About the role

As part of the co-ordinator team, take responsibility for co-ordinating and delivering activities such as the development and maintenance of our garden space with members and volunteers, cooking lunch with members, and engaging members in a variety of other activities. 

About us

Headway East London is a charity supporting people affected by brain injury. Working across 13 London boroughs we offer specialist support and services for survivors and their family. We offer therapies, advocacy, family support and community support work alongside our day service: a community venue where people can make the most of their abilities and interests. We also promote awareness and understanding of brain injury by providing information to the public, and offering training to university students, professionals and businesses.  Our vision is to build a community where people with brain injury are valued, respected and able to fulfil their potential. 

A short description of what you will do…

• Develop and run activities in response to the needs and interests of members
• Prepare and cook lunch with our membership once a week
• Offer key working support in areas such as benefits, housing and debt management

Main duties and responsibilities

• Support members to participate in a variety of activities, occupational projects and therapies
• Plan and organise outings and special events for members
• Adhere to Headway’s policies & procedures, including the completion of all relevant risk assessments
• Act as key worker for approximately 12 members; oversee their programme of activities and therapies and review their progress with them at least once a year. Offer information, advice and advocacy as necessary and refer more complex issues to the Casework Team
• Share responsibility for overseeing the wellbeing of members identified as having high support needs, including the maintaining of comprehensive individual risk assessments for those members.
• Assist members with basic care requirements, as required.

Closing date for applications is 9.00am 17th June 2021. Interviews will take place on 29th June 2021.

For more information about what the job entails, please refer to the Job Pack.

Care Coordinator

Contract: Permanent, Full Time

Hours: 35 hours per week

Location: London

Salary:  £34,602 per annum 

Job ref: VA400

Closing date: 22 June 2021

Expected date of interviews: TBC

We have an exciting opportunity for a Care Coordinator to join our team in London. As a Care Coordinator, you will work with adults, children and families to ensure that service users at Freedom from Torture have a central role in planning their care, and are supported to access the most appropriate support for their needs.

The role will focus on the coordination of care across the rehabilitation pathways including:

· The assessment of service users, to identify their current clinical, social, and welfare needs, and to assess the suitability of our services to support those needs.

· Care coordination of an individual’s care, ensuring smooth transition through the clinical pathways offered within the service, and by external agencies.

· Working as part of the Multi-Disciplinary team while also working autonomously to assess and manage a range of clinical risk issues and clinical complexity.

· You will also act as the named keyworker for service users who would benefit from the Care Coordination approach present with complex and varying needs.

It is essential that you are a registered mental health nurse, social worker or occupational therapist with substantial post registration experience. You must be able to demonstrate extensive knowledge of evidence based assessments and interventions and have advanced knowledge of safeguarding procedures and legislation.

In return, we offer a competitive package, with a generous 30 day annual leave entitlement, and 6% employer pension contribution (minimum 1% employee contribution).

To view the Job Description and Person Specification, please click the link provided.

Freedom from Torture is dedicated to healing and protecting people who have survived torture. We provide therapies to improve physical and mental health, we medically document torture, and we provide legal and welfare help. We expose torture globally, we fight to hold torturing states to account and we campaign for fairer treatment of torture survivors in the UK.

We campaign for national and global change, using evidence from our services and survivor voices to protect and promote survivors' rights and hold torturing states to account. We are proud to play a significant role in the global anti-torture movement. Survivors, active and empowered, are at the centre of all of our work. 

Freedom from Torture is committed to its responsibilities under safeguarding, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to a satisfactory Enhanced DBS disclosure, as well as a need for full employment history and up to date employment references.

Freedom from Torture is an equal opportunity employer. People with lived experience of torture or asylum, from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQIA+ individuals and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.

No agencies please.

Depaul UK are currently looking for a Employment and Education Advisor to join us in London. You will join us on a full-time basis and in return, you will receive a competitive salary of £23,108 per annum + pension and benefits.

Depaul UK works with some of the most disadvantaged young people in the UK. We specialise in working in communities where poverty and long-term unemployment have resulted in generations of social exclusion and high rates of homelessness.

Over the past 30 years, we have grown as an organisation and developed and enhanced our work and the impact it has across the UK.  Depaul UK has a wide range of services for young people and adults at risk of homelessness.

The Employment and Education Advisor role:

We are currently recruiting for an enthusiastic and youth-focused Education and Employment advisor, to work alongside our team at our service based in London on a full time basis.

This role is based at our unique service, i-Aspire, which energises opportunities for employment, education, training and volunteering for our clients in the communities we work in. In this role, you will be the named key worker and handle a caseload of clients supporting them in their pathway to education and employment. You will ensure they have the best chance of accessing employment, training, education and volunteering opportunities.

The successful post-holder will also be responsible for contributing to the successful running of the service and ensure the safety and wellbeing of all clients, volunteers and staff accessing the service.

The official job title for this position is ETE Progression Coach.

What makes the Employment and Education Advisor role exciting?

- A full induction and training to enhance the ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ skills required’.

- Training in the Depaul Endeavour model

- Continuous support and supervision including reflective practice to develop your learning and skills as a practitioner

What will ideally support your success as one of our Employment and Education Advisor

- Experience working with and understanding of the needs of people who have experienced homelessness, poor mental health, substance use

- Experience of supporting clients with finding and supporting into work, training and education

- Experience of using risk assessments and support planning

- Good literacy, numeracy and IT skills

- Ability to demonstrate clear understanding of safeguarding requirements and procedures

What’s it like to work at Depaul UK?

You'll be joining a friendly, flexible and values-led organisation, and will receive:

- Competitive salary

- 26 days of annual leave plus bank holidays

- Contributory pension scheme

- Life assurance

- Cycle to work scheme

- Interest free Annual Season Ticket Loan

- Four Weeks Paternity Leave

So, if this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you and you’d like to become our Employment and Education Advisor then please click ‘apply’ today – don’t miss out, we’d love to hear from you!

Closing Date for applications: Wednesday 23 June 2021 at 12:00 pm

An enhanced DBS disclosure is a requirement for this role. Our recruitment checks, induction, and ongoing support and supervision reflect our commitment to safeguarding our clients. Depaul UK strives to be equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

We kindly request no contact from Recruitment or Media Agencies.

A Recovery Practitioner is needed to join a new team responsible for running a fresh service – a small, high quality ‘stabilisation’, residential service for seven persons who have recently experienced rough sleeping and have problematic issues around drugs and alcohol. Duties include front line resident support, key-working and day to day running of the Joel Stabilisation Centre.

• 36 hrs week (24/7 rota including evening, weekend and sleepover duties)

• Salary: £26,176

• Contract type: Permanent

• 26 days annual leave plus 8 public holidays

• A pension scheme is available

• An enhanced DBS check will be required for this post

Deadline for applications: Thursday 17th June at 23:59 hours

Interview date: Wednesday 7th July 2021

We are looking for candidates who can communicate with people in a friendly and welcoming manner. You will need to be reliable, enthusiastic, empathic and a self-starter. You will be dealing with vulnerable people living in a community setting who have committed to a structured day programme designed to help them reduce or become abstinent from drugs and alcohol in a positive, strength-based way. You will be working in a busy, sometimes challenging service environment and where you will be required to manage and resolve conflict appropriately. The aim will also be to work with residents so that they can move on successfully.

Duties include:

• Operating daily office and domestic procedures.

• Ensuring that residents and the building are safe and secure through regular checks and monitoring.

• Delivering personal support plan goals under the guidance of the Enhanced Recovery Practitioners.

• Encouraging the skills, confidence and aspirations of residents through empowerment and positive contact with them.

• Working with residents to give them the best opportunities to move on and resettle from the service in a timely and appropriate way.

• Contributing to the aims of the service.

• Working in partnership with other agencies to maximise service delivery.

Recruiting for a Specialist Support Worker to join our Mental Health Service in Westminster!

GBP 23,500 working 40 hours per week, plus 25 days Annual Leave, Pension schemes, Staff discounts, healthcare and more.

Job Overview:
Hopkinson House provides 24 hour accommodation based support for up to 63 individuals with complex histories, multiple traumas, complex personality disorder(s) and a varied, disrupted housing history with experience of homelessness as well as individuals who have been diagnosed with severe and enduring mental health conditions who are under the Care Programme Approach (CPA).

Hopkinson House implements and promotes the Psychologically Informed Environment (PIE) model. This is an approach which was developed to support people out of homelessness, in particular those who have experienced complex trauma or are diagnosed with a personality disorder. However, its application is far broader than only homelessness. It considers the psychological needs of staff: developing skills and knowledge, increasing motivation, job satisfaction and resilience.

As the 'Happy Homes' Specialist you will lead on the management of hoarding, self-neglect, and skills related to independent living. You will support key workers to provide practical assistance to customers and implement action plans to address Flats / rooms of concern. You will also provide information, social inclusion and vocational opportunities to support people to recover and stay well; exercise choice and control in their care and lives; and participate on an equal footing in the community. Post holders will deliver trauma informed and asset based support to a caseload of 7-10 service users with needs aligned to their specialism.

Key Responsibilities:
- Building supportive, trusting relationships with customers and external partners, creating a positive atmosphere
- Carrying out holistic assessments of new customers which incorporate relevant statutory referral information
- Conducting regular key work sessions that are innovative and engaging in order to achieve Support plan goals
- Create support plans for providing appropriate services based on on-going assessment and reflecting the services and resources available to enable customer to progress in their recovery
- Ensuring ongoing assessment and management of risks associated with customers within an attitude of 'positive risk taking'
- Provide support and access to relevant services to enable customers to continue their recovery and empower customers to self-manage their medication regimes through individual re-enablement programmes and informed decision making
- Undertake support work in partnership with external stakeholders to compliment their interventions
- Developing productive relationships with partner organisations to improve service outcomes
- Demonstrate strong commitment to the functioning of the staff team and to support colleagues in providing a high level of service and safety to customers
- Involving customers in the design, development and delivery of the service
- Adhering to lone working protocols and maintaining high levels of awareness in relation to the health and safety of yourself and colleagues
- Ensuring Look Ahead Health and Safety policies and local protocols are adhered to at all times e.g. fire risk assessments, fire alarm checks etc.
- Being responsible for the handover of key information between shifts
- Provide structured support and guidance to other front line staff in their area of expertise
- To lead groups and activities - offering a range of appropriate therapeutic and recovery focused interactions and activities
- Undertaking any other duties consistent with the grade and nature of the post as assigned by the Team Leader/Manager
- Ensure Look Ahead Health and Safety policies are adhered to at all times and to uphold all health and safety responsibilities within relevant policies and local protocols
- Adhere to all the policies and procedures of Look Ahead Care & Support plus those specific to the project including any statutory requirements

Skills, Knowledge and Experience:
Essential:
- Up to NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in a relevant area (e.g. psychology, Health and Social Care, Mental Health) or experience in the social care/charity sector.
- Experience building and develop strong professional partnerships with external providers aligned to their specialism

Desirable:
- 2-3 years experience providing targeted recovery focussed support to individuals with needs around hoarding, mental health, substance use and dual diagnosis

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

At The Seafarers’ Charity, we believe all seafarers and their families should be valued and remain free of need and disadvantage. Through our grant giving, research and advocacy work, we’re bringing about truly life-changing impact for many who work – or have worked – at sea, and their families. In this new role, you will have an important part to play in helping us to achieve this.

As a Digital Marketing Executive, you will be responsible for creating exciting and impactful digital content in a highly visible role, as well as coordinating and promoting activity across all digital and social media channels, whilst looking to maximise reach, awareness, and fundraising opportunities for the Charity. You will also work to keep the Charity's website up to date through regular content edits and uploads, assisting with the planning and creation of new pages and features.

The ideal candidate will have at least two to three years’ experience in a similar role, with an impressive track record in delivering impactful digital communications, as well as have excellent copywriting skills, be a confident communicator and an organised self-starter.

Key responsibilities will include:

• To plan and execute the Charity’s digital marketing activities – including digital and social media advertising, brand awareness and lead generation campaigns, online fundraising appeals, legacy promotion, as well as marketing our diverse portfolio of fundraising events
   
• To promote the Charity, its values and key messages on Strategy, Mission and Vision, Impact and Advocacy work, Fundraising, Research and Campaigning to existing and potential supporters (individuals and organisations) and wider stakeholder groups, and to positively engage with them specifically via the Charity’s social media and digital channels
   
• To identify, elicit, create, write or edit content (both short copy and visuals) that is optimised, well-designed, targeted and timely - for publishing via the Charity’s social media and digital channels, and website.
   
• Working with the MarComms Team and Individual Giving and Legacies Manager write compelling short copy which tells engaging stories and move people to action through emails, social and digital media, PPC, Paid Social, Google ads and website

• Develop and monitor effective benchmarks for measuring the impact of all digital activities, and analyse, review, and report on effectiveness of campaigns to maximize results
   
• Ensure a supporter-centered communications approach in all digital activity, including the use of automation where possible and deepening personalisation to help maximise income and increase conversion, engagement and loyalty
• Provide digital support to colleagues across the organsiation, driving new and more effective use of digital activity
   
• Develop and lead on the digital assets of our brand

This is a great opportunity for somebody who is a confident digital marketeer with excellent knowledge of digital content and writing for digital audiences, who perhaps has an interest to develop their skills in planning integrated digital marketing campaigns, and content design.

We have some ambitious plans in the short, medium and long terms that we really want you to contribute to. We are on the brink of some exciting developments and can’t wait for you to join.

If you're passionate about digital communications and charitable work, please do get in touch for more information!

We are flexible with working arrangements and will consider full remote and part -time working 

How to apply

If you are interested in applying, please send a current CV and supporting statement - which should outline your suitability in relation to the Job Specification, your motivation for the position.

The Seafarers’ Charity recognises the importance of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and is actively committed to a policy of promoting equality of opportunity, by providing an inclusive workplace where individual differences are valued and respected. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and will happily make reasonable adjustments to always ensure a fair process.

Closing date: 21 June 2021

Want to improve the quality of life and education for Autistic children and young adults?

Come and join our team! TreeHouse school is an Ofsted 'Outstanding' non-maintained special school, providing support and education to over 90 pupils aged 4-19. Our goal for all our pupils and learners is to ensure that when they leave our setting's they will have the opportunity to access employment, further education or training and to live as part of the communities of their choice.

At TreeHouse School, our Teaching and Behaviour Support (TaBS) combine's teaching and learning with a behavioural approach (Positive Behaviour Support).

This position will be advertised throughout the academic year. Due to the nature of learning needs our pupils and learners do not have one point of entry and can be admitted into our settings at various dates throughout the academic year.

Your role as a Teaching and Behaviour Support:

• Providing person centred, day to day support, delivering 1:1, paired and small group teaching, and learner sessions using Positive Behaviour Support (PBS). 
• Supervise and support our learners to engage in community-based learning and educational visits.
• Use your creativity daily to support lesson plans through preparing materials and resources.
• Support our learners to develop crucial life skills, meet their goals and aspirations through communication, independence and participation.

We are looking for empathetic and adaptable individuals, who thrive under pressure and have a natural ability to solve challenges. You will also need physical and emotional resilience to work with young people with a primary diagnosis of Autism, some of whom have other complex needs. You will be keen to use our positive behavioural approach, have a commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.

Why join us?

• A vibrant team of experts to work alongside, Speech & Language Therapists, Behaviour Analysts, Occupational Therapists and Specialist Teachers.
• Highly competitive annual salary.
• Cycle to work scheme up to £5000.
• We are committed to CPD, where you can access a wide range of training and development opportunities to support your personal and professional development.
• Season ticket loans.
• A wide range of regular wellness programmes both in person and virtually.
• Employee Assistance Programme, to help you balance your work, family, and personal life.
• Access to physiotherapy.
• On-site parking. 

Interviews: Throughout the academic year.  

Start date: As soon as possible. 

Ambitious about Autism is fully committed to equality of opportunity and diversity and we warmly welcome applications from all suitably-qualified candidates. We welcome applications regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, or age. All applications will be considered solely on merit.

Ambitious about Autism is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check. 

Job Description 

Job Title:  Events & Challenge Events Manager 

Reporting To:  Director of Fundraising and Marketing 

Salary:  £38,000 - £40,000 

Contract type: Permanent   

About The Felix Project 

The Felix Project is London's biggest food redistribution charity and the largest end-to-end food redistribution charity in Europe.

Our vision is a London where no one goes hungry and good food is never wasted. 

We rescue surplus food from businesses, supermarkets, restaurants and farms. This food is nutritious, in-date, and safe and includes a high proportion of fresh vegetables, fruit, meat and fish. If we did not rescue this food, it would be at risk of going to waste. Instead, we deliver it free of charge to London charities, schools, food banks, COVID food hubs and other organisations serving people in need. Our food is a vital lifeline for children and families, people on low incomes, people who have lost their jobs, the homeless, refugees, domestic abuse survivors, the elderly and keyworkers.

We are a very ambitious and dynamic young charity and we haven’t stopped growing since we were founded in 2016 in memory of Felix Byam Shaw, by his father, entrepreneur Justin Byam Shaw. We recently ran a very high-profile media campaign with the Evening Standard and Independent, raising £10million to feed London. We have celebrity endorsement from Reece James, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Jack Whitehall, Stephen Fry, James May and many others.

Last year we delivered enough food for 21.1 million meals to help people in need. We have continuing major growth plans for the next 4 years, with a target of delivering enough food for 100 million meals by 2024. Because nearly all the food we receive is donated by the food industry and volunteers, every £1 of expenditure redistributes £10 worth of food.

Purpose of the Job 

This role will lead on creating, delivering, and managing a new series of annual Events, both Felix own events and 3rd Party events including challenge events. This will develop a new, sustainable income stream for the organisation. You will also be responsible for line-managing our Community and Challenge Events fundraiser. 

Duties and Accountabilities 

1. Strategy 

• Implement the 3 year fundraising strategy and plan to time and budget, meeting specific financial and organisational objectives, targets and KPIs 
   

1. Events 

• Plan, market and deliver a series of new annual events for The Felix Project. This will involve, a variety of events including cultivation, fundraising, special and challenge events 

• Manage booking forms, guest lists, issuing invoices and tracking income and expenditure for the events 

• Source prizes and maintain a ‘bank’ of prizes, recorded on the CRM system, that can be used at Felix Project events 

• Ensure event committee members, prize donors and guests are given excellent stewardship and thanked appropriately 

• Manage supplier relationships etc.

• Manage 3rd Party events including Champion of Women and Legend’s Ball 

• Research and prepare biographies for prospective donors attending events 

• Develop and own a pipeline of income from event opportunities 

• Complete event evaluations and feedback to help with future event planning 

1. Challenge Events 

• Develop a Felix led bespoke challenge event in 2022 that can be replicated annually 

• Support the Community & Challenge Events Fundraiser on 3rd party challenge events such as Virgin Money London Marathon and Royal Parks Half Marathon 

1. Administration 

• To create and manage annual budgets and targets for both Events & Challenge Events 

• Work collaboratively with other team members across the fundraising and marketing team 

• Effectively create and maintain up-to-date records on our Fundraising CRM 

• Create and maintain up-to-date fundraising records 

• Provide regular analysis and income and expenditure reports 

• Provide regular activity and pipeline update reports 

1. General 

• Keep up to date with all the major issues related to food surplus and food poverty  

• Ensure Tax and VAT requirements, relating to events and auctions are adhered to 

• Assisting with other fundraising initiatives as required 

• Represent The Felix Project at external events 

• Contribute to team meetings 

• GDPR 

Measures of Success 

• Establishment of new event series 

• Achieving income targets for events and challenge events 

• Acquisition of new supporters 

• Retention of and increased support from event attendees 

• Positive stakeholder feedback 

Person Specification 

The Felix Project recognises the positive value of diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds. 

We particularly welcome applications from those of a black and minority ethnic (BAME) background, as BAME people are currently under-represented within The Felix Project. 

You will be a creative individual who has experience in developing and coordinating events and managing relationships with a wide range of supporters. You will have strong organisational skills and be confident to network and build relationships with supporters. You will be committed to the work of Felix and will have excellent organisational skills.  

Essential skills/knowledge relevant to this role 

• Experience of developing and implementing new fundraising event ideas 

• Proven experience of delivering events and managing 3rd party events 

• Proven experience of delivering special and challenge events 

• Proven ability to manage a wide range of stakeholders and develop good relationships with supporters 

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

• Strong writing skills 

• Excellent track record of donor care

• Experience of working with a CRM database 

• Well organised with a record of providing regular reports and analysis 

• Budget management experience 

Desirable skills/knowledge relevant to this role  

• Passionate about food-waste / environment

• Proficient in e-tapestry or Microsoft Dynamics 

• Confident public speaking and presenting skills 

• 3+ years fundraising experience 

• Motivated and enthusiastic about our work 

• Brilliant communicator and influencer

• Results focused with a problem-solving approach to challenges 

• Digital/IT savvy 

• Competent in MS Excel/Word/PowerPoint 

• Creative with an organised and methodical approach

What you’ll get in return 

You will be working in an upbeat, innovative charity with strong vision, ambition and a fantastic culture and leadership team.  This role is located at our Park Royal (W3 0RU) depot but you will also be working in one of our other depot locations and occasionally remotely. The salary is c£38,000-£40,000 per annum (dependant on experience), 25 days annual leave + bank holidays. 

Contract Type:  Permanent 

Hours:  37.5 hours per week, Occasionally the role will be required to work weekends. 

Recruitment timeline 

Applications close: 14th June 

First interviews: 22nd / 23rd June 

(if applicable) Second interviews: 29th June