About FareShare Go

FareShare Go provides charities and community groups with direct access to surplus food from local supermarkets, including Tesco, ASDA and Waitrose & Partners.

The food is good quality food that can no longer be sold for a variety of reasons, such as damaged packaging or a short-shelf life. Since launching the scheme in 2015, we have already connected over 7,500 charities with more than 3,500 stores across the UK.

FareShare’s Strategy & Vision
 

Vision: We have the vision of a UK where “No good food goes to waste”.

Mission: To use surplus, fit for consumption, food to feed those who are vulnerable in the UK by supporting front line charitable organisations that tackle the cause and not just the symptoms of food poverty.

Our Purpose: We are doers. We are a community. We change lives.

Our Values: Passion – for our cause and the challenge that lies ahead

Ambition – to go the extra mile and drive the change that must happen

Respect – for ourselves, each other, our volunteers, our partners and our beneficiaries

Collaboration – it’s only by working with others that we can be stronger

Focus – on providing the best service possible so that we deliver and

achieve the most for our clients/customers.

The role

As Community Coordinator, your role will focus on the growth and sustainability of the FareShare Go programme in the West Midlands; through maximising relationships and adding value to create the best experience for our charity community. The successful candidate will be an exceptional communicator, with an approachable nature who will play a vital role in developing and maintaining charity and retailer relationships, plus raising awareness of FareShare Go across your local area.

• Charity account management: You will carry out virtual calls and in person visits with new and existing charities, and be responsible for ensuring that coverage KPIs are reached and maintained for both new and existing retailers. Using your analysis of charity needs, plus your knowledge of retailer and store profiles, you will use these visits to maximise the offer to charities, ensuring the service meets their requirements.

• Community Capacity Building: As part of the Building of relationships with charities, you will seek opportunities to enable and empower charities to increase their capacity and ability to take more food, to ultimately increase the redistribution of surplus food to those in need.
   
• Sustainability and Compliance: You will work with your Regional Manager and team to identify stores where re-engagement activities are needed to improve charity coverage and charity compliance. You will work to maximise the amount of food collected by charities with lower levels of compliance. You will also be responsible for undertaking food safety reviews with charities to ensure compliance.

• Retailer Engagement: You will play a key role in maintaining strong retailer relationships across your region. You will take an active role in any meet and greets with retailers, where required. Plus you will be responsible for maintaining regular contact with the relevant retail stakeholders in your region, sensitively dealing with any issues in a professional manner, as and when they arise.
   
• FareShare Network Engagement: We aim to become 'oneFareShare’. These roles are an integral part of our FareShare network and you will partner closely with the Regional Centre(s) in your areas. You will work on joint initiatives which improve and grow the FareShare community, ensuring that charities have access to the FareShare service which best meet their needs.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for two people to join Salford CVS to support our grants and investments programme.

We’re looking to recruit 2 full-time (37.5 hours per week) Grants Development Workers, initially on 12-month fixed-term contracts. It is our intention to extend these contract by an additional 2-years, subject to additional funding being secured.

The post-holders will assist Grants Manager in the development and delivery of a large grants and investments programme (aimed at voluntary, community, social enterprise organisations and schools) in excess of £1m per year, largely focused on addressing health inequalities in the city of Salford. The roles will be based in both the office and community settings.

Support Workers, Women’s Community Project

Permanent position – Full time and part time roles available

Based in Reading or home based, with travel across Berkshire and Thames Valley area

Full time Salary in the range £22,537- £25,041 per annum (Part time, pro-rata equivalent salary)

Alana House is an innovative women’s community project run by Parents And Children Together (PACT).  It provides a holistic approach to support women facing multiple disadvantages, including those at risk of offending. 

The support workers at Alana House will hold a case load of women and be involved in one to one work support work and group based sessions.  The objective of both roles is to enable service users to make positive changes in their lives, reduce likelihood of re-offending and minimise the impact of chaotic lifestyles.  This role will work within our new service that supports women leaving prison and on probation in the Thames Valley area (predominantly Berkshire).  On this basis, we are actively seeking candidates with personal or work experience of the criminal justice system.

To join an inspirational organisation where you can make a real difference to supporting women facing multiple disadvantages, please visit our website for further information on how to apply.

Due to the nature and context of the work, there is a genuine occupational requirement permitted under the Equality Act 2010 that this post is only available to female applicants.

Closing date for applications is 9am on Friday 21 May 2021.

Interviews will commence on 24 May 2021 as we are keen to secure a June start date. 

We look forward to hearing from you!

PACT is a supportive and respectful place where people are passionate about making a positive difference to the lives of women, children and families from many different backgrounds.  We continuously look to progress the ways in which we create families and bring people together and encourage applications from people across all communities.  We are committed to ensuring that our people and our services reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and applications from people from under-represented groups are particularly welcomed. Please note prospective employees will need to evidence they have the relevant permission to work in the UK.

Part time permanent position – 22 hours per week

Based in Reading, with travel across Berkshire and Thames Valley area

Salary in the range £22,135 - £27,053 per annum (£37,227 - £45,499 FTE)

Alana House is an innovative women’s community project run by Parents And Children Together (PACT).  It provides a holistic approach to support women facing multiple disadvantages, including those at risk of offending. 

This is a part time post operating with our current Alana House Manager to job share the day to day operational management of Alana House and to take the sole management lead of our new rehabilitation service.  This new service will support women leaving prison and on probation in the Thames Valley area (predominantly Berkshire).  On this basis, we are actively seeking candidates with personal or work experience of the criminal justice system.

To join an inspirational organisation where you can make a real difference to supporting women facing multiple disadvantages, please visit our website for further information and a job description.

Due to the nature and context of the work, there is a genuine occupational requirement permitted under the Equality Act 2010 that this post is only available to female applicants.

Closing date for applications is 9am on Friday 04 June 2021.

Interviews will take place from week commencing 24 May 2021. 

Please note that we may close this advertisement earlier than stated should we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

We look forward to hearing from you!

PACT is a supportive and respectful place where people are passionate about making a positive difference to the lives of women, children and families from many different backgrounds.  We continuously look to progress the ways in which we create families and bring people together and encourage applications from people across all communities.  We are committed to ensuring that our people and our services reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and applications from people from under-represented groups are particularly welcomed. Please note prospective employees will need to evidence they have the relevant permission to work in the UK.

We are looking for a talented individual with community development experience, to coordinate a consortium of organisations working with refugees and asylum seekers in Nottingham. 

You will develop strong relationships with existing partner organisations, as well as explore opportunites to bring new ones on board. You will support and advise organisations on funding applications, ensure they are meeting agreed levels of service and proactively encourage and facilitate collaborations and partnerships. 

We are looking for someone with experience of partnership and community development, and a sound knowledge of statutory and voluntary sector service provision. 

This role is for 15 hours per week. 

Deadline for applications is midnight, Sunday 6 June 2021.

For further information about the role, and to download an application form, please visit out website by selecting Apply on Website

Newport Mind is looking for a dynamic and inspirational worker who can work confidently, proactively, on their own initiative and in partnership to provide innovative and engaging Community Wellbeing services for people with mental health problems in a variety of settings, to individuals, to groups and to different audiences. Developing, delivering and coproducing a range of Community Well Being activities and services, to deliver life changing support to people with mental health problems.

To provide Community Well Being services for people with mental health problems that enable them to:

• be independent
• be healthy and active
• be happy and do the things that make them happy
• contribute towards their social life and  be with the people that they choose
• feel valued in society
• learn and develop to their full potential
• engage and make a contribution in their community
• contribute to, and enjoy safe and healthy relationships

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’

Julia’s House is a registered charity which provides support for children with life-limiting/life threatening conditions and their families. Julia’s House has hospices in Devizes, Wiltshire and Corfe Mullen, Dorset.

We are looking for a dynamic fundraising professional, ready to help us fund our specialist service for a growing number of families across Wiltshire. You will be ambitious, confident and enjoy engaging new business and community supporters.

In this role you will work as part of an ambitious and talented team to raise awareness of the charity and generate income by developing and maintaining successful partnerships with corporate and community group supporters, through donations, sponsorship, employee and group fundraising activities and events.

This position will be based at our hospice in Devizes (currently home-based due to Covid-19), with travel across Wiltshire.  A full driving licence and use of a car for business purposes are essential. Consideration will be given to flexible working arrangements.

Flexibility in working hours is required and will include working weekends and school holidays, with occasional evenings and overnights depending on events.

Closing date:  26 May 2021

Interview date: tba

The above post will be subject to a satisfactory DBS check.

Julia’s House is a Sunday Times Top 100 Best Not-For-Profit Organisations to Work For and has received their award for 10 years’ commitment to better workplaces

Registered Charity No. 1067125.

Julia’s House is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and our aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our clients, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. Based on our current staffing profile, we have identified that there is an under-representation of: (a) individuals of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, so would especially welcome BAME applicants for any of our vacant positions; and (b) males, so we would welcome male applicants for any of our vacant positions and especially for any care and nursing roles.  We also welcome applications from people living with a disability. 

We are looking for an outstanding individual who, like us, is passionate about improving the health and wellbeing of all. Someone who appreciates the interconnectedness of every aspect of life, and who believes the question of ‘what matters to you?’ is more important that that of ‘what’s the matter with you?’

Reporting to the Social Prescribing Link Worker Manager you will be joining our social prescribing team, working in GP practices across North Bristol. You will work with people to identify their needs, then support them to access other organisations, services or community groups as appropriate.

You will embody our values of: Positivity – Integrity – Excellence – Welcoming – Entrepreneurial

Are you an experienced, creative, and highly organised groups facilitator?

Do you care deeply about the welfare of older adults?

Do you have experience in social care or working with people with a wide variety of needs and abilities?

If you answered yes to all of the above, this could be the role for you!

We’re looking for an experienced and skilled individual who will deliver a package of support, including running group activities and one to one assessments, to help reduce loneliness, improve health and wellbeing and increase older adults and their carer’s opportunities to connect to their local community.

What we do

Time & Talents is a lively, busy community centre in the heart of Rotherhithe, SE16.  Set in a leafy heritage building, and ‘T&T2’, our second venue in Surrey Quays Shopping Centre, we offer something for everyone. With a history of 134 years of supporting people of all ages in Rotherhithe and Bermondsey, we bring people together for mutual support, fun and friendship, with a wide range of services and activities for older people and other adults, along with volunteering and children and families’ projects.

We work with around 400 older adults and their carers a year, many of whom are very frail and elderly. Sadly, though they very often get left out: their friendships and networks disappear, family and friends move away, and they end up very lonely and isolated. Once that happens, mental and physical illness too often follow. We believe that surrounding older adults with a welcoming, nurturing community, is vital to improving and maintaining their wellbeing. We also know they want to thrive, create, feel a sense of purpose, and continue living their lives to the full, for their whole lives.

In response to this we offer one to one support and case-working, befriending, and an exciting programme of social and support groups with fully escorted transport. We also run fun events and intergenerational activities to bring the whole community together. From reminiscence, art, music, and health and wellbeing advice, to outings and new and exciting experiences, no two days are the same.

The role

In this role, you'll deliver some of our existing groups, such as our Happy Mondays group, Friday Social Club and a lively Stroke Club. With the support of volunteers and community members, you'll coordinate other smaller peer-led and tutor-led groups (from exercise classes to a mental health support group for older women) and create new groups to be delivered in-person and digitally too.  You will support our Neighbourhood Care Coordination work by carrying out some home assessments on clients to identify their individual needs. Working closely with health, adult social care and voluntary sector organisations, as well as liaising with referees, you will work hard to ensure clients’ and their carers needs are met, providing help with anything from applying for making adaptions in the home to supporting them to get involved in one of our many groups or projects.

A key part of the role is involving older adults and carers themselves in the delivery of the programme as volunteers, and involving people of all ages and backgrounds from the local community - from NHS health professionals to local artists and students. You will also need to build individual relationships of trust with older participants, and work closely with our Neighbourhood Care Coordinator and Older Adult’s Programme Manager to ensure we take a joined-up approach to caring for individuals.

About you

The role needs someone creative, energetic, passionate, but importantly, also highly organised. You must be as comfortable making sure a minibus schedule is up to date, as you are delivering craft activities or quizzes, or as comfortable hosting NHS professionals delivering healthcare advice, as you would be helping run an escorted visit to a local farm. You need to have lots of ideas, and be highly ambitious, but also be able to make your ideas happen. 

Most of all, we need someone who cares deeply about the welfare of older adults and their carers, and is able to react quickly and appropriately to emerging issues – especially to the more serious care issues we inevitably encounter. While appropriate training will be given, we are looking for candidates with some social care experience ideally.

About us

We are an energetic, experienced, and passionate team of 15, with a strong sense of shared purpose and a lively sense of humour. You’ll have the chance to make a big contribution to a growing, ambitious and innovative organisation which has doubled its reach and impact in recent years.

This role is full time, with flexibility for regular evening and occasional weekend working.

Time & Talents is wholly committed to inclusion and diversity, and to building a culture and environment where everyone is appreciated for the unique person that they are. We actively encourage applications from a broad range of backgrounds and experiences.

If you would like an informal chat about the job, please email us with your phone number and a suitable time for us to call.

The closing date is 5:30pm on Monday 24th May.

TO APPLY: All applications to be submitted online via CharityJob. Send a CV and a cover letter of no more than two sides of A4, explaining why you want the job and how your experience relates to the job description and person specification.

IMPORTANT: We’ll use cover letters to assess applications alongside CVs. Please ensure you take the time to include a well-written cover letter as detailed above.  We won’t assess applications without one.

INTERVIEWS: First round interviews will take place on Friday 28th May. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to a second interview on the w/c 31st May.

Coronavirus/COVID-19: the safety and wellbeing of our current and future employees remains a top priority, therefore interviews will be conducted remotely by video if necessary.

Touchstone (registered charity No. 1012053) is a leading voluntary sector agency providing high quality services to improve the health and wellbeing of local people.

Community Engagement Worker (Perinatal Mental Health) (x2 roles available)
NJC Scale Points 12 – 17, starting at £22, 183 pa/pro rata
22.5 hours per week
These roles are fixed term for up to 12 months

We are excited to announce that Touchstone has been awarded 12 months funding to develop the West Yorkshire Peri-natal Mental Health Peer Supporter Alliance project. This will provide infrastructure support for individuals, groups and organisations across West Yorkshire who offer peer support during the peri-natal period.  The overall aim is to ensure that Perinatal Peer Support is sustainable, that peer supporters and their managing organisations are well resourced and knowledgeable and that grass roots and peer led groups have a network of colleagues to draw upon for support.  This in turn will ensure that families in the perinatal period are able to access appropriate, safe and effective mental health support. 

We are looking to recruit 3 new staff members to work with the project co-ordinator for a fixed period of one year.  The team will comprise of 2 x Community Engagement Workers and 1 x Development Worker.  We are looking for the successful candidates to be in position no later than 1st July.  We are eager to ensure that the diverse communities of west Yorkshire are represented with in our staff team.

The successful Community Engagement Workers will work across various West Yorkshire locations, identifying a range of diverse peer support groups and organisations, and working with them to improve their peer support offers.

Closing date: 17 May 2021
Interviews will be held on: 26 and 27 May 2021

How to apply:

Please click 'Apply' to be redirected to our website, where you can download the application pack. Please note, you are not applying at this stage.

Touchstone is an equal opportunities organisation, a Trans Positive employer and applications are welcome from all sections of the community, particularly, BME and LGBT communities and/or people with disabilities who are under-represented within Touchstone.

Please note that we do not hold a sponsor licence and we do not intend to offer sponsorship for this particular role. You should therefore ensure that you have/will have the right to work in the UK to be able to undertake this role, if appointed, you will be required to provide relevant right to work documents at the point of an offer being made to you.

No agencies please.

Starfish Health and Wellbeing offers a range of services across the Midlands and North East England. We are looking for a Community Link Worker to support our Social Prescribing service during a period of maternity cover. 

Title: Community Link Worker – Social Prescribing – Maternity Cover
Location: Midlands
Hours: 37.5hrs per week
Contract: Temporary Fixed Term – (potentially 12 months if funding available- currently funded to September 2021)
Salary: £22,000 per annum (pro-rata)

Social Prescribing empowers people to take control of their health and wellbeing through referral to a non-medical professional who gives time, focus on “what matters to the individual” and takes an holistic approach, connecting people to community groups and statutory services for practical and emotional support. The successful candidate will support existing and help people to start new community groups by working collaboratively with local partners. Key outcomes are increased activity, community involvement and improved employability.

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to support this project.

Duties will include:

1. Taking referrals from a wide range of agencies.
2. Relationship building, including working with GP practices within primary care networks, pharmacies, multi-disciplinary teams, hospital discharge teams, allied health professionals, fire service, police, job centres, social care services, housing associations and voluntary, community and social enterprise, other organisations as required.
3. Provide personalised support to individuals, their families and carers to take control of their wellbeing, live independently and improve their health outcomes.
4. Co-produce personalised support plans to improve health and wellbeing.
5. Work together with local partners to collectively ensure that local VCSE organisations and community groups are sustainable and that community assets are nurtured, by making them aware of small grants or micro-commissioning if available, including providing support to set up new community groups and services, where gaps are identified in local provision. 
6. Help people identify the wider issues that impact on their health and wellbeing, such as debt, poor housing, being unemployed, loneliness and caring responsibilities.
7. Data capture.

You will need experience of working with people who have suffered with a mental health problem for at least 2 years, along with a high standard of written communication and excellent interpersonal skills.  Applicants must have a good understanding of the voluntary sector and demonstrate empathy and a non-judgemental approach.

Closing date for completed applications: Closing date 28th May 2021.
Interview date W/C 7th June 2021.

A DBS disclosure will be requested for the successful applicant.

Starfish is an Equal Opportunities Employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

No agencies please.

Refuge is the UK’s largest provider of specialist services for victims of all forms of gender-based violence (domestic, sexual, so called ‘honour’ violence, modern slavery and human trafficking, prostitution, forced marriage, stalking and FGM). Every day we support over 6,000 women and children in our national network of services.  These include Independent Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence Advocacy services (IDVAs/ISVAs and IGVAs), community outreach, specialist refuge accommodation, sanctuary services, culturally-specific services and the Freephone 24 Hour National Domestic Abuse Helpline. We advise Government and lobby hard to keep violence against women and girls high on the public agenda. We run award-winning prevention and public education campaigns, manage a busy press office and website, and we are an accredited training provider. We give a voice to the voiceless.

We are recruiting for a Community Outreach Worker as part of an innovative project providing high quality personal welfare support to survivors of domestic violence with complex needs.

You will work with a wide variety of underrepresented groups such as: BME communities; young people aged over 16; survivors with mental health issues that need specialist support linked to trauma; survivors with substance misuse issues; and socially excluded groups such as street homeless women.

You will work across the borough in an outreach model which ensures that it is available to meet the needs of hard to reach communities whose needs are currently unmet.

Methodical and well-organised, you will have significant proven experience of providing direct emotional, practical and welfare support, ideally within a relevant field such as a refuge, women’s advice centre or residential setting. You will be experienced in identifying and responding to the risks to and needs of survivors of domestic violence. With an up-to-date knowledge of relevant civil and criminal legislation, you will have a demonstrable ability to use Microsoft Office and the ability to build and develop supportive relationships with survivors and their children fleeing domestic violence. 

All candidates must demonstrate a commitment to the feminist values of empowerment and equality which underpin all of our work. Successful applicants will be expected to work within Refuge’s Values and Behaviour Framework and demonstrate these in their everyday work.

Competitive salary offering annual progression within points of the salary grade, 28 days annual leave increasing to 30 days, pension scheme with People’s pension that includes a 6% Employer contribution, comprehensive EAP.

Refuge is proud to be a leader in its field and an employer of choice with leading edge systems for supervision, quality management and development. We offer the first Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF) accredited qualification for our profession. Other benefits include 28 days holiday, pension scheme, an employee assistance programme and a childcare voucher scheme. 

Closing Date: 16/05/2021

This is a permanent and full time role with 37.5 hours per week.

It is essential that the candidate can speak Mandarin fluently.

An enhanced Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) certificate will be required for this role.

Refuge is committed to quality, equality and diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. This post however is restricted to women due to the nature of the role. The Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies.

No agencies please - as a charity we work hard to keep our costs down.

Community Link Worker (Essex)

Morgan Hunt are working with a fantastic Mental Health Charity who are currently looking for a Community Link Worker in Braintree, Essex.

The individual will work as a member of the Sanctuary service ensuring all clients receive practical and emotional support.

You will be working collaboratively with the local community to reduce health inequalities and deliver a service which engages clients with relevant services.

By connecting people and physically introducing clients to community groups, you will ensure they are comfortable and can identify the wider issues that impact their health and well-being.

The role requires someone with experience in the mental health field and has experience of risk assessment and management.

The role is paying 18K - 21K dependant on experience.

Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer. Job suitability is assessed on merit in accordance with the individual's skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.