In many organisations this role is purely fundraising. We’re looking for someone to design our supporter journeys and as importantly someone to inspire and support them across their many different journeys. Fundraising is good, but it isn’t everything.
We want to have reached 10,000 supporters and members by 2023. We’ll work on outreach campaigns and need you to make sure new members and new enquirers are given the love and attention they need to get, and stay engaged.
Your role is to create the communications and the processes to support our supporters and members in their engagement with us. We’ve little in place right now, so this is a great time to make your mark.
ROLE
To support our supporters and ensure that they are made to feel welcome; that they can find the information they need, can get involved in a way that suits them, are aware of the services they can access, take part and vote as members, stand or vote for Trustees, attend the AGM, are supported in reaching out to others, are acknowledged, thanked and are kept informed and inspired.
ABOUT YOU
You enjoy writing and have an easy, relaxed style. You will be at home in the social media environment. Alongside your great communication skills (is it wrong to hope you stammer?) you are analytical - able to see the bigger picture – keen to drill down on user journeys and set up processes capable of supporting and tracking the different paths our supporters take – whether that be fundraising, campaigns, volunteering or just kept inspired. And convert passers by into fully engaged members and supporters.
SUPPORTER JOURNEYS
You will start by mapping the routes people (can) take to get involved – and set up systems and communications (emails, tweets, letters, thank yous, information packs) to encourage them to stay engaged and involved.
You will work with mailchimp, hootesuite and other platforms to ensure supporters are kept informed via a channel which suits them. You’ll work with our Salesforce Administrator to ensure we capture all relevant data, segment our communications and monitor impact. Don’t be afraid to rethink how we do things. Take a look at Facebook Support Group, Twitter and Insta – how do we use these channels to convert people into members?
A portion of our supporters have been with us for up to 40 years, others are fresh in. We’ve enquiries in from parents, from students, from those struggling at work and from rebels keen to campaign. You will need to be systematic and structured in your approach if we are to provide consistent care for all of our supporters.
While your communications will capture and inspire, this needs to be backed up with good structured admin and planning skills. You’ll design the pathways for fundraisers and runners – from the info packs through to the certificates and thank yous; you’ll have your sights set on high volume recruiting during International Stammering Awareness Day; have a plan for students; have the welcome email off pat. And because you are ambitious, keen to demonstrate the value you bring and show your achievements, you’ll set up monitoring and tracking from the start.
If this is you, come and join the team.
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Direct Marketing & Supporter Services Manager – maternity cover
Salary: £35,000 per annum pro rata (initial 9 month contract – with possible extension)
Based: Baker Street, London and home working
All We Can is looking for an experienced direct marketing professional to lead our individual giving and direct marketing programme as a key manager within our Public Engagement team. You will help build on the success of recent years, including our Regular Giving Programme, as part of our individual giving programme. Our Methodist donor base has been our key supporter constituency over the years and one we seek to maintain and develop while also introducing new supporters, from new markets.
This person will be highly motivated, passionate about the impact of great fundraising, and committed to the vision, mission and values of All We Can.
With proven abilities drawn from a number of years direct marketing fundraising experience, you will have demonstrable skills in increasing fundraising results and engagement with supporters through direct marketing channels, combined with a strong understanding of best practice in back office processing, data management and supporter care. This is a perfect role for an experienced direct marketing fundraiser looking for an opportunity to lead a team and take overall responsibility for a direct marketing function within a charity. It would also suit an experienced direct marketing manager looking to break into fundraising within the international development and relief sector.
All We Can is an international development, relief and advocacy organisation. It helps people in some of the world’s poorest communities to become all that they can. Its approach of investing in partnerships with local organisations has improved the quality of life and created positive, long-term change for hundreds of thousands of individuals and families.
With a 70 year history, All We Can is a faith based organisation with its vision, priorities and values grounded in Christian principles and its roots in the Methodist Church. You will be joining a growing and friendly team at an exciting time in the organisation’s development.
The maternity cover would ideally start Tuesday 1 December 2020 to allow for some handover, with cover expected to continue until early September 2021,
To find out more and apply, please download the application pack from our website or get in touch for further information.
Closing Date: Midday Monday 5th October 2020
Interviews will take place on: Wed 21st October 2020
All We Can is the operating name of the Methodist Relief and Development Fund, a charity registered in England and Wales, number 291691.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Two year fixed term contract
Sheffield
Closing date: Sunday 4th October 2020 at 11.30 pm
Are you active in community development and/or used to working with a variety of different communities and internal and external stakeholders? Then join Shelter as a Community Engagement Worker and you could soon be playing your part into bringing about positive change for people affected by housing/homelessness issues.
A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet millions of people across Britain struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change — with individuals, in communities, across society – and leading the way to a safe home. We need ambitious, best-in-class individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.
About the Role
Primarily based in communities and working via an outreach approach, your challenge will be to build relationships with specific communities, primarily those that are under resourced and/or who experience barriers to good housing, in order to provide preventative support to groups and individuals. We’ll also rely on you to help people at risk of bad housing and homelessness to access support before crisis point via housing rights promotion, training and engagement. Listening to the issues that are key to different communities will be key, as will working alongside them to try and find solutions, often in partnership with other agencies in the city, especially in the voluntary and community sector. This role is funded for two years by Shelter’s long-standing corporate partner, Nationwide Building Society.
About you
A demonstrable interest in, or knowledge of, homelessness and housing legislation and welfare benefits is essential. We would also welcome applications from people who have lived experience of bad housing or homelessness. Enthusiastic and self-motivated, strong written and verbal communication skills are vital, as is the ability to represent the organisation effectively to a range of external and internal stakeholders. Adept at preparing, planning and delivering training and/or group work sessions and proficiency using case management systems and Microsoft Office applications is essential. Crucially, you’re someone who’s able to see the bigger picture and visualise the future of the Hub, understand Shelter’s strategic aims, yet maintain focussed on day-to-day detail.
Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.
Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.
To find out more about the role and the benefits of working for Shelter please visit our website. Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.
Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.
Shelter promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We make employment decisions by matching business needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities),gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We also encourage applications from people, who have been homeless or have been at risk of homelessness. We are facing diverse problems, so need diverse people to tackle them.
We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.
Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.
We are recruiting for an exceptional and experienced fundraiser to work closely with the Head of Fundraising to lead our Individual Giving Program. This post is also responsible for delivery and growth of our hospice lottery and the stewardship of In-Memory and Legacy gifts from our supporters.
The postholder’s portfolio raises approximately £1.2 million each year for ellenor. We know we can grow this and we are looking for someone whose ambition can match ours. Join us as we focus on continuing to build our supporter base significantly over the next three years to increase our income in this area by 25%.
The Supporter Development Manager will be responsible for delivering this annual income target and will devise and implement strategies to build an annual, multi-channel campaign schedule that includes a variety of acquisition, development and retention activity.
Does this sound like you?
Are you looking for the responsibility to make a real positive impact on the finances of a locally loved hospice?
If so, we would very much like to hear from you. Please find the Job Description/Personal Specification and an opening letter from our Director of Income Generation in the attachements.
ellenor Hospice is a specialist palliative care provider for adults and children in Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley, and for children across West Kent and the London Borough of Bexley. The organisation has in-patient and outpatient and Living Well services at Northfleet, comprehensive Hospice at Home services and a range of out-patient and community services all supported and delivered through a multi-disciplinary team.
This post is subject to Enhanced DBS clearance.
An employer contributory pension scheme is available, and NHS Pension Scheme members can transfer in their pension.
Closing date 2nd October
Interviews will take place on 6th/7th October
ellenor is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to providing a fair and equitable
workplace, where everyone is treated equally without discrimination.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
World Bicycle Relief’s purpose is to relieve the needs of people living in impoverished or disaster-stricken areas of the world by the provision of bicycles to enable them to access education, employment, healthcare and other essentials of life.
We are a small team of dedicated fundraisers, making a difference through the Power of Bicycles. As part of our larger global organisation, you will work with likeminded people from all over the globe on a regular, collaborative basis.
World Bicycle Relief UK has grown significantly in terms of income and support over the last few years. We need somebody who can enthuse, persuade and communicate with our fundraisers and donors ensuring they feel valued, supported and part of something special. Also CRITICAL to this role is experience within fundraising CRM systems, running reports, especially within Salesforce NFP.
If you think this is you, please apply - we would love to hear from you.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Hours: Full-time, but with some flexibility possible
Contract type: Permanent
Salary: £32,000 + 8% pension (non-contributory) and benefits including a healthcare scheme
Deadline: Monday 28 September at 9am
Background
ShareAction’s vision is of a world where the financial system powers environmental and social progress. We are dedicated to making the global investment sector responsible for its impacts, while mobilising its power to limit climate change, promote good work, and drive better health. This means a global financial system that:
- Respects the ecological limits of our planet
- Reflects and respects the societies it’s there to serve
- Rewards those who invest responsibly
We are a unique charity that works with the global financial system to campaign for positive corporate behaviour, and with civil society and individuals to build a movement that increases the pressure on the system to act responsibly.
Over the last 15 years ShareAction has built an enviable reputation for engaging with the global financial system, through asset managers, owners and financial companies. We painstakingly analyse and rank financial players against environmental and social indicators, and shine a spotlight on corporate behaviour. We work across the financial system and through policy makers in the UK and the EU to encourage engagement with the issues and drive systemic change.
We reach out to individual savers and civil society to inform and educate about financial products into which we all pay, such as pensions, and we are building a movement to demand that these significant funds are managed in a way that positively impacts society and our planet.
Job Description
We are looking for a Fundraising Manager to join our ambitious Development team. ShareAction is a growing charity working in an area that is attracting increased attention from a variety of philanthropic trusts and foundations across the UK, EU and, increasingly, the USA.
This is a great opportunity for an experienced fundraiser to shape and develop further the current programme. Building on an already extensive portfolio of funders, the successful application will manage these relationships to maximise income whilst developing new partnerships, working on a wide range of funding applications across grant making trusts, foundations and statutory funders. We are particularly interested in applicants with experience of fundraising from statutory sources across the EU.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
The main responsibilities of the role will include:
- Manage a pipeline of prospects and take overall responsibility for securing the funding of certain projects or workstreams;
- Leading on, or being a key contributor to, securing major multi-year programme grants from UK, EU and global statutory sources, foundations and trusts, major annual grants and core grants;
- Work with the Senior Fundraising Manager to ensure a co-ordinated and collaborative organisational approach to fundraising, including keeping the whole team up to date regarding new opportunities and identifying/communicating next steps;
- Cultivating and maintaining positive funding relationships through timely reports and updates, meetings and events as appropriate;
- Working with the Senior Fundraising Manager and the Fundraising Assistant to ensure all monitoring and evaluation processes are robust and effective and meet the varying needs of our funders;
- Developing and maintaining a bank of project-specific and organisational case studies in line with our brand narrative;
- Taking a strategic approach to identifying and researching prospects and exploring opportunities for raising income for new and existing programmes and projects;
- Maintaining a professional knowledge of trust/foundation and statutory fundraising within the UK, EU and more widely, and identifying appropriate learning opportunities in association with the Senior Fundraising Manager in order to facilitate this.
Please note that this list isn’t exhaustive and the role might change slightly from time to time
Person specification
We are looking for a passionate, determined individual, with the following experience and skills:
ESSENTIAL
- A minimum of two years experience in trust and foundations fundraising, ideally with bid/proposal writing experience for five and six figure projects;
- Excellent communications skills, both written and verbal and the ability to communicate complex information and ideas;
- Exceptional organisational, project and time management skills with the ability to work under pressure, plan and prioritise work effectively and meet deadlines;
- Ability to prioritise and manage multiple competing priorities, completing work to the highest standard;
- Experience of using CRM systems to manage a Trusts and Foundations portfolio, ideally SalesForce;
- Good knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, particularly Word and Excel.
DESIRABLE
- Experience in EU/US based statutory, trust and foundation fundraising;
- Experience in fundraising for climate, environment, social welfare, equality, poverty causes;
- Experience in statutory fundraising;
- An understanding and passion for the role of the investment system in driving positive change in corporate behaviour;
- Experience of working with Office 365, particularly SharePoint.
ShareAction values and respects all differences in people seen and unseen. One of the ways we do this is by actively encouraging staff to work in ways that best suit their needs and our flexible working policy outlines many of the options available- such as part-time and term-time working, job sharing, home working and working compressed hours. Please talk to us at the interview about the flexibility you need. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise not to judge you for asking.
Due to Covid-19 all interviews will take place online, you will also be expected to work from home for the foreseeable future.
Please note that to be considered for this post you must be legally eligible to work in the UK. Due to current restrictions we are unable to hire anyone that isn’t already living in the UK.
Due to our size we are unable to sponsor visas.
How to apply
To apply, please visit our website via the Apply button.
We are looking for an experienced and driven Fundraising Manager to develop our funding mix, in particular from individual giving and trusts and foundations. Working as part of our small team you will work closely with the FRAME CEO and Scientific Liaison Officer, contributing significantly to the charity’s future development. You will be responsible for developing and delivering our fundraising strategy to maximise income and ensure our future sustainability. This is a fantastic opportunity for the right person to make a positive impact on our future. We are a small, supportive team who work closely together, despite all being based at home (and yes, we worked like this pre-COVID).
FRAME has a long and proud history as the oldest charity focused on replacing animals in biomedical testing in the UK. We have been influential in developing and validating new research methods as well as advising regulators and policy-makers. As a result of our loyal support base we have benefitted from substantial legacy income putting the charity on a secure financial footing to move forward.
It is now time to diversify our income to underpin the large number of activities and projects we want to undertake, and that’s where we need your help.
As a driven, self-motivated and results-oriented fundraising professional you can be part of shaping FRAME’s future. Our size means we are able to work highly collaboratively, supporting one another and ensuring that everyone has a voice in how we develop. You will work closely with the CEO and others to develop our fundraising strategy and take the lead on developing contacts and resources, building networks and creating communities of support. As such you must be enthusiastic, confident and articulate, able to inspire both corporate and industry professionals, as well as students and members of the public, about what we do.
If you are passionate about realistic ways of ending the use of animals in scientific research, and you thrive on your work making a direct difference then we really look forward to hearing from you.
KEY OBJECTIVES
• Work with the CEO and Scientific Liaison Officer to develop and implement FRAME’s fundraising strategy
• Identify appropriate sources of funding for projects, write and submit bids, and manage funding agreements including any associated reporting requirements
• Work with CEO and Chair to develop cultivation and approach plans for major donor prospects
• Assist in the development of, and attending, fundraising and cultivation events.
• Develop tools to track and report prospects and income pipeline for future funding
• Write supporter engagement material and work with our marketing team to plan and deliver fundraising campaigns
• Proactively build relationship and manage supporter communication to foster continued support for the charity
• Contribute to development and implementation of our data collection and supporter engagement tools, including procurement of a CRM
• Maintain and manage a database of prospects and supporters ensuring compliance with all data protection legislation, regulations and best practice.
• Provide regular updates for the CEO and Board of Trustees on progress against fundraising strategies and targets
• Keep up to date with the funding environment and best practice to advise on risks and opportunities, and engage in and relevant CPD activities to maintain and enhance competence within job role.
• Be an ambassador for FRAME promoting the vision, aims and objectives of charity with all external contacts.
To apply: Please downlaod and read all the information in the Applicant Pack, including the person specification. Applications will be in the form of a CV and supporting statement (word or pdf) submitted via our applicant portal. Details are in the applicant pack or on the FRAME website.
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Are you a proven fundraiser, looking for your next challenge in an organisation changing children’s lives around the world?
As Viva’s Global Funding Manager you will lead our fundraising from trusts, foundations, statutory bodies and other charities and take it to the next level. Working closely with other members of the Fundraising and Network Development Teams you will research new opportunities, develop relationships and nurture those already giving.
Experienced in raising funds from statutory bodies, trusts and foundations, you will have the ability to write and edit effective and successful proposals, liaising with colleagues and funders in the UK and internationally, working under pressure and meeting deadlines.
You will be an excellent communicator – face to face, on the phone and in writing. You will be committed and highly organised. You will have strong administrative skills and a proven ability to manage a dynamic workload effectively.
Viva is dedicated to changing more children’s lives so they can fulfil their God-given potential. We are reaching over 4 million children in 28 countries through our 39 partner networks, which comprise over 5,000 churches and community organisations.
Are you ready to join our highly-motivated, dynamic and creative team, and play a crucial role in helping Viva increase its impact, sustainability and reach?
To apply, please click on the 'Apply' button for full application details. The closing date for applications is midnight on Monday 12 October 2020. Interviews will be held on Thursday 22 October 2020.
This is a full-time position based at our office in Oxford, or from home, with a salary of £25,000 to £32,000 (depending on experience).
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you an empathetic individual with experience of managing volunteers? Do you have experience of involving people with multiple and complex needs or developing peer support services? Then join Shelter’s Birmingham hub as a Volunteer and Training Coordinator and you could soon be helping us to tackle rough sleeping on and around the railways through a new strategic partnership between Shelter and Network Rail.
A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet millions of people across Britain struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change — with individuals, in communities, across society – and leading the way to a safe home. We need ambitious, best-in-class individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.
Shelter Birmingham is a dynamic city centre hub offering a holistic integrated advice and support service to the diverse residents of the city. We provide specialist advice and support to over 4,000 clients a year and are committed to delivering more of what we do to the people who need us most. A new strategic partnership between Shelter and Network Rail aimed at tackling rough sleeping on and around the railways has resulted in us creating some brand new roles.
About the role
In this exciting new role you’ll be part of a pilot service that aims to provide a route out of homelessness for every rough sleeper on Britain’s railways. Your focus will be on developing a team of volunteers with lived experience of homelessness. You’ll recruit, induct and support a group of up to ten volunteers who will be supporting the local outreach engagement team by providing practical help and advocacy to rough sleeper clients. You’ll also develop and deliver a training programme for station staff to increase their understanding of homelessness and take practical steps to help rough sleepers in and around the main city centre train station. In short, it’s an interesting and rewarding role that will help change lives for the better.
About you
Forward thinking and flexible, you actively support the introduction of new ideas, methods and processes to working practices. What’s more, you ideally have some experience in the delivery of frontline services, either operationally or supporting delivery. You’ll have experience in managing volunteers, including an awareness of managing risk and safeguarding, supporting volunteers and recognising their contribution. Ideally, you’ll have experience of involving people with lived experience in service delivery. A proven ability to create and deliver successful training programmes or courses to individuals and groups is also required. Commercially aware, proactive and driven to achieve positive outcomes, you work well both independently and as part of a team and have the utmost respect for others' opinions.
Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave (pro rata), enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.
Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.
To find out more about the role and the benefits of working for Shelter please visit our website. Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.
Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.
Shelter promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We make employment decisions by matching business needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities),gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We also encourage applications from people, who have been homeless or have been at risk of homelessness. We are facing diverse problems, so need diverse people to tackle them.
We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.
Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.
Recruiting Bank Support Workers to join our Young People and Homelessness services across London, South East London and the Home Counties!
Our Young People and Homelessness services are based in Hounslow, Barking and Dagenham, Kent, Milton Keynes, Bracknell, Windsor and Maidenhead.
£10.75 per hour plus Pension scheme. This role is working a zero hour contract.
Look Ahead is a specialist housing association and provider of tailor-made care, support and accommodation services. We support thousands of people across London and the South East with a diverse range of needs, helping them to make individual choices, achieve goals and take control of their own lives.
With over forty years in social care under our belt, we are experts through both practice and understanding. Today, we are proud to be the trusted partner of over 30 local authorities and health trusts, providing specialist support and care services for over 7,000 people every year with a wide range of needs, including:
- Mental health
- Learning disabilities
- Homelessness and complex needs
- Young people and care leavers
Overall Purpose
Bank Support Workers have the ability to accept any shifts available on an ad-hoc basis across all of Look Ahead's specialisms. Bank Support Workers will provide support to customers to help them develop the life skills they require to meet the assessed needs of the customers of the service. They will work with customers to promote social inclusion and alongside other members of the team to promote independent living, encouraging customers to maximise their skills and choices. Within Learning Disability services, this will include providing physical, domestic, emotional and social care. Within Mental Health and Homelessness services they will enable vulnerable people living in a variety of different tenures to manage their tenancies/licences and move towards greater independence within the community by providing a flexible and individually tailored support package. While carrying out activities, Bank Support Workers should deal with all customers, visitors and staff in a professional and appropriate manner and report to Look Ahead staff and management any observations relating to customers' welfare.
Key Responsibilities
- Working proactively with other members of the team to handle the service caseload and administrative responsibilities
- Building supportive, trusting relationships with customers
- Conducting key work sessions that are innovative and engaging in order to achieve Support Plan goals
- Ensuring ongoing assessment and management of risks associated with customers within an attitude of 'positive risk taking'
- Proactively manage risk and safety both in and outside of their physical living environment
- Support customers to undertake all domestic tasks wherever possible, including practical assistance where they have not yet developed the skills, to ensure customers enjoy a high quality of accommodation
- Undertake all administrative work and keep accurate and comprehensive tenant/customer records to professional standards
- Report any observations relating to customers welfare
- Develop and maintain links with all key agencies and service providers in the local area to provide a range of engagement opportunities for customers in the community
- Enable customers to make full use of community facilities by providing support as directed
- Carry out support duties to enable customers to integrate into the community including e.g. accompanying the customer to attend benefit agency appointments and meetings, go shopping, to enquire at colleges about possible courses, to visit various public amenities
- Empower customers to ensure they receive the service and benefits they are entitled to
- Engage in learning and development activity to increase knowledge and skills
- Ensuring Look Ahead Health and Safety policies are adhered to at all time and to uphold all health and safety responsibilities within relevant policies and local protocols
- Adhering to all other Look Ahead's policies and procedures
- Encourage and enable tenants to pay their rent and to ensure that rent accounts are managed effectively in conjunction with the Housing Management team
- Ensure that referrals are chased proactively so that properties which can be used to house those in need are filled as efficiently as possible
For more information or to apply please visit our website.
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YMCA DOWNSLINK GROUP
Bank Project Workers
Burgess Hill, Crawley, Horsham, Worthing, Eastbourne, Brighton & Hove
Varied shifts across all areas - please specify which area(s) on application
Sessional Contract
£10.05 per hour
We are recruiting Bank Staff to work with a diverse group of young people, in our large Foyers (supported housing) and in our smaller Looked After Children’s Services. We are currently recruiting in:
- Burgess Hill
- Crawley
- Horsham
- Worthing
- Eastbourne
- Brighton & Hove
YMCA DLG provide accommodation which houses young people aged 16 to 25 and provides specialist support to enable thriving lives. Working in a holistic manner, we adopt a psychologically informed approach to support young people to transition into independent living through a range of one to one and group activity.
Our teams take an asset-based approach to actively encourage young people into education, employment and training. As a service, we provide a safe and welcoming environment for young people, with their aspirations and desires always at the forefront of the support we offer. Overall, we seek to encourage and enable young people to become empowered by providing positive opportunities which allow them to learn and achieve the independent skills they need to live positive and fulfilling lives.
As well as managing their accommodation, we provide intensive housing management, signposting to other agencies and provide group work and activities that enable young people to achieve the skills they need to begin managing life independently.
A good understanding of the support needs and aspirations of young people we work with is desirable.
You will help to keep our properties safe and secure throughout the day and night through different shift patterns (over a 7-day rota) across our services.
Burgess Hill – Looked After Children’s Service: We provide accommodation that is commissioned by West Sussex Council to provide 24-hour support to young people aged 16-18 years old.
Crawley Foyer: 40 bed Project providing supported accommodation for 16 – 25-year old’s the focus of the work is to help develop the young people’s skills and confidence through our More Than a Room support delivery so that they can move on from supported accommodation and live independently.
Horsham Y Centre: The Horsham Y Centre provides housing to 50 young people. The focus of the work is to help develop the young people’s skills and confidence through our More Than a Room support delivery so that they can move on from supported accommodation and live independently.
Worthing Foyer: Supported accommodation for young people aged 16-25. The foyer consists of 27 bedsits, complete with ensuite facilities, separated into 2 to 3-bedroom flats.
The focus of the work is to help develop the young people’s skills and confidence through our More Than a Room support delivery so that they can move on from supported accommodation and live independently.
Project Eastbourne, Hailsham and Hastings commissioned services: YMCA DLG supported services provide safe accommodation and opportunities for young people who have been made, or are at risk of becoming, homeless. We offer a holistic support package and actively encourage residents into education, training, employment or voluntary work. Whilst living with us residents will gain many essential life skills and social skills, empowering them to move successfully into semi-independent or fully independent accommodation.
Across our Eastbourne, Hailsham and Hastings projects we house 61 young people across five properties. Three of the properties have staff on hand 24 hours a day, with housing concierge available at night. Two properties are dedicated to our move on options for young people, with visiting support and concierge at night.
Project Eastbourne, Hastings and Bexhill transitional housing: We provide transitional housing for 165 young people aged 18 to 35, across 29 sites in Eastbourne, Hastings and Bexhill.
Funded by Homes England under the Empty Homes programme, the scheme enables us to lease empty properties from private landlords and refurbish them to a good standard, to provide affordable and safe accommodation for young people in housing need. Aimed at young people who are not quite ready to live completely independently we manage the lettings and deal with any issues that arise.
We manage a range of properties including studio flats, one to three-bedroom flats and four- and five-bedroom houses. We also manage a nine-bedroom property made up of studio flats and rooms with shared communal facilities.
Brighton & Hove – St Patrick’s: St. Patrick’s provides 29 units of accommodation for single homeless people and rough sleepers in five- and six-bedroom flats with shared kitchen/lounge and bathrooms, and a night shelter accommodating up to 15 people, including a limited number with dogs. The service provides a 24-hour accommodation-based assessment and support service and operates 365 days a year. The night shelter part of the service is provided under a sub-contract by the Churches Night Shelter Project.
While there are systems in place to support you, a substantial part of the role includes the ability to lone work. Therefore, we will require someone competent and confident when working alone and somebody who is able to understand and work with complex and challenging behaviour appropriately.
This can be challenging yet very rewarding work that helps young people to belong, contribute, and thrive.
The position comes with excellent training and development opportunities.
As part of our Safer Recruitment guidelines, we only accept applications completed on our application form. Due to Covid-19, we are not accepting paper copies of forms and are currently only accepting application forms submitted by email.
YMCA DownsLink Group welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We value diversity and promote inclusion, which we demonstrate through our activities, as well as in our policies and working practices. Reinforced by our culture and values, we seek to create an inspiring and inclusive place to work.
YMCA DLG requires all staff and volunteers to be committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and to respond proactively to safeguarding concerns.
Successful applicants are required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
Closing date for applications: Please note this is a rolling advert and applications are reviewed on a monthly basis.
Interview date: Interviews arranged on a rolling basis.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you an accomplished writer with experience of producing a range of content? Then join Shelter as a Senior Legal Writer/Editor and you could soon be producing vital advice, legal and promotional content for a variety of audiences.
A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet millions of people across Britain struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change — with individuals, in communities, across society – and leading the way to a safe home. We need ambitious, best-in-class individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.
Our Content for Professionals team was formed back in April to transform Shelter’s offering for professionals working with people in housing need. Our team of content producers work together to produce high-quality, user-focused content for a variety of audiences. We also support colleagues within Shelter who provide helpline support and training for professionals. Our products are designed to help advice and services, public authorities and local authorities through trusted resources they can rely on. We’re currently developing our offering to make our services and information simpler, clearer and faster. To do that we need a new member to join our growing team.
About the Role
Your main focus will be on producing a range of advice, legal content and promotional content, mostly for use by Shelter’s professional audiences to be delivered across a variety of mediums. However, you’ll also need to be able to write for the public, keeping up- to-date with the latest developments in housing law and related policy and good practice will be important too, as part of a team that also works with wider teams and organisations. That could mean liaising with other content producers, advisers, lawyers, product managers and owners, developers – anyone, in fact, that you need to, in order to produce first-class resources.
About you
As well as experience of writing and editing high quality, accurate content for online and print publications, .you ideally have an excellent all-round understanding of housing and related law and advice. You should also be comfortable with working with primary materials – legislation, regulations, case law – to help create user friendly content that’s easy to understand. Proactive and enthusiastic, you know how to produce content with a professional user, not a client, in mind first and foremost. What’s more, you’re great at taking complex language and processes and making them easy to understand, are happy to champion user-focused advice and content design and do robust research, and able to explain how you reached your decisions clearly and rationally.
Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.
Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.
To find out more about the role and the benefits of working for Shelter please visit our website. Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.
Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.
Shelter promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We make employment decisions by matching business needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities),gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We also encourage applications from people, who have been homeless or have been at risk of homelessness. We are facing diverse problems, so need diverse people to tackle them.
We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.
Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.