national and bank holidays (per annum)

Pension: Auto-enrolment scheme in place

Probationary Period: 6 Months

Accountable to: Chief Executive Officer

Place of Work: Based at our site in Westbury-Sub-Mendip. Current COVID-19 safe working practices will involve a combination of on-site and home working.  

About the charity

In the UK alone, there are approximately 1.13 million adults with a learning disability. Many of these people will need a lifetime of person-centred support and care in order to access opportunities and overcome barriers to living life to the full.  Orchard Vale Trust was set up to respond directly to the needs and aspirations of adults with learning disabilities and was registered as a charity to do so in September 1985. The following year saw the opening of its first registered Care Home, East Court and since then has developed and grown to support many more adults with learning disabilities in and around Somerset. 

Today, with 4 registered Care Homes, a Community and Day Service and its own social enterprise, Orchard Vale Trust offers a range of personalised opportunities for over 100 adults with learning disabilities and aims to support individuals to live life to the full in every way possible. 

About the role

The purpose of the job is to work with the CEO to develop and deliver the Trust’s fundraising strategy. This will be achieved by identifying and maximising opportunities which will provide funding for the delivery of key projects across the Trust.

You will proactively identify and secure new partnerships with external stakeholders as well as stewarding existing relationships. You will be the project manager of our Community and Day Service, as well as our Social Enterprise.

This is an amazing opportunity for an experienced fundraiser / project manager with excellent organisational and communication skills, who wishes to secure support and remove barriers to ensure adults with learning disabilities can live life to the full.

About you

Experience and Understanding

• Minimum of three years experience in trust and corporate fundraising roles.
• Demonstrable experience of successful fundraising in an organisation.
• An established understanding of supporter acquisition and growth.
• Experience of managing existing projects and developing new opportunities.
• Experience in working with communications and media teams as required.
• Experience of project management.
• Experience of working to tight deadlines.
• Maintaining GDPR compliance for all donors and communications.

Skills, Knowledge and Personal Attributes

• Ability to develop, set, manage and monitor budgets effectively.
• Excellent verbal and written presentation skills with an ability to create, edit and develop engaging content.
• Well-developed skills in using main Microsoft Office package, Adobe packages, Canva and Word Press.
• Ability to work with and lead teams to inspire, engage and deliver agreed results.
• Commitment to the principles and practice of support for people with learning disabilities
• Open, inclusive style of interaction with people with learning disabilities
• Confident approach to dealing with management issues
• Supportive
• Self-motivated
• To have the ability to work autonomously and creatively
• A willingness to undertake training

Closing Date: 19th April 2021

Informal Interview Date: 27th April 2021

Formal Interview Date: 30th April 2021

Interview location: Held virtually via Microsoft Teams / Zoom

The Community Learning Officer is part of the in-house Learning Team, coordinating a busy and varied programme of activities for the public and local community groups. This programme has grown steadily over the past ten years and plays an essential part in welcoming visitors, local and from further afield.

JOB PURPOSE

This is a fixed term role to cover our Community Learning Officer during her maternity leave.

Working closely with the rest of the Learning team, you will organise and deliver our community activities and public programme to a high standard. You will engage families, adults and community groups with nature, heritage and wellbeing, widening access to local groups and connecting them with Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, St James’s Park and The Green Park.

MAIN DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Provide project management of activities and small events, coordinating people, materials and learning resources to ensure delivery is timely, cost-effective and meets our high quality standards.
2. Deliver a mix of online and in-park activities and sessions to families, adults and community groups, adapting your approach, style and content depending on the needs of each group; for example walking tours, online talks for adults and family drop-in days.
3. Design and create online resources, including video, podcasts and PDF, to be shared on The Royal Parks’ website and social media channels.
4. Contribute to planning the community programme annual calendar for 2021-22, led by the Learning Manager, in consultation with the Head of Learning and the wider team.
5. Coordinate work experience for young people and potentially other funded projects.
6. Implement a refreshed approach to adult learning across the central parks, based on a newly established plan for this area.
7. Build and manage relationships with a diverse range of community groups local to the parks, who may face barriers in fully accessing these spaces.
8. Provide activity details to the Marketing team for the timely promotion of events and monitor event bookings, flagging up issues to the Learning Manager and Marketing team.
9. Ensuring activities meet TRP safeguarding policies, and contributing to the organisation’s safeguarding group.
10. Creating and updating risk assessments, and proactively monitoring health and safety across all activities.
11. Monitor participants’ feedback and keep M&E records up to date.
12. Contributing to funding bids, planning and delivery of funded projects when opportunities arise.
13. Work with Learning volunteers when they support delivery of community activities.
14. Be prepared to deliver some evenings and weekends, as per the activity calendar.
15. Get stuck into any other Royal Parks activities as the need arises.

Working within local communities across Oxfordshire you will be joining our successful Community Information Network Team as we work to further improve access to information, support, activities and opportunities for all those with a health, care or support need. You will be working with individuals, families and groups both in the community and in their own homes. In addition you will be working closely with local GP surgeries to provide the new social prescribing element into the support they offer to their patients. You will also have the opportunity to join our hospital discharge support team working across various settings including the John Radcliffe, Horton Hospital and community hospitals. We work with local communities to further build upon and support what is being offered as well as working with individuals and their families to connect them with the support and opportunities that exist. We are passionate about supporting and empowering people so that they can maintain their independence, health, wellbeing and ‘live life to the full’

The Community Engagement Fundraiser will develop and deliver a community fundraising plan that engages with and motivates the local community to become supporters for Reading Mencap. To proactively raise awareness of Reading Mencap.in the community.

Care & Learning Support Workers (Adults/Children)

£18,010.24 - £21,477.02 per annum (£9.24 – £11.01 per hour)

Full-time/part-time hours available
Are you considering a career change?
Has the pandemic inspired you to want to give back and support individuals in your community?

About the role

We currently have exciting Care & Support Worker vacancies in our Adult Home, Children’s Home and College supporting our residents and learners to live their lives as independently as possible in our well-equipped on site bungalows.

You will assist our residents and learners with various aspects of their day-to-day lives, including personal care, leisure activities, domestic duties, administering prescribed medication alongside developing life skills whilst promoting independence.

About you

You don’t need experience in care to join us – but you do need to be dedicated, caring and passionate about people. Our on-site training team will support you to achieve fully funded recognised qualifications in Care, Adult Care or Residential Childcare Child Care (RQF 2 & RQF 3). If you’re an excellent communicator with the desire, resilience, patience and motivation to support others we can offer you an incredibly rewarding role.

St Elizabeth’s Centre

St Elizabeth’s is situated in 68 acres of Hertfordshire countryside between Harlow and Bishop’s Stortford. We support people with Epilepsy and other complex needs in our Children’s Homes, School, College, Residential Homes with Nursing and Day Centre. At St Elizabeth’s it is essential that we recruit individuals with the right values and behaviours who can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.

Our Benefits

In addition to excellent staff training, our employees are also rewarded with various other benefits offered as part of your employment:

Competitive salary
23 days annual leave (including bank holidays)
Currently a 20% uplift on your salary for working overtime on a Saturday & Sunday for full time permanent employees
Fully paid for DBS
Life Assurance
Opportunity to pursue recognised qualifications of your own
Free parking
High Street retail/leisure discounts
Discounted gym membership
Recommend a Friend payments of up to £300
Contributory Pension Scheme
Confidential Employee Assistance Programme
Subsidised Staff Transport Service – operating in line with Care & Support Worker Shift Patterns, in Bishops Stortford, Harlow, Sawbridgeworth, Hertford and Ware.

How can you find out more?

To apply and to find out more information about St Elizabeth’s, please visit our website.

All offers are conditional and subject to receipt of satisfactory pre-employment checks and references including an enhanced DBS check. Please note we are not on a public transport route. Salary is dependent on the role, qualifications and experience.

We reserve the right to close this advert if we receive sufficient applications ahead of the deadline.

Registered Charity 1176777 Equal opportunities employer

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Oasis Charitable Trust is a ground-breaking group of charities that have been pioneering models of sustainable and holistic education and community development over the last 35 years.  We are now seeking a dynamic and transformational leader as the Director of Learning and Enrichment for Oasis Restore – the UK’s first secure school. This is a career-defining opportunity to lead the development and delivery of our bespoke integrated care and education for young people in custody.

Oasis Restore will offer a reparative opportunity to children and young people, who have become criminally involved, often as a result of high levels of trauma, vulnerability and threat. Our vision for Oasis Restore is focused on restoration, rather than retribution, on creating a safe environment with a holistic approach to life where every child is given opportunities equal to those offered their peers; ones that enable young people to make different choices and lead positive, productive lives.

We are looking for an organisational leader with the ability to lead and develop an education offer that is highly differentiated and innovative to achieve our shared vision. You will be values-led and have sustained, relevant leadership experience of working with children who are neurodiverse and those with Social, Emotional and Mental Health difficulties, challenging behaviour and experience barriers to learning.

For further information about the role, including details about how to apply, please visit the Oasis UK charity website or download the documents from this page. We actively encourage applications from people of all ethnic backgrounds and minority and underrepresented groups.

Applications should be received by noon on Friday 30th April 2021.

Leadership interviews will take place on the 6th and 7th May via Teams.

Assessment and final panel interviews will take place on the 12th and 14th May and are being held at South Quay College, East London.

Job title: Director of Learning and Enrichment

Job reference: OR-DLE

Closing date: Friday 30th April 2021

Contract:  Full-time, Permanent

Salary:  £67,364 - £74,295 (L20 - L24)

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate employment checks, including enhanced DBS checks. This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and should have the ability to speak fluent English for this role.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated Care and Support Manager (Registered Manager) to help us deliver high quality services, which are focused on person centred outcomes, and delivered within budget.

We are a leading, long established and progressive UK charity supporting adults with learning disabilities, mental health problems and other support needs. We support people in nine communities across England.  

Our Camphill philosophy recognises the uniqueness of the individual and we seek to respect, value and enhance the strengths and potential of each person we support. Working with these principles in the contemporary social care context we are committed to providing each person with real opportunities for personal development .

The successful candidate will have:

• Ideally been a registered manager or had responsibilities in maintaining registration
• Solid experience of management and supervision within the Adults with Learning Disabilities sector
• A level 5 social care management qualification or equivalent
• Ideally have a nursing or social worker background
• Have a thorough practical knowledge of good practice in the social care sector

It is essential that you are a strong people manager who can develop, mentor and coach staff and can demonstrate a strong drive to delivering excellent, person-centred services. 

You will be IT literate, hold a full UK driving licence and will be able to share the on-call duty management with other managers.

We will not wait until the closing date to arrange interviews so if we have filled the vacancies before the advertised closing date then we will close this advert early.

Successful applicants for this role will require an Enhanced DBS check. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults. We will undertake checks of successful candidates before starting work, which will include an Enhanced DBS check.

Paddock Community Trust are seeking a Community Engagement Manager to as a champion for our complimentary range of community support programmes across Kirklees, providing clear and concise information through a variety of communications channels.The successful candidate will support the management, delivery and monitoring of small-scale community projects throughout Kirklees, working closely with our partners, residents and local agencies. The Community Engagement Manager will take responsibility for increasing the visibility of our services through social media activity, outreach work, building and developing local networks and establishing new links with community-based groups.

The Reading Agency is looking for an experienced project manager to lead our education and community engagement work with children and young people, especially those from disadvantaged communities.

As a national charity, we tackle life's big challenges through the proven power of reading. We work closely with partners to develop and deliver programmes for people of all ages and backgrounds; our vision is for a world where everyone is reading their way to a better life.

Last year we helped over 1.8 million people benefit from reading through our programmes, our tireless campaigning, our excellent networks, and our power to influence, challenge and make change happen.

This new role will focus on leading and delivering exciting new areas of work, including:

• Teachers' Reading Challenge:Launched in 2020 in partnership with the Open University to support teachers to grow their knowledge and understanding of children's books and build awareness of how to develop readers, foster a love of reading and make reading fun
   
• Get Islington Reading: A London-based programme funded by The Mercer's Company and delivered in partnership with The National Literacy Trust, aiming to inspire young people in the borough to develop and sustain a love of reading by connecting schools and public libraries, focusing on the critical transition between primary and secondary school.

The successful applicant will be an excellent communicator with experience in working collaboratively to co-create projects.

If you think you have the skills, experience, and passion to join the team, we would love to hear from you.

For more information and to apply please go to our website.

This role will be based at our office in London. However, whilst COVID-19 restrictions apply all our staff are working from home.

Community Development Manager

We are looking for a Community Development Manager to lead a thriving and inspiring community development department to reach people from West Yorkshire’s Gypsy and Traveller communities.

Position: Community Development Manager

Location: Leeds, office and home-based working

Hours: 28 hours per week

Salary: £30,451 - £33,782 pro rata

Duration: Permanent, an initial 3-year contract with possible extension subject to further funding

Benefits: 28 days plus 14 days Bank Holidays pro rata, Special Leave and Flexible Working Policies, Employee Assistance Scheme with Health Assured, Up to 5% match pension contributions, Free Parking, Bike Parking and 15-minute walk from city centre

Closing Date: 6th May at 5pm

Interview Date: 13th May

The Role

The communities’ department currently comprises of a communities’ co-ordinator, community outreach worker, community tutor, youth work co-ordinator and a youth work assistant. They run projects for adults and young people including Community Action Groups (campaigning groups), social and peer support groups, youth groups, welfare calls, a homework club, intergenerational learning projects.

The charity has just been awarded a three year grant from the National Lottery Community Fund to run a three-year community development programme focused on outreach and engagement, community learning and working together for change.

The Community Development Manager will:

• Support members to connect to the organisation, each other and to run projects and campaigns.
• Ensure accessible routes to participation, at all levels, across your department and the organisation.
• Work holistically to improve wellbeing.
• Promote and support self-help and confidence and adhere to the charity’s values.
• Provide line management and operational management to your department including ensuring effective processes, safeguarding and recording and evaluation.
• Lead on quality assurance of your projects and work closely with the Senior Leadership Team on organisational development projects.
• Lead on fundraising within your department with the support of the Director of Development.
• Be invested in the progression of staff and future staff, working with community members to help them gain experience volunteering and doing sessional work for the charity.

Please note due to current circumstances you will be required to work from home, with desk space at the office available on a booking basis. The charity does anticipate returning to its offices and needs suitable candidates to be able to travel to Leeds as part of their regular week.

About You

As Community Development Manager, you will have the ability to manage competing demands and priorities and to meet deadlines

You will have experience of:

• Community development
• Working with children, young people and families
• Managing and developing a team, including volunteers
• Operational management – including health and safety, safeguarding and planning
• Managing projects – including budget management
• Effective and community led interventions around families, children and older people
• Implementing safeguarding legislation and responsibilities in a senior role

Understanding of the diverse Gypsy and Traveller communities within West Yorkshire and of the issues that affect the lives of Gypsies and Travellers would also be beneficial for this role.

In return…

Work for the 2018 Winner of the GSK Impact Award that has an internal aim of excellence and sustainability to ensure all staff are cared for and valued. The charity is proud to be a Mindful Employer, Living Wage Employer and reflective organisation with an ongoing commitment to learning and development. With annual pay reviews, development, regular full staff training away days, team building day and a great benefits package, this truly is a great place to work and grow.

About the Organisation

The charity is a thriving community led organisation, delivering vital support and community development work with Gypsy and Traveller communities in Leeds and West Yorkshire.

Other roles you may have experience of could include Community Development, Community Engagement, Community Development Manager, Community Development Officer, Community Partnerships, Partnerships and Engagement, Impact, Community Engagement Manager, Community Engagement Officer, Community Coordinator, Engagement, Youth, Youth Work, Family, Support, Community, Communities, Gypsy, Traveller, Society, Community Facing, Outreach, Community Outreach, Volunteer Manager, Volunteer, Volunteer Coordinator, Fundraiser, Fundraising, Campaign, Campaigning.

Victim Support are recruiting for the position of Project Manager - Accredited Learning, this role is home based and has funding for two years with possible extension.

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

The role will lead the delivery and development of our accredited learning course ensuring that all process reach a high quality standard. You will work with internal and external stakeholders and be accountable for internal assessment and moderation of the accredited course.

To be successful you will have some experience of leading an accredited course, assessment and moderation (including practical application) and be able to work closely with an external accrediting body.

You will join an existing high performing Learning and Development Team, and will directly line manage two assessors. You will be supported by our Head of Learning and Development, but you will be accountable for all stages of our accredited course.

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

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

If the vacancy has not specified the essential criteria for shortlisting, please use this section to express how your experience and skills are relevant for the role.

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

Victim Support are committed to recruiting with care and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and Disclosed Barring Service checks may required.

Victim Support is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe having a diverse workforce at all levels allows us to represent the communities we serve and connect better with people affected by crime. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds. We therefore welcome applicants from all communities and monitor the diversity of applicants to analyse if we are representative of the communities we serve in terms of sex, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, trans identity, relationship status, religion or belief, caring responsibilities, age and socio-economic status. As part of our commitment to the Race at Work Charter we would particularly welcome applicants from BAME communities.

We’re recruiting for an exciting maternity fixed-term contract role in our highly-skilled Fundraising & Communications department. Supporting the Director of Fundraising & Communications, the role will work with colleagues to develop strategy, deliver effective operations and achieve department-wide objectives. The post also line manages one team member. CBM UK places emphasis on professional development and training for our employees.

CBM is the largest charity focussed on transforming the lives of people with or at risk of disability in the world’s poorest places, reaching over 30 million people globally each year. Working through local partners and based on Christian values, CBM UK raises £9m annually to tackle poverty, prevent blindness, improve health and support people with disabilities.

Key responsibilities

Working within our Fundraising & Communications department of 19 staff, the role ultimately helps to create extraordinary and wonderful moments in our 45,000 supporters’ lives, with responsibility for:

• Helping to further develop, monitor and evaluate fundraising & communications strategy
• Coordinating integrated campaigns, including two campaigns in Winter 2021 and Spring 2022
• Improving our supporters’ experiences with CBM.
• Coordinating CBM award applications and funding applications
• Managing 1 talented staff member.

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