Are you organised, outgoing, and have a ‘can do’ attitude?

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Social Prescribing team working with older people and adults with complex needs. The service offers short-term intensive support with the aim of reducing hospital readmissions and improving health and wellbeing. As a Volunteer Coordinator, you will recruit, train and manage local volunteers to work directly with clients in their homes or the community.

You will work alongside Social Prescribing colleagues to co-produce support plans, identify the role of the volunteer and match individual volunteers with appropriate attributes. Volunteers will support clients to retain their independence, re-engage in social activities, meet new friends or perhaps try something new.

You will have opportunities to plan, organise and deliver volunteer recruitment campaigns, attending events and using social and other media platforms to develop wider networks. You will ensure volunteers receive appropriate training and supervision, and stay in regular communication to make sure they feel supported and fulfilled in their role. 

In this role, you will ensure that volunteers understand how to respond to challenging and complex situations with a sensitive and measured response, ensuring that safeguarding and lone working measures are followed. You will maintain up-to-date records using our bespoke database.

The service is currently delivered across Kent and Medway. The post holder will be based in North Kent and must be able to travel to other areas, so a car driver is essential.

Help people reach their full potential.

Are you confident, approachable, self-motivated and have a flexible attitude?

Then join our team supporting Young Carers, aged 5-24 years, who have caring responsibilities for someone in their family due to disability, long-term illness, mental health, or drug or alcohol misuse.

You will be responsible for delivering the service across Dartford and Southwark so having your own car is essential. You will manage an existing caseload and new referrals, meeting will meet with families and Young Carers to complete statutory assessments, and providing short-term interventions that support Young Carers to improve their resilience, educational chances and wellbeing. This might be signposting to local services, action planning, one-to-one support, or our workshop programme.

Working closely with schools and Childrens Services, you will make referrals to a range of professionals and community services, ensuring whole family needs are met and thereby reducing the impact of caring on the Young Carer.

As a CYP Coordinator, you will plan and deliver workshop sessions and respite activities, providing opportunities for Young Carers to spend time with their peers and recognise that they are not alone.

You can make the difference and give a Young Carer their childhood back.  

Imago (formerly Voluntary Action within Kent) is a long established, well respected and effective charity working across Kent, London, Medway and East Sussex to deliver a range of services to individuals, voluntary and community organisations, the public and private sector.

Our mission is to promote, develop and facilitate social action, support independence and empower communities. User and volunteer engagement, leadership and involvement in decision making are core principles.

We deliver a wide range of services in partnership with funders, public sector commissioners and private sector sponsors to children and young people, older people, carers, and volunteers.

Underpinning our work is a commitment to excellence, evidencing impact and safeguarding vulnerable people.

Imago offers a competitive remuneration package consisting of salary, contributory pension, healthcare benefits and 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays.

Are you passionate about children reaching their full potential?

Are you confident, self-motivated, flexible, and have a ‘can do’ attitude?

This is an exciting opportunity to join an established team delivering Young Carer services. Imago is a leading charity providing support and opportunities to people across the South East. You will be responsible for a dedicated area, and following training, will manage an existing caseload, new referrals and deliver a programme of monthly themed workshops. In this role, you will assess Young Carers in schools and meet with families in their own homes.

Using the Young Carer service toolkit, you will provide short-term interventions that support Young Carers to improve their resilience, educational chances and wellbeing. This might be signposting to local services, action planning, one-to-one support, or our 12-month workshop programme.

You will build trusted relationships to make referrals to a range of professionals, including health and social care, ensuring whole family needs are met and reducing the impact of caring on the young person. You will respond to challenging and complex situations with a measured response, in line with Imago Safeguarding and Lone Working Policies.

A key aspect of this role is to raise awareness and identify hidden Young Carers. You will have the opportunity to work with schools to train staff and develop a support programme for students, as well as developing wider networks. 
You can make the difference and give a Young Carer their childhood back.

Please either submit your CV with a short covering note outlining your CURRENT SALARY.

Post is subject to references and an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check

Imago recognises that many people in our society experience discrimination or lack of opportunity for reasons that are not fair. These include: race, religion, creed, colour, national and ethnic origin, political beliefs, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability (including mental illness), HIV status, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity status, responsibility for dependants, appearance,  geographical area, social class, income level or criminal record.

Imago aims to create a culture that respects and values each other’s differences. Imago sees these differences as an asset to our work as they improve our ability to meet the needs of the organisations and people we serve. We proactively seek to increase opportunities for inclusion, and celebrate diversity across our organisation and within the communities we serve.

As part of our plan for continued growth we are recruiting an experienced co-ordinator to establish and lead a specialist Dementia support service for people living with Dementia in the London Borough of Hillingdon.

The aim of the service is to support people living with dementia to engage in social activities of their choice to reduce isolation.  Also to help people with dementia access support to ensure they remain safe within their own homes and the community.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Liaising and working with a wide range of other health and social care professionals and agencies to promote awareness of the service

• Recruiting, training, supporting and leading a team of volunteers, ensuring that the delivery of services meets the required standards and targets.

• Monitoring the ongoing support being provided, the welfare of both volunteers and service-users and evaluating the service against agreed outcomes.

The ability to travel and navigate independently and to work efficiently without direct supervision is required. The successful candidate will have a good understanding of how to support and work with people living with dementia and their carers, family and circles of support.

Jewish Care is attempting to change the way our services for people in community centres are presented. An increasing sophisticated, mobile and diverse community has developed different expectations of their lifestyle as they get older. It is apparent that our community programme provide less care and our staff need to be more involved in the development and delivery of programmes and activities both within the campus and externally. This role forms a part of the strategy to redefine our work in this area in line with the vision for the Michael Sobell Jewish Community Centre.

The main purpose of the role is to maximise members' independence, dignity and choice through the provision of the activity programme, use of transport and providing person centred care. The list of principal accountabilities/responsibilities below is not exclusive.

You will;

* Assist and support the Day Services Wellbeing Coordinator, and the Centre Manager to plan and deliver recreation and leisure activities within the centre, and externally within the community including new ground breaking initiatives to agreed standards to increase attendance and engagement
* Run and evaluate weekly Dynamics reports regarding members wellbeing
* Manage attendance list and update Community Centre manager of any changes in the members lives
* Manage the volunteer who manages attendance list and help him with the communication to the families about unattended members
* Support and deputise in all aspects of the coordination and delivery of the Meals on Wheels service,when the coordinator is on leave and to up date members of this service when is needed
* Support the manager with line management duties of support workers
* Get to know the members and their changing needs
* Work in partnership with local stakeholders in identifying the needs of the community by providing programmes/activities and to work towards a collective vision
* Enable people at all stages of their lives to feel that they are valued members of their Jewish community (however they identify themselves as Jewish)
* Provide support to volunteers and designated sessional workers involved in the activities to agreed standards and to ensure volunteers are valued and encourage teamwork
* Develop day service programmes for the community that influence people's approach to their own and others ageing, in an informed and person-centred way by taking account of the recommendations in the Jewish Care paper, An Agenda for Ageing Well
* Plan, monitor and organise the quality and diversity of the recreation, art, IT and leisure activities to agreed standards to enable us to review activities and evaluate
* Manage all aspects of the transport and database systems in conjunction with the Day Services Wellbeing Coordinator and administration team
* Work one Sunday a Month providing a Sunday Social to service users (lieu time will be given)
* Drive for the centre in all aspects of the core services and outreach services provided by the centre
* Provide support to service users in line with Jewish Care policies and procedures and the General Social Care Council's Code of Practice for social care workers
* Ensure the activities are delivered within a Jewish context to meet the requirements of our service users across the religious spectrum
* Work alongside volunteers delivering recreational and leisure activities to agreed standards to ensure volunteers are valued and encourage teamwork
* Encourage current and future users to develop and achieve their interests by providing an ageing well approach to ensure that users are involved in the centre
* Enable people at all stages of their lives to feel that they are valued members of their Jewish community (however they identify themselves as Jewish)
* Promote and provide a creative and dynamic range of activities that successfully integrates users into the social life of the services provided to agreed standards to increase attendance and engagement
* Build relationships with lay and professional leaders within the local Synagogues, and through area resource meetings to engage them with the work in the day centre and how we together can benefit the older community

You will need;

* NVQ level 3 or above in Social Care (preferred
* Current driving license with D1 category (essential)
* Experience of working in the field of activity/event organising
* Experience of activity planning and coordination
* Experience of administration and evaluation of recreational and leisure programmes Experience of working with older people

This post can be full time at 36.25 hours per week or part time for 30 hours per week.

The fill time actual salary based on 36.25 hours per week is £20,112 per annum.

The part time actual salary based on 30 hours per week is £16,644 per annum

You will be expected to work 1 Sunday a month, and you will need to hold a catergory D1 Drivers Licence or passed your driving test before 1997.

This is a part time role of 3 days a week

London Mining Network works with communities harmed by London-linked companies. We work at the interface of mining, climate change and a just transition from fossil fuels. Our communications and media work plays a vital role in supporting these communities, increasing pressure on mining companies to clean up their act, and in raising awareness among the general public in the UK and beyond.

If you have the skills and experience as indicated in the person specification, and a passion for working in solidarity with mining-affected communities, then we’d love to hear from you.

To apply

Please apply online or to contact(at)londonminingnetwork(dot)org with your CV, contact details of two referees, and a covering letter explaining how you meet the person specification, giving examples of your experience, and why you would like to work for London Mining Network.

We particularly encourage people from minority ethnic and refugee backgrounds and people with disabilities to apply. Please contact us if you have questions regarding accessibility or about other aspects of the job advert, the interview or the role, prior to the closing date. Do let us know if you have accessibility requirements that affect your application for the job or the interview.

Unfortunately we can only employ people who are eligible to work in the UK.

Your application must reach us by 5pm BST on Tuesday 3 March. Interviews will be held at the London Mining Network office in north London on Tuesday 10 March.

Job description

Role purpose:

Planning, coordinating and delivering communications to key groups, such as LMN’s network, supporters, and members of the public. The post holder will write, edit, co-ordinate and publish content across various channels, including the website, social media, and print and online materials. They will also plan and implement communications and campaigns to raise awareness or funds, while progressively improving organisational understanding of what works for different audiences.

Key responsibilities

Press

* Writing press releases related to visits, events and reports with which LMN is involved.
* Establishing and building on existing media relationships.
* Fielding inquiries from stakeholders including journalists, politicians and service users.

Digital

* Creating posts and basic visual social media content for social media platforms.
* Producing live social media content from LMN events and demonstrations.
* Developing and regularly updating content for the website.
* Managing social media accounts

Communications 

* Implementing a media strategy, with the aims of increasing the visibility of frontline community voices and concerns, widening interest in issues relevant to LMN and our partners, and applying public pressure to London-listed companies and stakeholders.
* Developing media/social media strategies for overseas visits and public events.
* Coordinating media activities during visits, including joint media work with other organisations.
* Conducting media monitoring, logging and reporting on media and social media metrics.
* Commissioning and liaising with freelancers and contractors relevant to communications work (web designers, graphic designers, filmmakers, photographers, researchers).
* Maintaining archives of media mentions, photos and videos, and maintaining press contacts list.

Branding

* Developing a uniform style across LMN materials.
* Helping maintain and build LMN’s reputation nationally and internationally.
* Planning/creating multimedia communications materials.

Publications

* Leading on writing and production of key publications, including LMN’s Annual Review.
* Writing regular email newsletters to promote publications, programme activities, events and other key information.

Organisational

* Contributing to and editing organisational documents such as funding proposals, governance reports and policies.
* Note-taking and facilitating meetings.
* Updating and liaising with LMN’s trustees on communications work via email and quarterly meetings.
* Organising and co-organising LMN events.
* Supervising and working with communications and outreach volunteers.
* Identifying issues that could potentially damage the organisation’s reputation and recommend actions to mitigate this risk.

Finances

* Working with finance officer to prepare and monitor communications budget

Person specification

The experience, knowledge and skills that we are looking for can have been gained in a paid or voluntary capacity.

Essential 

– Experience of media work (building relationships with journalists; pitching stories to editors; briefing and liaising with producers, photographers, reporters, etc).
– Social media skills (live posting from events; scheduling posts; conveying key messages succinctly; post promotion).
– Experience of using CMS, including uploading and basic web maintenance.
– Communication skills, including the ability to write, copy-edit and proofread using clear, simple and powerful language.
– Experience of solidarity work (e.g. campaigning, activism, advocacy frontline or behind the scenes in the UK or abroad).
– Experience of managing or liaising with volunteers and contract workers, e.g. designers, filmmakers.
– Ability to work as part of a team, within LMN and across organisations.
– Ability to manage your own workload, work unsupervised and use your initiative.
– Ability to work occasional evenings and weekends.
– Ability to work in a non-hierarchical structure.
– Sympathy for our aims and mission, and agreement with our values, including equality and diversity (See below for details).
– Ability to learn and grasp the issues around extractivism.

Desirable 

– Experience of overseas work with local communities.
– Prior knowledge of mining-related issues.
– Understanding of the financing of the mining industry.
– Experience of fundraising or online fundraising.
– Language skills, particularly Spanish or Portuguese.
– InDesign or PhotoShop skills.
– Photography and filmmaking skills.

About LMN

Vision

A just future based on a lower demand for mining and on respect for human rights and ecological justice (including the rights of nature) where mining does take place.

Mission

We undertake research and action for human rights and environmental justice in partnership with communities resisting, or affected by, the operations of London-based or London-financed mining companies around the world. We aim to tackle impunity and hold the mining industry to account, end unethical corporate practice, and to create an alternative narrative which respects the diverse cultures and cosmologies of the people with whom we work.

Values

Frontline voices: Our work is led by the needs and concerns of the people affected by or potentially affected by the activities of mining companies. We work to strengthen their capacity to amplify their voices and to place their needs and concerns centre stage.

Solidarity: We are committed to facilitating the development and strengthening of networks of solidarity with and between people whose land, cultures, livelihoods, health and wellbeing, workplace and other rights are threatened by the activities of mining companies.

Collaboration and teamwork: We work collaboratively as part of a formal network and also as part of several dynamic and changing informal networks of NGOs, community organisations, voluntary groups, concerned individuals, and others.

Environmental Stewardship and Just Transition: We understand that we are part of nature and that we must live within the ecological limits of our planet. We seek to promote a just transition to a sustainable and fair post-extractivist society that ensures that future generations will benefit, not suffer, from the practices of our generation.

Personal and planet: We encourage everyone involved with LMN to consider their well-being and support each other, and to consider the well-being of the planet and others with whom we share it.

Respectful: We value the opinions, expertise and diversity that people bring to LMN, and treat each other with respect, dignity and common courtesy regardless of background, culture, lifestyle or position.

Empowerment: We encourage everyone involved with LMN, whether they be workers, consultants, volunteers, supporters or representatives of communities with whom we are working, to share ideas, gain skills and knowledge and to involve themselves in our decision-making processes and to feel they are part of making change happen.

Honesty and transparency: We are accountable at all levels of our work, to ensure that we are effective in our actions and open in our communications with others. We regularly evaluate our activities and welcome dialogue and constructive criticism.

With these values, we  have supported communities to say ‘no’ to mining projects and hold companies accountable, and we coordinate a network of mining justice organisations, playing an integral role in extractives campaigning.

LMN believes that the people  who should have the  decisive voice with regard  to mining projects are the people  most directly impacted by them – yet  their voices are often ignored. One of our most  important tasks, therefore, is to ensure that the  voices of communities resisting mining, communities seeking  justice from companies for the consequences of existing projects,  communities developing alternatives to mining, and mining workers in dispute  with companies, are heard by the boards, shareholders, investors and insurers of the companies and by members of the public in Britain.

We seek to promote and share communities’ ways of understanding the world and support their development models.

YMCA DOWNSLINK GROUP

e-wellbeing Pilot Coordinator

Brighton & Hove

Fixed Term until December 2020

10.5 Hours per week

£25,725 per annum (pro-rata)

YMCA Dialogue delivers a range of therapeutic and support services for children and young people across Sussex and Surrey. This includes the new Dialogue e-wellbeing service.

This service is responsible for creating and delivering online solutions to children and young people’s mental health needs. This includes online therapy platforms and digital mental health products.

We have an exciting opportunity for an individual to develop a new and innovative digital pilot in schools by providing digital content to support the work of Primary Mental Health Workers.

About the role.

This role will be responsible for the development and delivery of the pilot project, including line management of content creators, ensuring the pilot meets deadlines, creating a participation framework and measuring impact.

The position comes with excellent benefits, including 27 days annual leave per annum (plus bank holidays), a company sick pay scheme, a life assurance policy of 2x your annual salary, and an interest free bike loan. Please download a job pack for more information about other benefits offered.

Applicants must have experience of managing projects and working with children and young people in a mental health context.

This role will be based in Brighton & Hove.

YMCA DownsLink Group is an equal opportunities employer and 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: Friday 13 March 2020 at 9am

Interview date: Thursday 19 March 2020

The Helen Bamber Foundation (HBF) is a pioneering Human Rights charity supporting refugees and asylum seekers who are the survivors of extreme human cruelty. The people we work with have been subjected to atrocities including state-sponsored torture, human trafficking, religious and political persecution, forced labour, sexual exploitation, and gender-based and ‘honour-based’ violence. Recognising the complexity of each client’s suffering and needs, HBF offers specialist services within a Model of Integrated Care encompassing:
❖ THERAPY
❖ MEDICAL ADVICE
❖ LEGAL PROTECTION
❖ COUNTER-TRAFFICKING SUPPORT
❖ HOUSING & WELFARE
❖ COMMUNITY & INTEGRATION
HBF exists to ensure that all survivors of trafficking and torture are free and healthy (both physically and mentally), are safe, are protected from re-victimisation, detention and poverty, and have the ability and agency to integrate in and contribute to the communities around them. HBF also uses its unique expertise to drive change and improve practice and policy for all survivors.
We are innovative, ambitious and compassionate. The bravery and resilience of our clients is an inspiration to all the team at HBF. In the words of our Founder:
‘We find our reward in the eyes of those to whom we owe nothing.’
Helen Bamber, OBE (1925-2014)

TRIBE Freedom Foundation (TFF) is the charity inspired by a 1,000-mile run to set up the first home for trafficked children in the UK. Today, we work to fight modern slavery across the UK, by raising awareness, providing funding and support for frontline projects to fight modern slavery and working on projects to equip survivors with the long-term services to overcome their previous exploitation. Together, we aim to empower communities to create an impact.
We work closely alongside our partners at TRIBE Nutrition and The TRIBE x HBF Hike for Freedom Project builds on extensive experience delivering tangible impact to peoples’ lives through community events attended by 80,000 everyday athletes and adventurers. We challenge our community to push the limits and create an impact with epic challenges such as Run for Love!
Building on our work with the TRIBE community to date, we believe that TRIBE Freedom Foundation can deliver even greater impact through a structured fitness and wellness programme (alongside project partners) for trafficking victims in the UK.
HBF and TFF are equal opportunities and Living Wage employers. We are committed to attracting and recruiting diverse candidates as it’s important that our trustees, staff, ambassadors and volunteers reflect the communities we serve at every level within the organisation.
Purpose of the role:
Following the hugely successful TRIBE x HBF Hike for Freedom in 2019, the TFF and HBF are developing a fitness and wellness programme to be delivered to survivors of trafficking, exploitation and extreme human cruelty across London and the UK. The programme will focus on the benefits of fitness and exploring nature for the wellbeing and confidence of survivors and culminate in a Hike for Freedom in September 2020. The Key workstreams are:
● Monthly training walks - To deliver a programme of monthly hikes for the core hiking group at Helen Bamber Foundation
● Hike for Freedom Challenge - To oversee event delivery by our event partners and engage the anti-slavery sector to take part in the challenge.
● Develop and trial an expansion programme of satellite fitness activities and local hiking groups – working with three other charity project partners to set up local hiking groups and other fitness opportunities for the clients, with support from client mentees.
● Fundraising and partnerships - To manage high value partnerships with key outdoor clothing brands (last year we worked with Patagonia and BAM!) and to secure sustainable funding for the project, alongside the TRIBE Freedom Foundation team.
Main Duties & Responsibilities
To lead on the coordination and delivery of the TRIBE Hike for Freedom project, including (but not limited to):
Core Hiking group services
● Plan, coordinate and deliver monthly training walks for the core hiking group (1x monthly weekend walk)
● Liaise with the relevant staff at HBF to ensure that involvement in the TRIBE Hike for Freedom project is managed alongside the agreed Client Care Plans.
● Act as a point of contact between clients and other HBF staff on areas of concern or ad hoc queries from clients as they arise.
● Have an overview of each client’s progress in line with the agreed Client Care Plan
● Respect client confidentiality at all times in line with HBF’s confidentiality agreements and consent forms.
● Ensure accurate and timely record-keeping of client data in CMS and participate in gathering data when required for monitoring and evaluation in line with project KPIs.
● Attend TRIBE Freedom Foundation and HBF’s staff training days, meetings and any departmental meetings when required.
Volunteer Management
● Lead on volunteer recruitment, across TRIBE Freedom Foundation and HBF communities to ensure that sufficient numbers of volunteers are in place to support on training walks and other satellite services.
● Oversee volunteer training and safeguarding, with support from HBF Volunteer Coordinator
Partnerships and Funding
● Lead on the development of new partnerships to secure funding and ‘Value in Kind’ partners for suitable kit for survivors to take part in TRIBE Hike for Freedom training walks.
● Lead on partnership events and communications of project outcomes.
● Attract long-term funding from Corporates and Foundations, particularly those with a remit to promote the benefits of physical exercise for vulnerable groups.
Satellite fitness services
● Pilot at least two monthly sessions with ‘satellite project partners’ including local hikes, boxing, meditation, yoga, other activities.
● Engage community volunteers and Hiking group mentors with satellite fitness services to help clients to develop core leadership skills.
The first Hike for Freedom training phase will culminate with an epic (UK based) final hike in September 2020 for up to 750 people. The challenge will engage the whole TRIBE community with anti-trafficking charities from across the UK to increase awareness of the cause. It will be an event open to the whole UK anti-trafficking community and will bring participants from the satellite groups together for a celebration of their achievements!
Hike for Freedom: Final Challenge
● Support participants from across the Hike for Freedom training programme to work towards completing the Final Challenge.
● Lead on The Final Challenge event management with support from TRIBE Freedom Foundation and TRIBE marketing team.
● Manage partnerships with UK anti-trafficking charities who will attend the hike.
Person Specification
Essential Knowledge, Skills & Experience
General:
❏ The ability to work independently. Exceptional organisational skills with experience of managing multiple tasks and prioritising effectively.
❏ Accuracy and excellent attention to detail.
❏ Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to negotiate and advocate to achieve a positive outcome
❏ Excellent interpersonal skills and a good team player with an ability to work in a fast-paced environment and seize opportunities.
❏ Computer literate and able to use Microsoft packages and databases
❏ Educated to a degree level or equivalent experience
❏ A positive, ‘can-do’ attitude and willingness to assist where and when needed
❏ Experience of, and a passion for, the outdoors, hiking, adventure and fitness!
Working with vulnerable people
❏ A minimum of three years’ experience of working with vulnerable individuals.
❏ To have experience of working with clients from a range of cultural backgrounds.
❏ To have demonstrable interest in the psychological impact of trauma and understanding of how to work with survivors.
❏ A clear understanding of issues surrounding client confidentiality and data protection including maintain accurate records and safeguarding
❏ Understanding and commitment to Equality and Diversity in the workplace and in relation to working with vulnerable clients.
Desirable Knowledge, Skills & Experience
❏ Experience of therapeutic support services
❏ Experience of working with and managing volunteers
❏ Experience leading groups in the outdoors
❏ Experienced, Qualified First Aider

Please note that the successful candidate will be offered the job subject to suitable references and a DBS check.
Please submit an up to date CV and covering letter by 8 am on Monday 9th March outlining your relevant skills and experience, as well as how your previous experience matches the listed responsibilities and person specification to Shortlisted candidates should be available for interview with TRIBE Freedom Foundation and HBF on the 17th and 18th March.

Orb Community Arts is a dynamic organisation that delivers impactful creative and wellbeing focused activity from its base in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire.

We are looking for a confident, organised and can-do individual, who understands the power of creativity to impact on individual and community wellbeing and potential, especially for the most vulnerable. 

You will need sound project management skills, creative vision, the ability to support and inspire a small staff team and a real drive to deliver positive outcomes for those we support.

Responsible to the Strategic Director and working alongside the Operations Manager, you will be equally comfortable helping shape and deliver the organisation’s strategic agenda and creative direction or getting your hands dirty, mucking in on sessions and leading by example.

For more information and an application pack contact: Elizabeth Marshall, Operations Manager.

Closing date for applications is Monday 16th March, with interviews being held on Monday 23rd and Tuesday 24th March.

Wellbeing Co-ordinator – Foodbank – Part Time (Contract)
Lewisham & Wandsworth (office/field based, covering multiple Wandsworth Foodbank centres)

About Us

We are Family Action, a national charity committed to building stronger families and brighter lives by delivering innovative and effective services and support that reaches out to many of the UK’s most vulnerable people.

Research shows that there is a link between individuals who use food banks and poor mental health. We are now working with Wandsworth Foodbank to provide additional support around mental health for those going through financial hardship, poverty and hunger.

We are now looking for a part-time Wellbeing Co-ordinator to join us for a contract until December 2020, with the potential to extend.

The Benefits

- Salary of £30,253 - £32,851 pro rata, inclusive of inner London weighting (£11,447 - £12,430 per annum)
- Pension scheme
- A full induction and ongoing quality training
- Employee assistance programme
- Flexible working hours
- 25 days’ holiday pro rata

If you have prior experience in counselling, social work, therapy or advice work, this is a fantastic opportunity to use your expertise and directly support those going through financial hardship.

You will have the chance to positively impact the legacy of an organisation that has been providing specialist support for over 100 years and has over 45,000 families currently using our community-based services.

So, if you’re looking for a flexible working environment where you can build on your previously acquired skills to ensure families have the support they need, we want to hear from you.

The Role

As a Wellbeing Co-ordinator, you will deliver drop-in sessions for individuals and families to gain practical and emotional support to improve their mental health and wellbeing.

During the week, you will work at the Lewisham office and provide home visits for people who are unable to access the food banks due to disabilities and mental health problems.

Our Wandsworth Foodbank weekend sessions include locations at Shaftesbury Christian Centre, Battersea and The Yard, Putney.

Your role will involve:

- Providing friendly, understanding, safe and non-judgemental advice and support
- Allowing service users to explain their problems
- Empowering service users to set their own priorities
- Completing holistic assessments and collaborative health and wellbeing plans
- Identifying users’ support needs
- Making internal and external referrals as appropriate

About You

To join us as a Wellbeing Co-ordinator, you will need:

- A background in counselling, social work, therapy or advice work
- Experience of working with people facing complex social and emotional challenges
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- An awareness of local and national statutory and voluntary support services and community groups

Ideally, you will be a qualified or part qualified therapist, but this is not essential. Good knowledge of the Lewisham and/or Wandsworth areas and the local communities would also be beneficial.

Other organisations may call this role Community Wellbeing Co-ordinator, Wellbeing Officer, Community Officer, Wellbeing Practitioner, Wellbeing Worker, Counsellor, Therapist, Social Worker, Health and Wellbeing Support Worker, Living Well Officer, Social Prescriber, Link Worker, or Community Link Worker.

This is a part-time role, working 14 hours per week, including weekends, split between the Lewisham office and the foodbanks.

The closing date for this role is the 9th March 2020. Interviews are scheduled to be held on the week commencing the 16th March 2020. 

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

So, if you’re looking to have a positive impact on your local community as a Wellbeing Co-ordinator, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency. 

Harris Hill are pleased to be working with Canal & River Trust, to recruit their new Community Engagement Coordinator based in Brent.

The Canal & River Trust is one of the UK's largest and newest charities, having been set up in 2012 to care for over 2,000 miles of historic inland waterways. Their waterways contribute to the health and wellbeing of local communities and economies, creating attractive and connected places to live, work, volunteer and spend leisure time. These historic, natural and cultural assets form part of the strategic and local green-blue infrastructure network, linking urban and rural communities as well as habitats. Their waterways are on the doorstep of 8 million people and reach some of the most deprived communities within the UK. By caring for the waterways and promoting their use they believe they can improve the wellbeing of our nation.

Your job will be to engage and connect with new and existing communities along the canal within in specific project areas, and drive transformation that will materially change how local people perceive and use the waterways they live by, to make local waterways relevant and build community ownership so that the momentum is sustained and wellbeing benefits are realised.

This will involve building strong relationships with stakeholders, partners and communities, and working with them to establish and develop a local project plan. You will also be responsible for creating a programme of volunteering and community activity designed to improve health and wellbeing in the area.

This is contract until May 2022.

Key Responsibilities:
-Provide a concentrated effort into key strategic areas to increase local engagement and engrain the canal network into local communities and maximising the benefit it brings. Transforming places, generate greater community engagement and cohesion and build stronger local networks.
-Develop and maintain positive and strong relations with key stakeholders, partners and communities.
-With internal teams, external partners and local communities establish and implement a local project plan for the successful delivery of the required outputs within the project area and set timescales. This will include the proposed financial spend required.
-Create a programme of volunteering, community activity and recreation to improve health and wellbeing and engagement along the canal.
-Ensure local groups are embedded into the Trust's regional teams for continued support and management.
-Prepare progress and financial reports to allow for efficient and effective monitoring and evaluation of the project.
-Work closely with the Regional Directors and steering group to develop models for success that can be utilised across the Trust's network of canals and waterways.
-Ensure that diversity and inclusion are integrated into all aspects of the project.
-Promote and recognise the community contribution through press, media and appropriate communication channels
-Investigate further funding opportunities

Skills and Experience required:
-Experience working within community engagement and volunteering environment
-Experience in delivering community and volunteering projects.
-Experience in youth engagement.
-Ability to work with a diverse group of people, including minority or marginalised communities
-Ability to communicate effectively both internally and externally to a wide variety of audiences and using a variety of methods suitable to different audiences.
-Experience of budget management and control
-Proven ability to be able to influence and collaborate with other departments/stakeholders
-Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills. Ability to operate in a complex organisation and influence the delivery of others.
-A proven ability to build robust relationships with key stakeholders to deliver excellent services, programmes or projects.
-Evidence of developing relationships with partner organisations and communities to deliver mutual benefits and outputs, building strong relationships and influencing

Community Development Coordinator

Alzheimer's Society is the UK's leading dementia charity. We provide information and support, improve care, fund research, and create lasting change for people affected by dementia.

Position: Community Development Coordinator
Location: Bristol, Avon
Contract type: Full Time, Permanent
Hours: 35 hours per week
Salary: £22,367 to £23,270 depending on skills and experience

Closing Date: 5 March 2020
Interview date: 18 March 2020

About the Role:

Bristol Dementia Partnership is a joint venture between Alzheimer’s Society and Devon Partnership NHS Trust, providing the Dementia Wellbeing Service across Bristol. This is a service that supports people living with dementia to remain as well as possible, for as long as possible, in their own community.

We are looking for a Community Development Coordinator to work within the Dementia Wellbeing Service based in our Central and East Hub in Bristol.

About You:

This role requires a person with excellent people and interpersonal skills, who is passionate about equality, diversity and inclusion.

You will be responsible for building connections with key members of the community and other professions as well as finding creative ways to reach isolated groups and promote dementia friendly communities.

You will increase awareness of the Dementia Wellbeing Service in those groups that find our services difficult to access. You will build relationships with local community and religious groups, businesses and organisations, be involved in working with GPs and the wider community of Bristol.

We welcome applications from those with community experience and good connections with equality and diversity groups in the city.

You may have experience of the following: Community Development Coordinator, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, Social Care, Dementia, Group Facilitator, Not for Profit, Support Worker, Voluntary Sector, Development Officer, etc.

Jewish Care is attempting to change the way our services for people in community centres are presented. An increasing sophisticated, mobile and diverse community has developed different expectations of their lifestyle as they get older. It is apparent that our community programme provide less care and our staff need to be more involved in the development and delivery of programmes and activities both within the campus and externally. This role forms a part of the strategy to redefine our work in this area in line with the vision for the Michael Sobell Jewish Community Centre.

The main purpose of the role is to maximise members' independence, dignity and choice through the provision of the activity programme, use of transport and providing person centred care. The list of principal accountabilities/responsibilities below is not exclusive.

You will;

* Assist and support the Day Services Wellbeing Coordinator, and the Centre Manager to plan and deliver recreation and leisure activities within the centre, and externally within the community including new ground breaking initiatives to agreed standards to increase attendance and engagement
* Run and evaluate weekly Dynamics reports regarding members wellbeing
* Manage attendance list and update Community Centre manager of any changes in the members lives
* Manage the volunteer who manages attendance list and help him with the communication to the families about unattended members
* Support and deputise in all aspects of the coordination and delivery of the Meals on Wheels service,when the coordinator is on leave and to up date members of this service when is needed
* Support the manager with line management duties of support workers
* Get to know the members and their changing needs
* Work in partnership with local stakeholders in identifying the needs of the community by providing programmes/activities and to work towards a collective vision
* Enable people at all stages of their lives to feel that they are valued members of their Jewish community (however they identify themselves as Jewish)
* Provide support to volunteers and designated sessional workers involved in the activities to agreed standards and to ensure volunteers are valued and encourage teamwork
* Develop day service programmes for the community that influence people's approach to their own and others ageing, in an informed and person-centred way by taking account of the recommendations in the Jewish Care paper, An Agenda for Ageing Well
* Plan, monitor and organise the quality and diversity of the recreation, art, IT and leisure activities to agreed standards to enable us to review activities and evaluate
* Manage all aspects of the transport and database systems in conjunction with the Day Services Wellbeing Coordinator and administration team
* Work one Sunday a Month providing a Sunday Social to service users (lieu time will be given)
* Drive for the centre in all aspects of the core services and outreach services provided by the centre
* Provide support to service users in line with Jewish Care policies and procedures and the General Social Care Council's Code of Practice for social care workers
* Ensure the activities are delivered within a Jewish context to meet the requirements of our service users across the religious spectrum
* Work alongside volunteers delivering recreational and leisure activities to agreed standards to ensure volunteers are valued and encourage teamwork
* Encourage current and future users to develop and achieve their interests by providing an ageing well approach to ensure that users are involved in the centre
* Enable people at all stages of their lives to feel that they are valued members of their Jewish community (however they identify themselves as Jewish)
* Promote and provide a creative and dynamic range of activities that successfully integrates users into the social life of the services provided to agreed standards to increase attendance and engagement
* Build relationships with lay and professional leaders within the local Synagogues, and through area resource meetings to engage them with the work in the day centre and how we together can benefit the older community

You will need;

* NVQ level 3 or above in Social Care (preferred
* Current driving license with D1 category (essential)
* Experience of working in the field of activity/event organising
* Experience of activity planning and coordination
* Experience of administration and evaluation of recreational and leisure programmes Experience of working with older people

This post is for 30 hours per week @ £9.89 per hour (£15,470 per annum) you will be expected to work 1 Sunday a month, and you will need to hold a catergory D1 Drivers Licence or passed your driving test before 1997.

Benefits

Jewish Care offers excellent benefits and training to all staff. Benefits include, free meals, 20 day's annual leave, Jewish Care Pension scheme, various discounts, L

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

Your Space Community Wellbeing Development Worker
Salary: starting at £21,589 pa / pro rata (NJC Scale Points 22 – 25)
Hours: 18.5 hours per week
Location: Leeds

Bank staff hours are also available

This role is fixed term for up to 2 years, with the possibly with the possibility of being extended

This is an exciting opportunity to work in a new service delivered by Touchstone, Womens Health Matters, Holbeck Elderly Aid and Leeds Beckett University to deliver a Wellbeing Space and Support Space across LS8, 9, 10 and 11. Your Space provides a community health development service in South and East Leeds. The service is funded by Public Health at Leeds City Council.

We are looking for a proactive, outgoing individual who is confident in using coproduction and asset-based community development approaches to improve individual and community protective factors and reduce risk factors associated with mental health and wellbeing.

You will design and deliver activities with targeted communities and the wider workforce to reduce risk factors associated with mental health and wellbeing. You will have experience of motivating others to have positive conversations about mental health, delivering both group and individual work, in the form of training sessions and wellbeing activity and be able to work with vulnerable or marginalised communities and volunteers successfully. The post requires a mix of standard hours and out of hours including some weekends

CLOSING DATE: 4 March 2020
Interviews will be held on: 20 March 2020

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the button to be directed to our website where you can download the application pack.

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

Touchstone is a Trans Positive employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Mindful Employer, has been granted the Positive about Disabled People mark and Investors in People Platinum.

No agencies please.

We’re looking for an enthusiastic, driven individual to inspire and motivate local people to engage and participate with our centre’s evolving community events programme on Saturdays.

You’ll be responsible for making the centre a buzzing community space on Saturdays for all ages – welcoming, inclusive and responsive to local needs and aspirations.

This is an exceptionally varied role therefore the ability to multi-task and prioritise your workload is key. We’re looking for someone who is able to lead, but also is happy to get stuck in themselves and will enjoy doing so.

At least one year’s recent experience in a role involving organising successful events/activities on a regular basis is required to be considered for this post.

Current Saturday events include a weekly community café and lunch, weekly Tech Buddies internet learning sessions in which younger people show their older neighbours different ways to access and use the internet; monthly advice services, various clubs and social groups, community repair events, open-mics, and occasional music performances. For the right candidate, this will be an opportunity to be highly creative and make a real difference in the community.

Main responsibilities

• Proactively approaching local people, groups, clubs, businesses and organisations to support the community and our centre through participating in our Saturday community events, activities and volunteering.
• Planning, delivering and evaluating activities and events from idea through to successful completion.
• Managing and developing sessional workers and community volunteers.
• Making sure the Saturday team are clued up on all the centre’s activities (not only those running on Saturdays) so they can help promote these
• Monitoring and reporting on events/activities attendance, volunteer and sessional staff hours, fees and donations received
• Taking lead responsibility for centre operations on Saturdays including the care and security of our community centre building.
• Ensuring health and safety, food hygiene, equal opportunities, safeguarding and other policies and procedures are followed at all times.
• Identifying supplies, equipment, and materials for Saturday events that needs to be ordered
• Collaborating with centre colleagues each week (on a weekday) to ensure resources, supplies, etc. required for Saturdays are made known to them so they can put these in place
• Ensure the Saturday programme meets the centre’s targets and objectives.

To be successful in this role you'll

• Have a strong background in events organisation and delivery
• Have exceptional relationship building and stewarding skills
• Have experience of successfully marketing and promoting events
• Have experience of successfully managing, motivating and developing events volunteers and/or staff
• Have the skills necessary to efficiently and effectively manage a varied workload and multiple responsibilities with minimal supervision
• Have good IT skills – and ability to learn new IT skills/systems/applications quickly
• Be enthusiastic and driven to get things done and deliver great results
• Be friendly, socially confident, and empathetic
• Be creative and resourceful
• Be responsible and trustworthy

Annual leave: Pro-rata 30 days annually, plus bank holidays.

Closing date for applications: Monday 16th March 2020 at 10am.

We may contact suitable applicants before the application closing date. Of course, all applications received by the deadline will be considered.

To apply send your CV along with a supporting statement in the format advised. See job application pack for more info (we do not require a cover letter).

Applicants who do not provide their supporting statements in the format advised can not be shortlisted so please do bear this in mind.

Thank you for considering working with us - we look forward to hearing from you!