Age UK Lewisham and Southwark offer high profile services supporting people aged 50+ in the borough of Southwark and Lewisham. A large part of what makes the services a success is due to the work of our Navigators, who support people using a person centred approach to address issues with isolation, malnutrition, safety at home and helping people to access the services they need.

The Community Navigator is an exciting new role working closely with older people, Rehab and Re-ablement team, support staff and local partners to ensure people are being supported holistically following discharge from services.
Navigators’ will support older people during the transition from care homes and other bed based settlements into clients own home and link them with local services. There are increasingly challenges to older and frail people and to Health and Social Care services where demand for services, and particularly those of hospital services increase.  It is during this period that it becomes even more critical that there are a range of appropriate, timely and proportionate services in place.

This is a busy, fast paced and rewarding role; giving you the opportunity to make a real difference. The role is largely home based with some days at our main office and Southwark Council office. You will be working closely with the rehab team and a team of friendly and knowledgeable Navigators, Coordinators and Advisors. Working hours are Mon – Fri. You will need to be able travel across the borough of Southwark.

If you are a good listener, a positive thinker and passionate about supporting older people we want to hear from you.

Closing date for applications is 18:00pm on Friday 28th August 2020.

Interviews will take place on Tuesday -1st September via Zoom.

The role is 3 months fixed term (may be extended dependent on funding)

We are looking for an outstanding Project co-ordinator who is passionate about health and wellbeing to coordinate our Community Champions project.

This Westminster Council public health-funded project is designed to provide improved opportunities for people living in the Harrow Road ward, Westminster, to enhance their health and wellbeing. Through recruiting and supporting dedicated local volunteers (Community Champions) you will respond to local needs by delivering campaigns, events, activities and training. You will be employed by WECH, working in close partnership with Maida Hill Place, a social enterprise running food training and health & wellbeing programmes, where the project is based.

The salary is £21,000 for 30 hours - the ability to work evenings and weekends is required.

The closing date for this post is 12 noon August 19th 2020

To apply, please complete the application form and send to email address below.

The application should clearly describe why you are suitable for the role and should relate closely to the person specification.

Please note interviews for shortlisted candidates will take place on Thursday September 3rd.  All interviews will be conducted remotely.

Community Groups and Volunteering Worker

Full-time 37 hours per week

Salary  £33,989

About Crawley Community Action

Crawley Community Action is a charity which enables and supports volunteers, volunteer groups and charities in and around Crawley. We advocate for the voluntary and community sector with local government and other statutory authorities.  We’ve been supporting Crawley’s community and voluntary sector for 60 years – Crawley Community Action is our new name, demonstrating our commitment to Crawley’s people and communities.

About the role

We are going through an exciting reinvention right now, strengthening our focus on building resilience in the local community through a renewed focus on community assets and partnerships, and

In addition, we’ve reinvigorated our relationship with Crawley Borough Council and our partners in the West Sussex Community and Voluntary Sector Alliance as well as engaging with partners and sponsors in the private sector.

We are looking for a passionate and experienced individual with knowledge and experience of working with community groups and supporting organisations to value volunteers and volunteering.  You will support and enable charities, community groups and social enterprises on their journey to becoming effective and sustainable. Bringing your skills and enthusiasm to supporting voluntary and community action, you will provide advice, support and training/learning to help local organisations start, grow and thrive.

Working with the Community Groups Manager, you will be part of the Outreach Team working to Service Level Agreements within the organisation, which you will be a part of developing and monitoring.

This is an exciting and rewarding opportunity to make a real and lasting difference to the quality to the quality of life for residents and local communities across Crawley.

We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experience.

Due to the nature of this role, it is essential that the post-holder has a full, clean driving licence and access to a fully insured vehicle.

Closing date for applications:  12 noon, Tuesday 1 September 2020

Interviews: Thursday 10 September 2020

6-month contract • 30 hours/four days per week (0.8FTE)

Home based with regular travel in and around Birmingham, and occasional travel to London (subject to government guidelines on travelling during coronavirus pandemic)

The UK's leading interfaith organisation is looking for an organised and motivated self-starter to lead the project management of programmes across the West Midlands, supporting the existing team to deliver high quality work.

Founded in 1997, the Faith & Belief Forum works to build strong and productive relations between people of different faiths, beliefs, and cultures. Our team in the West Midlands deliver an increasing number of Education and Community engagement projects, connecting people from different backgrounds.

This is an exciting six-month opportunity to manage the West Midlands programming in a post coronavirus lockdown context. You will be responsible for both project and stakeholder management of our Community Dialogue project in Walsall. As one of the five areas chosen to work with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government you will be part of an exciting project developing new ways of bringing communities together. You will help us build on this success by developing relationships and advocating for our work with other Local Authorities in the region. You will also have the opportunity to oversee the Education programmes in the region with support from the team. You would work with over 80 schools through our Award-Winning Workshops, School Linking and other creative youth projects.

This role involves:

• Working with people from across the organisation to design trainings and workshops, which aim to foster increased understanding and stronger relationships across communities
• Project managing a myriad of complex and exciting projects
• Managing senior stakeholders and advocating for our work across the Education and Community engagement sectors, including Walsall Council
• Working closely with our fundraising team to increase the funding pipeline for 2021/22
• Managing the West Midlands programme delivery team, supporting them to achieve their best.

To do this, you will need to:

• Be an effective relationship builder who can confidently build and maintain key partnerships to ensure successful projects
• Bring experience of community engagement and working on complex projects
• Be passionate about bringing people from different communities together and supporting volunteers
• Be willing to work remotely and have flexibility for evening and weekend work.

You will be joining an organisation that embodies the inclusive and welcoming values we want to see in wider society. We pride ourselves on our diverse and collaborative working environment, where your passion and dedication will be rewarded through a flexible benefits package and ongoing support. At our most recent staff survey, 100% of staff said believe in the aims of the Faith & Belief Forum and 100% enjoy the work they do.

Closing date: 9.00am, Monday 24 August 2020.

If shortlisted, you will be invited to attend an interview on Friday, 28 August which will take place via Zoom. We are looking for someone available to start in this role ASAP, preferably no later than the end of September.

We believe in order to effectively serve our beneficiaries; our work must be influenced by a broad range of voices. Therefore, we actively encourage applications from people who are currently underrepresented in our staff team. This would include BAME candidates and those who identify as Muslim, Sikh, Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain. We celebrate difference and are committed to creating a working environment where everyone is included.

Unfortunately, we cannot accept applications from individuals without the right to work in the UK.

The Social Connection Project is an exciting new initiative which aims to recruit volunteers and match them with people exiting homelessness in Brighton & Hove. The volunteers will support people to engage in the wider community using a variety of means such as mentoring, befriending & connecting people with community groups & activities. The aim of the project is to reduce social isolation, improve tenancy sustainment and build people’s well-being

Justlife have been operating in Brighton for 8 years and provide engagement work for people who are homeless, helping clients improve and maintain their health, by accessing primary care, attending appointments and linking with relevant services, as well as a weekly activities programme and support specifically for those in emergency accommodation. The Creative Studio provides art opportunities for people who have experienced homelessness. We also engage in research into the effects of unsupported temporary accommodation, which informs our work locally, as well as enabling us to have conversations on a wider scale to bring about positive change.

This role is responsible for delivering the Social Connection project as part of the team. Working with the Operations Coordinator, this will include recruiting and training volunteers, managing referrals, developing a client social event, group volunteer support sessions, developing publicity and promoting the service within the city.

Responsible to: Operations Coordinator

Responsible for: Volunteers

1. Job Description

The Social Connection Project Coordinator will coordinate and deliver the project which will include:-

1. Recruiting and training for volunteers
2. Managing referrals
3. Developing promotional materials and promoting in the city
4. Ensuring effective monitoring of the project
5. Administration of the project
6. Supporting volunteers
7. Representing Justlife to external stakeholders across the city to increase awareness and engagement with the project
8. To be part of, and contribute to, the Justlife staff team, attending meetings and events as appropriate and to be involved in staff development, training and supervision

About us

The Kids Network is a community of children and young professionals connecting through fun, friendship and hardship for positive social change. 

We provide children with a volunteer mentor; a young professional from the community who delivers safe and consistent sessions over 12 months. Each mentee receives 100 hours of one-to-one support outside of the home and school environment. 

As a young, growing organisation, we are looking for someone to join our small but mighty team to lead our programmes across London communities. 

Volunteer Coordinator

We are excited to announce that we’re hiring a Volunteer Coordinator to join the team to lead on our Hackney mentoring programme. 

You will work to support our amazing mentees by managing our volunteer mentors as they navigate digital mentoring during Covid-19. You will lead our Hackney project, bringing the community together through fun and friendship. 

This is a really exciting opportunity to play a crucial role in the growth of the organisation and make a positive impact for children in London as we transition out of lockdown measures. 

Role description

One year fixed term contract (with the potential to extend)

5 days a week (35 hours)

£26,000 pa

Some weekend and evening work required

As our Volunteer Coordinator you will have an entrepreneurial spirit to effectively deliver our mentoring programme in order to achieve positive outcomes for children. 

About you

We are looking for a highly motivated, personable, strong communicator who is passionate about the importance of mentoring and equality of opportunity. To be successful, you will be solution focused, positive, proactive and a quick learner. 

Experience of developing relationships, supporting volunteers working with vulnerable children and delivering programmes from a charity perspective is essential. 

The Kids Network values fun, commitment and innovation – this is the culture we want embedded throughout the organisation. If you are passionate about connecting for change and share our vision, we want to hear from you.

About the role:

• Uphold our safeguarding principles and processes to the highest standard
• Drive a diverse volunteer recruitment strategy to represent our mentees
• Vet, train and onboard new mentors in line with our safer recruitment practices
• Deliver outstanding volunteer management 
• Celebrate volunteers in creative and effective ways
• Host monthly mentor meet ups and deliver ongoing training
• Deliver the programme to meet KPIs
• Build and manage strategic relationships with key community stakeholders 
• Manage CRM system, ensuring data is kept up to date
• Act in compliance with our policies and processes at all times, ensuring our data is stored and managed in line with GDPR 
• Act as an ambassador for The Kids Network attending events where necessary
• Communicate the successes of the organisation to our supporters through our channels

Essential skills and experience: 

• Track record of managing volunteers effectively - ability to motivate and support volunteers to provide consistent support to vulnerable children 
• Experience in following safeguarding processes and foundation level in child protection
• Experience of developing networks and relationships with a wide range of partners, volunteers and stakeholders
• Experience of delivering small to medium-scale programmes from start to finish
• Ability to be solution focused and self-motivating, to work on your own initiative and be accountable for your own work
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to communicate to a range of audiences with impact
• Skilled at delivering engaging training sessions and organising events
• Excellent IT skills with ability to use spreadsheets, emails and databases effectively 
• Non-judgemental, self-motivated, pro-active, compassionate and solution focused

Desirable skills and experience

• Understanding of the UK education and charity sector
• Knowledge of the communities in Hackney and East London 
• Experience of working with children and families directly in challenging environments and understanding of the challenges facing children in London
• Experience delivering effective training and workshops to volunteers to support their development 
• Marketing and communications skills
• Event management skills

The Kids Network is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to apply for an enhanced DBS check.

We particularly encourage applications from Black candidates and People of Colour to apply for this role as we continue to build our culture of inclusion and representation within our team. 

The closing date for applications is Sunday 16th August at midnight. We will conduct interviews on the 20th and 21st of August. 

To apply please send your CV and a cover letter, no longer than two pages, to our Founder, Sarah Woodcock 

We are looking for a dynamic, effective and innovative communicator with substantial online experience to join our team and help us grow Link UP to new boroughs in London. This is an exciting opportunity to become part of a small but enthusiastic team and play a key role in expanding our initiative aimed at mobilizing professional skills to create vibrant, engaged and linked communities.  At Link UP London we do this in 2 ways:

• Through Skilled Volunteering we connect people with professional skills to local charitable organisations on short term (up to 6 months), structured projects that assist the organisation in doing its work better. 
• Through ReLaunch we support women who have been on a career break to re-connect with their skills, build confidence and define a goal for their next steps. 

A little bit about Link UP London

Link UP London began 4 years ago in Battersea and tested the model of connecting people with professional skills within a community to local charitable organisations within that community to help them do their work better. Our projects are structured with flexible time commitments and are designed to fit into busy schedules. Over the past few years we’ve grown to offer our service throughout Wandsworth and Lambeth.

In 2018 we launched our ReLaunch Programme to support professional women on a career break to re-engage with their skills, as this represents one group whose professional skills are vastly underutilised within communities. The ReLaunch workshops offer women safe space in small groups to identify strengths and develop plans for next steps. While skilled volunteering isn’t required as part of this workshop, we support these women into volunteer projects as they offer a wonderful stepping stone back to work by boosting confidence and helping people understand the value of their skills. 

We have continued our skilled volunteering services online over the past few months as well as running our first online ReLaunch session. We have also begun new services such as Flash Consulting and webinars with our skilled volunteers sharing their skills to a wider audience.  We would now like to build on what we’ve learned through our experience to date to help mobilize more skills in structured and effective ways and direct them into communities in some of the most deprived areas of London. 

We registered as a Community Interest Company in 2018.

Key Objectives for this Role

• Take a lead in communicating and marketing Link UP’s work on and offline
• Ensure CRM system is working to the best of its abilities
• Support skilled volunteering placements along with process improvement
• Contribute to the development/expansion of Link UP

Role & Responsibilities

Communications / PR / Digital Marketing

• Ensure regular, up to date, communications strategy is being developed and followed to support and grow our work
• Ensure a wide and engaged social media presence and maintain different social media platforms including Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram.
• Take the lead on developing or facilitating creation of regular content about our work including stories, videos, blogs to distribute across platforms and use on our website 
• Generate regular newsletters, updates and other content for the Link UP Community
• Track and identify new distribution channels to ensure wide coverage of our work in all communities of operation
• Continually identify new ways for us to reach our different target audiences
• Communicate regularly and share our work with key contacts, partners and mailing lists 
• Identify areas of potential cooperation and facilitate discussion with other organisations where working together could improve impact
• Co-manage CRM (Active Campaigns) to ensure that it is supporting our work as effectively and efficiently as possible

Events

• Lead in the organisation of Link UP events on and off-line to increase our presence within the communities where we work
• Regularly represent Link UP online and in person (when possible again) at events and within networks 

Other Duties

• Support Skilled Volunteer projects, organisations and volunteers as needed to ensure successful projects as needed
• Work with CEO to track funding opportunities and assess potential fit for Link UP
• Assist with developing project proposals as needed
• Assist with creating and implementing new funding ideas / events / activities to help us ensure sustainability
• Conduct regular research about our different areas of work to ensure we stay up-to-date and relevant
• Participate in regular supervision and annual appraisal; help to identify your own job-related development and training needs
• Undertake your role in a professional manner and maintain a high-quality standard of work in accordance with the aims, values and ethos of Link UP

The above job description reflects the position at the time of writing; it is not intended to be a task list but indicates the general level of work involved. It is expected that duties will be reviewed and revised as required.

Person Specification

• Excellent communications skills with ability to target different audiences
• Excellent knowledge of and experience of various forms of social media
• Extensive experience with interesting / creative content generation
• Experience with digital marketing  
• Knowledge of SEO optimization
• Experience with CRMs (ideally Active Campaigns) and automations
• Website management experience (ideally Wordpress)
• Project coordination experience including managing process and procedures
• Experience with event management (on and off line)
• Knowledge of the charitable sector and/or social enterprises

Competencies

• Experienced writer and story teller
• Detail focused 
• Organised and methodical, able to plan, prioritise and manage a diverse workload
• Excellent problem solving and decision-making skills; knowing when to make decisions and when to refer to others for advice
• Ability to work flexibly and independently as well as part of a small team
• Ability to remain calm and positive while adapting to changing priorities and demands
• Ability to build strong relationships and networks with people and organisations from all backgrounds and at all levels
• Willingness to work flexibly in response to changing organisational requirements

Qualities that would fit our team:

• Personable / warm / caring / friendly
• Entrepreneurial spirit
• Good networker
• Creative
• Hardworking / Dedicated / Committed
• Professional

Application Process 

Please submit a CV and covering letter addressing your suitability to this role in relation to the job description and person specifications & competencies (no longer than 2 pages max) with the subject line ‘Communications and Events Coordinator’

Closing Date for Applications: Wed 26th deadline     

Interview Date: 3rd and 4th Sept -  second round 10th and 11th

Communities Support Officer – Part Time
Borehamwood, Hertfordshire (with home working options)

Are you an organised administrator with experience of using social media and other communications tools? If so, this is an exciting opportunity to facilitate the delivery of life-changing support services.

About Us 

Ehlers-Danlos Support (EDS) UK provides information, support and guidance to those living with EDS and HSD, a group of connective tissue disorders which affect most of the body and can be extremely challenging to live with.

We work closely with medical and healthcare professionals to increase the understanding of EDS and HSD in UK medical practice, reduce the time to diagnosis and improve knowledge of this condition through research.

Thanks to funding from The National Lottery Community Fund, we have a well-established programme of peer-to-peer support running in our community across the UK.

We’re currently looking for a part-time Communities Support Officer to join us on a fixed-term contract until August 2022.

The Benefits

- Salary of £18,726 pro rata (£11,236 per annum)
- Home working options 
- Negotiable start and finish times 
- Contributory pension scheme

This is a superb opportunity to gain experience in the charitable sector while supporting a service that unites and connects people living with EDS and HSD. 

We recognise that people are our greatest asset and we support paid staff and volunteers with high-quality training and development and thoughtful line management.

We pride ourselves on being bold, well-informed and focused and we use our personality to inspire change and benefit all those touched by EDS and HSD. We believe that nobody should be left to fight on their own. If you think you could make a difference as part of our team, we’d love to hear from you.

The Role

As a Communities Support Officer, you’ll carry out a range of administrative tasks to support the successful delivery of our peer-to-peer support programme. 

Specifically, you’ll support our Senior Communities Manager and Communities Manager, as well as our network of volunteer Area Co-ordinators, who are vital to the delivery of the programme. 

Some of your duties will include: 

- Responding to volunteer queries via email, telephone and social media 
- Helping to plan community activities and events 
- Monitoring new memberships on our closed Facebook groups 
- Promoting our support groups through our website, Mailchimp, Facebook and other social media platforms 
- Collecting project monitoring data 

About You

To join us as a Communities Support Officer, you will need: 

- Previous experience of providing administrative support to a team 
- Experience of effectively using a range of communication tools, including social media, to provide support and information 
- A track record of working to targets or goals and tracking progress towards these
- Excellent IT skills
- Great organisation and planning abilities 

Ideally, you’ll also have experience of providing administrative support to volunteers, either in the charity or public sector.

Other organisations may call this role Team Administrator, Administrator, Community Administrator, Project Assistant, Project Administrator, Programme Administrator, or Programme Assistant.

This is a part-time role, working 21 hours per week, Monday – Friday. 

The closing date for applications is the 14th August 2020. 

Webrecruit and Ehlers-Danlos Support UK are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applications for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.    

So, if you’re seeking your next step as a Communities Support Officer, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

COMMUNITY SPONSORSHIP DEVELOPMENT WORKER

37 hours per week

Fixed Term Contract until April 2022

SCP20-23 £25,295 - £26,999

BASED ACROSS THE DIOCESE OF SALFORD AND LANCASTER

Working closely with the Refugee Response Manager, the Community Sponsorship Development Worker will be at the pioneering edge of this still relatively new initiative to support vulnerable refugees resettle in the UK.

They will engage and collaborate with parishes or community groups within the dioceses of Salford and Lancaster who are sponsoring families and will contribute to capacity-building work within Caritas to develop and monitor systems to ensure the safe resettlement of families.  In doing so they will ensure that high standards are consistently achieved in ensuring the project is safe, welcoming, effective and provides a quality service in relation to refugee support. 

Experience of working with asylum seekers/refugees, volunteers and community groups is essential.  Additionally you must have experience of delivering professional community or social action services to people in need.

Caritas follows Safer Recruitment practices and this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service checks.

Katherine Low Settlement (KLS) Age Well Programme for Older People – Two Vacancies

We have been commissioned by Wandsworth Council to run a new Age Well Programme in Battersea for older people. The vision is to enable older people in Battersea to continue living as independently as possible with the support of their community. This support includes the development and delivery of preventative services. This is a new programme driven-by local older people, the shape and contents of the services determined by them.

Vacancy 1 Community Development Officer (Age Well) 

You'll run day-to-day operations of a comprehensive Age Well programme with older people in Battersea that encourage ‘Active Citizenship’ 

You'll work 28 hours a week and be based in our centre which is at the heart of the community in Battersea, South West London.

Job Title: Community Development Officer (Age Well)

Position: Permanent contract

Salary: £27,500 (pro rata)

Hours: 28 hours per week (flexible working possible)  

Holidays: 25 days per year + Bank Holidays (pro rata)  

Location: Working across various venues in Battersea. Main office is at KLS, 108 Battersea High Street, London SW11 3HP

The role includes:   

• The planning of KLS’ Age Well older people’s service with older people themselves, partners and funders 

• Conducting a Participatory Needs Assessment to help build an understanding of the assets and needs of older people in Battersea 

• Supporting communications work of the Settlement about older people and the Age Well programme

• Supporting the Director and Elders Organisational Development Worker to make funding applications

• Undertaking marketing and promotion activities to recruit older people to the Age Well programme

• Managing referral and assessment process 

• Conducting outreach work with older people in the community from a variety of venues incl. home visits

• Supporting older people – one-to-one support as well as group work

• Ensuring delivery of all the Age Well activities throughout the week

• Keep accurate records to help monitor and evaluate our older people’s Age Well service. 

Vacancy 2 Older People’s Organisational Development Worker (Age Well) 

This is a new and exciting opportunity for a dynamic and enthusiastic organisational development worker, with fundraising experience, to join our Elders team. The Age Well programme will be delivered in part by local community partners, some of whom are small and (un)funded. They will need additional capacity building support so that they can work with more older people in Battersea. You will have experience of working with charities and community organisations to develop their infrastructure and increase their skills and capacity including governance, strategy, funding, staffing and volunteers, communications and more. 

Job Title: Older People’s Organisational Development Worker (Age Well)  

Position: Permanent contract  

Salary: £27,500 (pro rata)  

Hours: 7 hours per week (flexible working possible)  

Holidays:25 days per year + Bank Holidays (pro rata)  

Responsible to: KLS’ Head of Elders Team  

Responsible for: Supporting a small team of volunteers  

Location: Working across various venues in Battersea. Main office is at KLS, 108 Battersea High Street, London SW11 3HP 

The role includes: 

• Researching and mapping local community partners in Battersea

• Researching and identifying suitable Charitable Trusts, Foundations to support the Age Well programme

• Working closely with the Elders Team to build relationships with existing and new local community partners

• Conducting organisational assessments to identify their development support needs

• Developing tailored action plans for each organisation incl. milestones and timescales

• Providing a suite of one-to-one and group support that cover issues of governance, strategy, funding, staffing and volunteers, communications and more. This may include developing and delivering training sessions on skills development for fundraising and monitoring & evaluation, for example and/or bringing in consultants and training providers as appropriate

• Identifying and cultivating existing and new relationships with trusts, foundations and individuals to secure significant, multi-year donations for the Age Well programme

• Working with the Elders Team to package up the Age Well programme, translating its work into relevant, inspiring, professional and compelling funding applications that meet the funders criteria and are reflective of KLS mission, vision and values

• Submitting high-quality, multi-year funding applications

• Once funding is secured manage a portfolio of Charitable Trusts and Foundations and individual donors

• Ensuring all donors receive the appropriate level of acknowledgement, recognition, appreciation, thanks and feedback tailored to their specific requirements

• Providing excellent donor stewardship through high-quality updates and monitoring reports, face-to-face meetings, opportunities for personal involvement, project visits and events and other key communications

KLS is committed to equal opportunities. 

All offers to work at KLS are subject to two satisfactory references, which is standard KLS policy applicable to all roles. KLS also ask for an enhanced DBS check. You will adhere to matters of confidentiality concerning this role and the KLS team. An induction is given to new staff, which includes sharing our policies and procedures relevant to this post.  There is a 6 month probation period for these role 

Application Process 

Please send us a copy of your CV with covering letter that covers why you feel you would be suitable for this role, to KLS  by 9.00am on Wednesday 19th August 2020. Interviews will be held on Wednesday 26th 2020. Please tell us if you have a preferred time. 

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the UK's leading cancer research charity based in Yorkshire. The charity is a leading funder of cancer research in the region and has a track record of supporting ground-breaking projects and clinical trials to help prevent cancer and increase survival.

Yorkshire Cancer Research is entering a very exciting period in its development. The charity has been connected with the people of Yorkshire for over 90 years during which time it has established a sound financial base. Following the commitment in 2015 to invest at least £100m in cancer research and service by 2025 the cancer and cancer-prevention services work has already led to the creation of several pilot and larger scale programmes and they now require talented and motived people to expand and develop this vital work further.

Yorkshire Cancer Research - Head Of Services -Cancer and Cancer Prevention X2

Location: Grove Park Court, Harrogate. HG1 4DP.Travel across Yorkshire will be required.

Salary: £50K + Benefits

Contract: Permanent or 6 months FTC

The charity is looking for two exceptional individuals to develop, deliver and manage a portfolio of evidence-based cancer and cancer-prevention services. The post holders will be vital in ensuring the charity meets its ambitious KPI targets that will lead to achieving the goal of saving an extra 2,000 lives a year in Yorkshire by 2025.

These are exciting, and continually developing roles for the charity working in partnership with local authorities, Clinical Commissioning Groups, NHS Trusts, community, and voluntary organisations and most importantly with patients and service users.

To be considered for this position you will have an excellent track record of management and leadership experience at senior manager/team leader level in a relevant environment. You will need to present and show experience of developing and maintaining strong relationships.

You must have experience of implementing, managing, and evaluating a strategic portfolio of health services. It would be ideal for the postholder to have knowledge and understanding of cancer services and public.

Closing date for applications: Midnight on Thursday 25 th June 2020

If you would like to receive a more information for this role, with details on how to apply, please contact Shweta Prabhakar:

Shweta Prabhakar: [email protected] | 020 7820 7320

Who we are

Community Links is a social action charity, rooted in east London.  Our vision is Ready for Everything Communities. Our mission is to support people in coming together, overcoming barriers, building purpose and making the most of the place they live in. From our base in east London, we apply the learning from our local work to influence and achieve positive national change. 

Our team delivers a diverse range of projects for 5000 people every year drawing on 40 years of experience working with children, young people and adults.

Community links are proud to be part of the Catch22 group. Catch22 exist to help build a society where everyone has a good place to live, good people around them, and a fulfilling purpose. We call these our '3Ps'.

We achieve this in two ways. We improve lives on the frontline through delivery of public services. Secondly, we use our knowledge to change 'the system', to fix the complex web that can trap and disempower those it was set up to help. With the heart of a charity and the mindset of a business, we are uniquely placed to deliver on this challenging agenda.
 

Job Description

We are looking for a Project Worker - Mental Health to be responsible for establishing and co-ordinating the day-to-day running of this exciting, new, mental health, crisis prevention programme. Your project sits within our established, social worker-led, Help through Crisis Service and aims to meet the surge in Covid-19 related mental health crisis impacting Newham residents. 

You will be responsible for delivering outreach work, facilitating peer support groups and wellbeing activities, and leading on the provision of signposting and information on local mental health and care services. In order to maximise our reach, you will lead on the recruitment, development and retention of volunteers, primarily Community Mental Health Champions, to raise awareness of mental health and break down barriers to accessing support.
 

Main Duties & Accountabilites

As a Community Engagement Officer, you will:

Engagement and Outreach

• Provide a new community outreach element to target ‘hard to reach’ groups who would traditionally be less likely to access formal mental health support.
• Create interesting wellbeing activities and virtual spaces for our Community Champions and service users and community to come together, advocate for service users, and lead peer to peer support groups.
• Lead on the recruitment, training and support of Community Mental Health Champions, including those with lived experience of mental health difficulties, who will contribute towards project activity.

Information and signposting

• Lead on the provision of mental health related referrals from our programmes and partner organisations across east London helping rapidly connect people presenting with signs of mental health concerns with appropriate support, both internally and externally.
• Adapt services to a mixed-delivery model for remote and in-person support as lockdown restrictions change.
• Lead on the provision of signposting and information to Newham residents connecting them to our services, activities, partners, Primary Care Network embedded Community Connectors and mental health café provider Hestia.

Intelligence, organisational relationships and influence

• Collecting data and reporting on outcomes for service users using a standardised, outcome measure framework in order to understand the impact of the project, and identify learning to inform future development.
• Act as an ambassador for Community Links and champion mental health at all opportunities.
• Meet individual project level targets as set out by the Programme Manager.
• Actively monitor and evaluate the quality of the work undertaken; seeking feedback regularly and looking for opportunities to learn and improve.

• Keep up-to-date with local, regional and national developments in (mental) health, social care and safeguarding adults at risk.
• Develop relationships with statutory partners and local voluntary and community organisations to facilitate channels of communication, share information, learning and good practice.
• Assist in the establishment and coordinate a new, dynamic internal Mental Health working group
   

Person Specification

To succeed in this role, you’ll need a professional qualification or significant experience in a related field, such as: mental health, nursing, social work, voluntary sector, teaching or providing health and wellbeing activities within a mental health framework.

Knowledge;

• Knowledge of safeguarding procedures and an ability to react appropriately and consult with the relevant professionals when a safeguarding concern arises.

• Understanding of the forms and impact of mental illness, including the barriers to accessing support and treatment and recovery principles.

• Knowledge of appropriate ways to seek the views and knowledge of stakeholder groups, including people with lived experience of these issues.

• Commitment to tackling inequalities, and appreciation for the challenges faced by disadvantaged communities and those from diverse seldom heard backgrounds.

• Good knowledge of the health and social care system, ideally locally, and how people can best navigate the system and seek support.

Experience;

• Experience of working in a mental health crisis prevention role or with individuals experiencing mental health difficulties
• Facilitating health and wellbeing activities.
• A track record of providing excellent service to all beneficiaries who will use the service by offering high standards of care at all times and the ability to meet organisational standards in the provision of a responsive service.
• Experience of group facilitation in a relevant field.
• Experience of working in partnership and co-production in the field of mental health.
• Experience of confidently and sensitively supporting people facing difficult circumstances.
• Experience of employing evidence-based evaluation tools and methods to measure the impact of a service.  

Fixed term contract until 31/08/2021.

Recruiting for a Team Leader (Community Services) to join our services in Kent!

GBP 26,000 per annum plus 25 days Annual Leave, Pension schemes, Staff discounts, healthcare and more. This role is working 40 hours per week.

The areas that you will working at are Tonbridge & Malling, Tunbridge Wells, Sevenoaks, Dartford, Gravesham, Swale.

Job Overview:
Working within our Kent Homeless Connect services, the Team Leader will hold responsibility for ensuring that a holistic and cohesive model of customer support is embedded across all community based services. Look Ahead operates trauma and psychologically informed approaches, ensuring that our customers benefit from being supported through strengths-based practices.

The post holder will be fully involved in all aspects of the day to day management of their designated services, including line managing the relevant front-line staff. You will lead and develop competence of direct reports as well as carry caseloads of customers requiring support. You will work closely with the Contract Manager to ensure that the service delivers on all targets, both financial and those around the quality of the services.

Community Services are currently delivered within the West and North Kent areas and frequent travel across those areas is required according to the demands of the post.

Key Accountabilities:
- Lead and motivate your teams to ensure the championing of and maintenance of a positive local culture within your services
- Deliver effective supervision and team meetings with staff and ensure that information, reporting and communication is transparent and clear
- Responsible for the personal development of staff, identifying high performers and feeding into the organisation's succession plans
- Ensure that Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) required as part of the Contracts are met and recorded correctly
- Develop key business relationships with all appropriate relevant customers/external parties to ensure service delivery excellence and maximise new business opportunities in own patch
- Participate in and monitor the initial and continuous assessment of needs and ensure that support planning is carried out in line with assessed needs of the customer
- Carry out other administrative tasks as relevant to the service and directed by the Contract Manager/Heads of Operations
- Ensure that all safeguarding cases are managed in line with safeguarding protocols and are reported to Contract Manager/Head of Operations, as appropriate
- Ensure Look Ahead Health and Safety policies are always adhered to and to uphold all health and safety responsibilities within relevant policies and local protocols
- Ensure that all other Look Ahead policies and procedures are adhered to
- Engage positively in reflective practice sessions with colleagues
- Carry out other management duties commensurate with the designated role level, as may be deemed reasonable by Look Ahead, including the management of other teams within the designated patch, or an alternative patch, if such a need arises

Person Specification:
- Enjoys social interaction and the company of others, networks in local business community
- Approachable and open behaviour
- Prefers working as part of a group or team
- Is fundamentally calm and resilient, does not let emotion adversely affect them or obscure their judgement
- Has a practical and logical mind and is naturally well organised
- Thrives on change and enjoys dynamic diverse environments
- Is confident with high levels of self-esteem
- Is respectful, articulate and sensitive in style of communication
- Is passionate and enthusiastic about his/her career and job experiences
- Is motivated towards excellence and improvement of personal performance with a can do attitude

Skills, Knowledge and Experience:
Essential:
- At least two years' experience of effectively managing and developing staff to ensure delivery of services performance targets
- Experience of delivering to community services' targets
- Experience of supporting homeless customers
- Full Driving Licence and access to use of vehicle

Desirable:
- Educated to degree level or equivalent
- Other relevant professional memberships and/or specialist qualifications are desirable

Look Ahead is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk, and expects all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment

For the full job description, please visit the Look Ahead website.

Are you a brilliant minded person who can ensure the continuity of existing small grants to local groups and contribute to the concept and development of future grants programmes – with a focus on widening and deepening community empowerment and cohesion with our work?

UNITED in Hammersmith & Fulham (UNITED) is a place-based giving scheme that promotes, inspires and helps fund activities that deliver a strong sense of belonging in our diverse London borough.

Over the last two years, we have undertaken a programme of work to establish our new charity. We have the core infrastructure in place, and have also established a small grants programme aimed at bringing people in the borough together to strengthen their bonds as neighbours.

This year, we had significant fundraising and grant distribution success with a community coronavirus fund, are now moving into the next phase of the development: seeking to engage with the general public and a private donors through awareness and continued fund raising for 2020-25. This is envisaged to result in an increase in community funding over the period.

This is an exciting opportunity with potential to improve the lives of people across the borough by driving forward funding and community relations.