The ‘All Roads Lead to Alexander’ is a 3-year program that aims to bring families and young people living with a disability across commonwealth communities in Birmingham to tell their life stories.  Through this programme we will explore the meaning of disability, diversity and inclusion from a community perspective and explore, challenge, share and develop perspectives on disability between and within commonwealth communities in Birmingham.

The post will be split between our Head Office in Staffordshire and field based work in inner-city Birmingham.  Typically, this will involve 4 days a week working in the community in Birmingham and 1 day a week at our Head office in Staffordshire, although this working pattern is subject to slight variation on occasion. 

Main Duties:

Project Management

• Consult, plan, recruit and organise in order to deliver over 120 disability led creative workshops; 52 workshops to explore skills creation and community action and 53 training sessions aimed at building able leadership skills for both disabled and abled community champions.
• Work in close partnership with our artistic delivery partner to co-manage the project deliverables in accordance with the “Spirit of 2012” funding agreement.
• Work with our community partner organisations, local community groups, other external organisations and service users in co-producing and developing the ‘All Roads Lead to Alexander’ programme of engagement, workshops and events.
• Secure appropriate venues and resources to deliver the project and negotiate to be within budget.
• Directing the promotional and marketing activity undertaken by the Caudwell Children Marketing and Communications Team.

Community Engagement

• Act as the central point of contact (the “face of the project”) with all participant families and volunteers, communicating workshops/performance information, resources required and resolving any access issues for participants. 
• Act as the central point of contact for community partner groups across commonwealth demographics within Birmingham.
• Raise awareness, identification and engagement of Caudwell Children and ‘All Roads Lead to Alexander’ through stalls, sessions, talks and community forums and any other events/festivals, in order to generate the appropriate level of beneficiary engagement and participation in the project.
• Gather data through consultation with community groups as defined in the project plan to implement long-term community action and development plans.
• Support young people and their families in exploring their understanding of culture, disability and context within Birmingham, including providing detailed summaries of participants needs in advance of the workshops.
• Work as an effective link with local stakeholders including local community groups, local authority departments and health providers to share insight and enable skills exchange.

Community Team/Volunteer Management

• Support the community partners to recruit appropriately skilled Community Assistants and co-ordinate their activities during workshops and performances.
• Work with the community partners to establish and provide any development and progression opportunities for the Community Assistants.
• Promote volunteering opportunities, working with local faith groups, schools and community organisations in order to generate the appropriate level of volunteer engagement and participation in the project.
• Support the Volunteer Team at Caudwell Children to recruit, on-board and train suitable volunteers for the ‘All Roads Lead to Alexander’ projects where needed.
• Oversee, assign roles, place and supervise volunteers and their involvement in activities in line with the project plan.

Project Specific Delivery

• Manage and run ‘All Roads Lead to Alexander’ events across Birmingham having a visible and active presence online/face to face, including creating/carrying out risk assessments and managing all safeguarding procedures.
• Provide 1-to-1 support throughout various sessions and ensuring that carers are able to manage behavioural or health needs.
• Working with the Community Assistants and the artistic delivery partner to create a framework of session plans to deliver non-music creative elements of the project.
• Reinforcement of a safeguarding awareness culture at every stage of the project plan and within every activity.

Monitoring and Evaluation

• Provide the Leadership Team with current information regarding community engagement activities.
• Ensure that appropriate accurate records are kept and evaluation activities completed in line with the project reporting standards.
• Compile and complete all necessary data, statistics and case studies for quarterly reports from multiple databases in line with the Project Plan.
• Arranging monthly meetings with the management team and attending meetings as and when required.

This Job Description indicates only the main duties and responsibilities of the post and is not intended as an exhaustive list.  The post holder may be asked to carry out other duties from time to time.  The Charity reserves the right to amend this Job Description from time to time, according to business needs. 

Person Specification:

Essential Criteria

• Experience delivering community based engagement with a focus on inclusivity activities to defined outcomes and outputs.
• Experience working with and supporting volunteers.
• Experience of developing relationships with diverse multi-cultural community groups and stakeholders.
• Experience working with young people and families.
• Experience working with service users with multiple complex needs.
• Proven experience working on engagement and co-creation projects.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Excellent planning and organisational skills.
• Excellent IT skills e.g., Microsoft Office.
• Ability to engage people effectively in a one-to-one or group setting.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, written and communication skills, including working with a variety of audiences.
• Excellent co-ordination and organisational skills, including the ability to prioritise, plan and compete workloads with tight deadlines.
• Able and willing to travel between various sites, mainly in Birmingham and Staffordshire. 

Desirable Criteria

• Knowledge of statutory, third sector and community services available to different communities in inner-city Birmingham.
• Experience of working in multiple inner-city Birmingham communities.
• Understanding of community and cultural challenges, tensions and experiences in commonwealth communities.
• Experience of working in the Charity/Third Sector/ SEND experience would be advantageous.
• Experience of working in CQC/ISO regulated organisations would also be advantageous.
• Some flexibility to meet the needs of the business may be required.
• A general knowledge of Health & Safety regulations would be advantageous.

Disclosure & Barring Service Checks:

The Charity is committed to safeguarding children and young people and therefore adopts a safer recruitment approach through a robust recruitment and selection process.  All posts within the Charity are subject to DBS checks, in line with the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974).  This role is eligible for an Enhanced with barred lists DBS check.

Location: Home based - Wales - Nr Caerleon. This role may include travel and occasional overnight stays

 At Leonard Cheshire we support individuals to live, learn and work as independently as they choose, whatever their ability. Led by people with experience of disability, we are at the heart of local life — opening doors to opportunity, choice and support in communities around the globe.

We work to support communities to be inclusive for all, where the whole community equally values all its members because of, not despite, our differences. Where everyone within the community feels safe and has an equal voice in shaping the community and has a sense of belonging.

To support our inclusive community approach, we are currently recruiting a Community Volunteer Coordinator covering  South Wales  to deliver our volunteering programme across the different counties . Leonard Cheshire volunteers lead and support a wide range of services, including community activities, employment, confidence building and digital inclusion programmes, social care services, fundraising and campaigns, so a desire to effect positive change and the ability to link effectively with a range of people will be vital to the success of this role.

We are looking for candidates who have a good knowledge of the volunteering sector, are passionate about supporting disabled people and have the motivation to make a difference.

You will have extensive knowledge of the areas community activity and be able to demonstrate your ability to connect locally and identify volunteering opportunities for people with disabilities, as well as gaps in the local community to develop peer-led group activities.

You’ll be able to demonstrate your knowledge of disability issues, your approach to networking, understanding of the Leonard Cheshire offer, and how you would utilises volunteers to support in the promotion of Leonard Cheshire.

You’ll understand the importance of co-production and the involvement of disabled people in the design of our approach and activities. Have a proven track record in identifying volunteering opportunities within the community, and social care setting, including using corporate and overseas volunteers.

You’ll have experience in working across a geographically spread location, working with multifunctional departments and managers in social care services in identifying activities which could be supported by volunteers within person centred plans (PCPs) to ensure that volunteer activity is meeting the needs of Leonard Cheshire customers, programmes and services.

You will have;

• empathy with the values and ethos of Leonard Cheshire.
• experience of working with disabled people
• experience of volunteer recruitment and selection procedures
• demonstrable experience of supporting managers and staff to optimise the value of volunteers through training, coaching, motivating and developing individual and teams of volunteers as required
• demonstrate an understanding of the needs of disabled people, including customer self-advocacy and empowerment
• excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills
• good organisational skills, able to use your initiative, manage workload and to prioritise activities. Ability to work alone and as part of a team
• presentation and event / activity organisation skills
• able to keep accurate records, including use of databases
• able to use standard Microsoft packages, such as Word, Excel, Outlook
• knowledge of health and safety legislation
• able to work flexibly to meet local volunteering needs, (including occasional weekends and evenings)
• able to travel within a given area and occasional overnight stays

You will have a genuine commitment to the values and ethos of Leonard Cheshire and be excited by this challenge and the opportunity to make a difference to disabled people.

Leonard Cheshire welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We actively encourage applications from people with a disability, supporting where possible, your requirements for reasonable adjustments.

A satisfactory disclosure check (PVG membership in Scotland) is required for this post.

Shortlisting for this role may take place as applications are received. We therefore reserve the right to close this vacancy once suitable candidates have been appointed.

* No agencies please *

Are you passionate about working with Young Adult Carers and making a lasting difference?

With your superb organisational skills and passion for working with young people, you will develop and deliver a programme of peer support groups and activities, in addition to managing a caseload of referrals, for our Young Adult Carers, aged 15-21 in Lambeth.  Our Young Adult Carers are navigating their way through complex sets of circumstances which have been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic, and this project is their opportunity to have a break from their caring role, have fun, meet others in the same situation and access support they and their families need.

You will have experience working with vulnerable young adults and will have a strong grasp of the realities of being a young adult carer in an inner city London borough. 

Closing date: 9am Monday 24th May 

Interview date: Wednesday 26th and Thursday 27th May

PAPYRUS is the national UK charity dedicated to the prevention of suicide and the promotion of positive mental health and emotional wellbeing in young people.

Volunteer Coordinator – North West England

PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide is the national charity for the prevention of young suicide, founded in 1997. We have grown very successfully since then and currently have bases in Warrington, Birmingham, London, Cardiff and Belfast.

We are looking to recruit a Volunteer Coordinator to promote volunteering for PAPYRUS across the North West of England and recruit, engage and manage volunteers to support the work of the charity.

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Proven experience of recruiting, supporting, engaging and managing volunteers
• Previous experience working in a community setting, delivering information and training sessions, leading workshops or educational activities
• A proven track record of networking and building and managing effective relationships, tailoring the approach to meet the differing needs of the audience
• Experience of using own initiative and creativity to develop a project, programme or area of work
• Ability to accurately record and manage data and report on outcomes to deadlines
• Ability to travel to different locations across the North West region including Cumbria, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire to attend meetings and events

Salary: NJC Scale SCP 18-23 (£24,982 -£27,741)

Please visit our website to review the full job description and person specification for the role. To apply for the position please complete the application form on our website detailing how you meet the criteria for the role. Please return your completed application to our HR email address or to HR, PAPYRUS, Unit 1 Bankside, Warrington, WA1 1UP.

Closing date: 30th April 2021

PAPYRUS is committed to the principle of equal opportunity in employment and its employment policies for recruitment are designed to ensure that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of age, disability, gender re-assignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

PAPYRUS is committed to safeguarding all children, young people and adults at risk that interact with the organisation. The organisation recognises its responsibility to safeguard the welfare of these vulnerable groups by a commitment to procedures to protect them. The group expects all staff and volunteers to fully support and promote these commitments.

Community Coordinator

ECHO is seeking a new community-building superstar to join our small but hardworking charity supporting children and young people with heart conditions and their families.

You will play a major role in developing a new community forum on the ECHO website, reaching out to families and professionals across the paediatric cardiology community.

You will act as a link between parents, medical professionals and information providers and be of assistance to them all.

The day-to-day job of Community Coordinator will be to build and improve the way parents/carers can ask questions, find information, and get support from the moment of diagnosis right through to adulthood.

This job will suit someone who wants to make a difference to families, someone who understands the value of high quality and reliable information and someone who can take the time to make someone else smile.

The Job Description gives you an idea of what we are looking for - what we would love is someone who can bring ideas and see them through to delivery on a small budget and in a small team. Someone who values volunteers and who can get things done.

Setting up a new online forum might not be easy, we have some technical support, but you will work with volunteers and partners to get it working and moderated safely, within necessary guidelines and policies. When monitoring and replying to forum posts, you will need to be knowledgeable and professional in your signposting ability.

Much of your work will be online but some will be face to face meeting parents, children, doctors, psychologists, administrators, and charity professionals - you will need to be open-minded and have a positive attitude.

Supporting families as they experience their heart journey can be tough; we support you with a fun and friendly team, regular wellbeing activities and monthly external supervision. As a thank you we gift staff some extra holiday days, and we encourage personal development and training.

We are a small team, there may at times be a need for help with a children’s party, a fundraising letter to a company or presenting to a medical team about the work we do. Our work is based mainly from the ECHO office, but we are flexible and ad-hoc travel to events and activities will be necessary.

ECHO seeks to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce regardless of gender, race, religious belief, nationality, ethnic/national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability. ECHO welcomes applications from all candidates, including underrepresented groups and refugees who have the right to work in the UK. ECHO will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable adjustments to participate in the job application and/or interview process, and for essential job function if appointed to the role. Please contact us if you may need such adjustments.

Hours: Part-time, 20 hours per week.

Salary: £27,000 (pro-rata)

Contract: 12 months (potential to extend, based on funding)

Application process: through Charity Job website only

Closing date: 10am Friday 14th May

Interviews: 8/9th June 2021

Role based in Essex, Hertfordshire,bedforshirebut currently working remotley

About FareShare

FareShare is the UK’s national network of charitable food redistributors, made up of 18 independent organisations. Together, we take good quality surplus food from right across the food industry and get it to almost 11,000 frontline charities and community groups. We support 10,962 local charities and community groups. Over the past year 24,074 tonnes of food were redistributed by FareShare. Our charity network serves 933,578 people every week.

Hunger is a growing issue in the UK and while there is surplus food that is otherwise going to waste, we believe that this food should be used to feed people first.

About FareShare Go

FareShare and the Irish social enterprise FoodCloud have been working together since 2016 in a partnership designed to help UK retailers address the issue of edible surplus food they may have within their stores. This innovative partnership, known as FareShare Go, brings together a technology platform and FareShare’s knowledge of the UK charity food redistribution market. Using this App we are connecting charities with edible surplus foods.

The Role

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

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

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

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

Specification

Essential

• Have exceptional relationship building skills with a range of stakeholders
• Be a strong communicator who is able to engage with a variety of audiences.
• Be confident and assertive in handling difficult situations, whilst demonstrating calmness and professionalism
• Strong problem solving skills
• Self-manage your own performance and workload.
• Have initiative and innovative thinking, in order to shape new/different ways of working
• Have strong IT skills
• Be flexible with working arrangements as the role may involve high levels of travel to areas of the UK.
• Have a valid driver’s licence for the UK, access to a car and can undertake extensive travel across your region.

Desirable

• Level 2/3 Food Safety training is desirable, but training will be provided.
• Have previous experience working with constituent relationship management (CRM) software. Salesforce experience is advantageous.
• Some experience in data analysis and project planning
• Be degree educated or have a strong career history doing

At Family Action we transform lives by providing practical, emotional and financial support to those who are experiencing poverty, disadvantage and social isolation. We have been building stronger families since 1869 and today we work with more than 60,000 families in over 150 community based services, as well as supporting thousands more through national programmes and grants.

Family Action is recruiting staff for the two National Helplines. The Special Guardianship Support Service which provides high quality information, guidance and emotional support to Special Guardians across England and FamilyLine which provides immediate emotional support to adult family members regarding any family issues. The helplines are accessed through telephone, text, email and web chat.  We are therefore able to offer the right individuals the opportunity to join a values based organisation which has the needs of children and families at its core. Homebased, the team work on a rota basis to ensure the services are fully accessible. 

The successful applicant will work closely with other members of the staff team to develop the telephone counselling services. This aim is to increase the digital services response to people aged 18 plus, with mental health difficulties relating to specific family issues. You will have experience of working in services delivering positive outcomes for children and families.

The successful candidate will have:

• Excellent communication skills including report writing and personal presentation.
• Knowledge of different models of counselling.
• Good understanding of multicultural issues in counselling.
• Commitment and understanding of equal opportunities.
• Experience of setting up and maintaining record keeping systems.
• Experience with Microsoft Offices programs.
• Ability to work in a team.
• Ability to manage own workload.

We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and we particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities, and individuals who have personal experience of adoption or permanence, because we are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at Family Action. We know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families and children and strive for our workforce that be truly representative of the diverse communities we support. We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants and will reimburse your travel cost if you attend an interview. 

What will we offer you?

We’ll offer you flexible working hours, a generous pension scheme and leave entitlements, eye care vouchers, a cycle to work scheme and other great benefits. We have an excellent wellbeing offer and we’ll invest in your professional development with on-going quality training and career development opportunities. You’ll join an established, supportive and high-performing service and have the opportunity to thrive in an innovative, non-hierarchal organisation that values your opinion, encourages learning and has the needs of children and families at its core.

We are forward looking, ambitious and committed to continuous improvement. We are a people focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all we do and operates with mutual respect. If you share these values and behaviours and have the necessary skills then we look forward to hearing from you.  

To apply, please complete an application form and submit it to the email address specified in the advert. Please visit our current vacancies page to download an application pack and for further information. 

Closing date: 3rd May 2021, 9am

Support Coordinator

This is an exciting opportunity to work with stroke survivors and their families to support them following stroke. We’re looking for an innovative, passionate and professional individual with excellent communication and organisational skills to join our Stroke Recovery Service based in Leicester.

Position: Stroke Association Support Coordinator

Location: Home Based in Leicester with regular travel across the service area

Hours: 19 hours per week

Salary: Circa £12,540 per annum

Contract: Permanent. Our services are contracted; we currently have funding for this contract until 31 March 2022

Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (this will increase with service up to 30 days, full time equivalent) cashback and discount scheme, employee assistance programme, learning and development, pension scheme, Life Assurance, Eye Care vouchers, Long Service Award, Tax-free childcare, Health Cash Plan, Working Pattern Agreement, flexible working opportunities available.

Closing Date: 16 May 2021

Interview Date: 20 May 2021

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic interviews may be held via video conferencing. Please let us know if this will present any challenges when you email your application

The Role

The service aims to identify and address the needs of stroke survivors and carers across the stroke pathway, by providing a range of innovative support solutions, supporting them to meet their desired outcomes.

A key part of the role will be to recruit, train and manage a team of volunteers, to support service users and the delivery of the service.

Reporting to the Stroke Association Support Manager, the Stroke Association Support Coordinator will:

• Provide personalised information, advice and support.
• Complete needs assessments with stroke survivors and support them to develop a stroke recovery plan.
• Provide regular reviews to support people in establishing and achieving their own personal goals. 
• Support clients to make informed lifestyle changes which will help them to prevent further strokes.

About You

The Stroke Association Support Coordinator will have experience/background in:

• A caring profession ideally with experience of supporting people with disabilities.
• Excellent IT skills to enable you to capture your work on a database and provide support through virtual means as required.

You will be organised and able to work independently, to manage your priorities to deliver a quality service. 

This role is home based, but extensive travel is required across the local area and occasionally further afield.

The use of a car with business use cover and the ability to drive is essential to be able to fulfil the requirements of the role.

To fulfil the role, you must have the right to work in the U.K

In return…

This is an exciting opportunity to work with stroke survivors and their families to support them following stroke and to raise stroke awareness in the local population. We offer a host of amazing benefits and flexible working options, with opportunities to progress your career.

About the Organisation

Stroke Association. Rebuilding lives after stroke.

We believe everyone deserves to live the best life they can after stroke. And it’s a team effort to get there. We provide specialist support, fund critical research and campaign to make sure people affected by stroke get the very best care and support to rebuild their lives. Every five minutes, stroke destroys lives. Help us rebuild them and join our team.

You may also have experience in areas such as Care Coordinator, Stroke Support, Stroke, Care, Care Worker, Support Worker, Carer, Care Team Leader, Support Team Leader, Volunteering Manager, Volunteer Coordinator, Support Group, Support and Advice, Social Care, Case, Stroke Recovery, Charity, Carer Support, Support Service, Vulnerable Adult.

About Imkaan

Imkaan is a UK-based, Black feminist organisation. We are the only national second tier ‘by and for’ women's organisation dedicated to addressing violence against Black and minoritised women and girls i.e. women and girls which are defined in policy terms as Black & ‘Minority Ethnic’ (BME).

The organisation has worked for over two decades on issues such as domestic  violence, forced   marriage   and   ‘honour-based’ violence. We work at local, national and international level, and in partnership with a range of organisations, to improve policy and practice responses to Black and minortised women and girls.

The Imkaan team holds extensive expertise in working around the complexities of violence against women and girls. Our specialist team is made up of Black & minoritised women who have been frontline workers, service managers, counsellors, researchers, trainers, policy workers, development workers, and group-work facilitators.

Imkaan works with our members to represent the expertise and perspectives of frontline, specialist and dedicated Black and minoritised women’s organisations that work to prevent and respond to violence  against  women and girls. We deliver a unique package of support which includes: quality assurance; accredited training and peer education; sustainability support to frontline Black and minoritised organisations; and facilitation of space for community engagement and development.

Job role

This post is a maternity cover role and is offered on a 6 month basis with a possibility of an extension. The postholder will work alongside the Executive Director and senior management team to support strategic communications work and deliver on the organisation’s communications strategy.

The postholder will be able to use diverse media including social media in the everyday delivery of the work. The postholder will work across the sector and teams at Imkaan. The post holder should have the ability to build positive relationships and communicate effectively contributing to building a good team and organisation environment.

NOTE ABOUT COVID 19

At Imkaan we are currently working under lockdown conditions and are working remotely from home. The postholder will be required to relocate to the office once all COVID 19 measures are lifted.

How To Apply

If you are interested in this post please visit our website to download the application pack. Please send the application pack in Microsoft Word format. This is an ideal opportunity for women interested in working in a dynamic team and who are committed to Imkaan values. 

Closing date: Friday 7th May 2021 at 5:00 pm

Interview date: Friday 21st May 2021

Black and ‘Minority Ethnic’ Women only need to apply (Schedule 9, Part 1, 158 and 159 Equality Act 2010). All posts are subject to a DBS vetting and barring check.

Full time or part time
12 month contract, with the possibility of extension
Salary: £20,289.79 plus £3,630 geographical allowance per year pro rata

Together is an amazing place to work. And it’s not just because we’re one of the UK’s oldest and most respected mental health charities. It’s because we put the people who use our services at the heart of everything we do – supporting and enabling them to take control of their lives and make a positive contribution to the community.

The Southwark Wellbeing Hub is an innovative and fast paced community support service that Together has delivered since 2015. We support people to navigate local options of support and to be linked with specialist services which can meet their needs. Our aims are to support people to make informed decisions; to improve the health and wellbeing of everyone in Southwark and to support those with mental health needs to manage their wellbeing.

The Hub will be launching a new pilot project in Spring 2021 to provide more and better mental health support to the Black African, Black Caribbean and minority ethnic groups in Southwark. The Covid-19 crisis has impacted everyone is society but it is clear that it has had a disproportionate impact on people of Black ethnicity.

The project will provide culturally appropriate and practical support to help people to engage with opportunities in their community that will lead to long term mental health, physical health, social and economic benefits.

The role of Hub Support Coordinator is there to bridge the gaps between statutory, health, community and voluntary services and to provide personalised support to anyone with a concern about their own or someone else’s mental wellbeing in Southwark.

The Hub Support Coordinators will provide focussed outreach support in community settings to better understand the needs of the black and ethnic minority community in Southwark and reach more people who would benefit from support. Support is provided through a blend of one-to-one basis for up to 12 weeks, signposting & connecting with community resources and through group support.

This role will predominantly be provided between the hours of 9am-5pm, flexible working options are available and may require occasional evening and weekend working.

This post is only available to people of a Black African or Black Caribbean background, this is for the purposes of better meeting the cultural, health and welfare needs of the black community in Southwark who have experienced a disproportionately higher risk due to Covid-19. This post falls within the Occupational Requirement exemption of the Equality Act 2010.

Closing date: 10/5/2021

If you have not heard back within two weeks of the closing date, you have been unsuccessful at this time.

Successful candidates will require an enhanced DBS check. Together is committed to equal opportunities and non-discriminatory practices. Charity No. 211091

Your experience of working in the mental health field or a similar environment has given you a good understanding of service user development. All you need is the perfect environment to put your skills to great use. Welcome to Richmond Fellowship as a Peer Support Coordinator.

We’re part of Recovery Focus, a national group of charities highly experienced in providing specialist support services to individuals and families living with the effects of mental ill health, drug and alcohol use, gambling and domestic violence. We know that recovery can look and feel very different to each and every one of us. But we also know that if we provide the right support, at the right time, we can inspire recovery nationwide and that recovery is possible for everyone.

Right now, our Community  service in Wakefield is looking for someone like you to join us as Peer Support Coordinator. Your challenge will be to work with the service manager, peer support volunteers and clients to develop an efficient and effective Peer Support Service. That means recruiting and supporting a network of volunteers who have used mental health services to help others on their recovery journey. It also means helping to develop organisational policies, procedures, protocols and systems to underpin the provision of peer support across the business. Identifying and implementing training, promoting the service to stakeholders and operating a fully compliant service to agreed budget, are all aspects of this challenging role.

To succeed, you'll need a good understanding of the Recovery and Personalisation agenda and the principles and practice on which mental health services are run. Experience of recruiting and/or supervising volunteers would be useful too, although is not essential. You must, however, have a proven ability to consult, liaise and work collaboratively with a team of colleagues and a wide range of external organisations and a flexible approach to working hours. Well-organised and self-motivated, good problem and decision-making skills are vital, as is an innate ability to cope with personal stress.

This is a permanent position requiring the post-holder to work 21.5 hours per week.

The salary for this role is £19,015.00- £20,015.00 per annum (pro-rata).

We are committed to increasing our diversity and we would welcome applications from those with lived experience and/or who are from a BAME background.

Closing Date for applications is 4th May 2021. (We reserve the right to close vacancies before the specified closing date, should a large number of applications be received).

The Young Adult Carer (Shine) Team provides invaluable support to unpaid family carers aged 18-25 in West Sussex, providing them with both specialist support and access to our CSWS universal offer. 

The role holder will report to the Specialist Support Team Leader and will be responsible for; providing line management to a small team, including regular one to ones, coordinating team admin and reporting, organising regular team meetings, developing and implementing team processes, some partnership development and young adult carer specific project management and reports to funders. Using your experience of supporting carers and staff or volunteers, together with a working knowledge and/or lived experience of social care and health you will use your excellent communication and interpersonal skills to support in leading the Young Adult Carer Team.

Responsibilities and Duties: 

Provide assessment, information and guidance for adults who look after a relative or friend who could not manage without their help.

Promote the principles of Think Carer across all networks and proactively identify carers through partnership working, outreach, community connections and networking.

Provide leadership, support and guidance to a team of Carer Wellbeing Support Workers

Evidence the impact of the support given to carers through recording outcomes of the work done

Maintain professional working practices

For a full job descrition and person specification, please visit the Carers Support West Sussex website.

Working for us

Employing almost 100 staff and 90 volunteers, we make a real difference to over 29,000 friend and family carers that we support across West Sussex.

You will be assured of a friendly and supportive working environment with flexible and family friendly working practices including structured, regular work patterns.

For staff who are carers themselves we offer paid Carer’s Leave and paid time off to attend their own support group.

Our staff are supported with regular training and support opportunities, along with access to an Employee Assistance Programme.

As well as an attractive salary we offer 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 28 days after 5 years’ service (pro-rata for part-time), a pension scheme, free parking at our offices, paid business travel and a shopping savings platform.

If you’d like to become part of a dedicated team and be rewarded by job satisfaction while making a real difference to your local community, we’d love to hear from you.

This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS check

Application closing date: Midnight Monday 3rd May
Interview Date: Thursday 13th May

Interviews are currently being offered virtually using Zoom or similar technology. 

Latin America Coordinator

Position type: Full time, permanent contract

Salary: £35,000 per annum

Earthsight is a non-profit organisation dedicated to researching and investigating environmental and social crime and injustice. It uses cutting-edge investigative methods to uncover and expose wrongdoing. We are hiring for an exciting research role, focused on forest risk commodities in Latin America and their links to global consumer markets.

Since emerging as a fully-fledged organisation in 2016, we have punched far above our weight, publishing a series of major investigative exposés on high-level corruption, human rights and environmental abuses with links to global markets which have obtained high-profile media attention and led to crackdowns in places as far afield as Ukraine and Paraguay, as well as changes in purchasing practices of major western corporations. Most importantly, our work has helped persuade governments in rich countries to accept the need for regulatory action to address their role.

Earthsight is looking for a Latin America Coordinator with at least two years of experience in a relevant field to join our growing team.

The position is offered as a full-time permanent contract. Flexible working will be considered. Earthsight is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to ensuring careers in the charity sector are open to all. We value difference and believe it enhances our capabilities. We therefore particularly encourage applications from people from a range of different backgrounds.

Based: Home working until at least June 2021, then London office, with occasional travel overseas

Application deadline: Midday BST, Thursday 6 May 2021

Benefits: 25 days’ holiday; cycle-to-work scheme; contributory pension

Job Description

• Under the joint management of the Heads of Deforestation Research and Timber Research (Ag and Timber), coordinate the Latin America-end of our research and advocacy work relating to the region
• Monitor relevant media, NGO, think-tank and academic reports (in English, Spanish and Portuguese) on deforestation, illegalities and human rights abuses in Latin America relating to the production of commodities for export (with an initial focus on agricultural commodities and timber), and related government policy developments in key countries, with a particular focus on Brazil and Paraguay but to a lesser extent also other relevant countries including Peru, Colombia, Bolivia and Argentina
• Provide regular summaries from this monitoring to senior staff (either verbally or in writing)
• Build and maintain a strong understanding of relevant trade links for these commodities with consumer countries/regions of particular interest (e.g. EU, UK, US), through analysis of third party reports (e.g. Trase) as well as raw trade data and shipment records
• Carry out additional desk research into chosen case studies, including through exploring trade data, company reports, company websites, satellite imagery, corporate records and trading websites, and remote meetings with relevant actors including journalists and activists in the countries concerned
• Assist in planning and carrying out field research on selected cases, to include visits to FRC producing areas and other locations to interview relevant actors, gather intel and coordinate filming; such trips may also include undercover work (field work is only expected to take place once the Covid situation allows)
• Identify, contract and manage external consultants involved in research and filming in Latin America
• Provide detailed reports of research findings for internal review
• Assist with the development of research findings into published reports, films and other external outputs, including through fact-checking and checking of translations
• Where appropriate (e.g. for language reasons) assist the Press Officer in maximising press attention to our stories in Latin America
• Through regular remote contact and through face-to-face meetings while in-country, build and maintain relationships with key allies working in or on Latin America, including relevant NGOs and journalists, in order to gather intelligence and coordinate research and advocacy
• Where appropriate, assist with advocacy work relating to domestic government policy in Latin American countries of direct relevance to our work (e.g. coordinating joint NGO letters to enforcement agencies)
• Where appropriate and once fully up to speed on the issues concerned, represent Earthsight at relevant external meetings such as policy conferences and provide interviews to media
• Occasional administrative tasks
• Other suitable activities as required by Head of Deforestation Research and Head of Timber Research

Person specification

Essential

• 2+ years’ experience researching environmental and social issues or similar issues
• Must be fluent in either Spanish or Portuguese
• Ability to establish and maintain effective contacts and relationships
• Passionate desire to make the world a better place
• Degree-level education (2.1 or higher) or equivalent experience
• Excellent English-language written and spoken communication skills
• Strong working knowledge of MS Office
• Collaborative team player with good interpersonal skills
• Detail-oriented and resourceful

Desirable

• Fluency in both Spanish and Portuguese or at least an intermediate level in the other language
• Experience conducting field work in Latin America and establishing relationships with a variety of civil society, media and government actors in the region
• Formal training, experience or demonstrable skills in photography or film-making; GIS software; or data analysis
• Degree or higher degree in a relevant discipline (e.g. Geography, Development Studies, Journalism)

Application Details: Please apply online, including a CV (maximum 2 pages), and a covering letter (maximum 1 page) explaining why you are the best person for this role. Shortlisted candidates will be tested on their skills. Please use the cover letter to clearly explain how you fit the person specification, especially the essential criteria. Please confirm your right to work in the UK or visa requirements in the cover letter.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

About Earthsight

Earthsight is a non-profit organisation committed to harnessing the power of primary investigative research and reporting to bring attention to pressing issues of human rights and environmental justice. We aim to get to the core of an issue, using a range of investigative research methods to obtain first-hand, documented evidence of crimes against both people and the planet which is irrefutable and impossible to ignore. By following the money and tracing supply chains, our research also aims to expose the complicity of consumers and financiers in abetting these abuses. Our award-winning research and reporting, identifying abuses and tracking the associated products to their end markets, have received high-profile attention and led to changes in the policies of governments, corporations and financial institutions.

Senior Programs Development Coordinator

You’ll oversee the Basic Training strategic development and deployment, under the guidance of the Education Manager. You’ll complete our Basic Training offering, develop models for delivery, and move to intermediate curriculum development as well as planning development of advanced level training in the future.

Senior Programs Development Coordinator Responsibilities:

-  Constantly improve quality of service for ISUOG members and other stakeholders.
-  Work (with the Education Manager and Outreach and International Projects Officer where appropriate) to resolve problems and improve systems issues promptly.
-  Oversee the translation of Basic Training curricula and course materials into other languages as required for delivery.
-  Focus on the development of the Basic Training programme (certification included).
-  Coordinate finance frameworks and funding for ISUOG’s learning and certification programs.
-  Create, develop and coordinate partnerships for long term training.
-  Develop trainee memberships in collaboration with the membership team.
-  Coordinate assessments, certification and exams.
-  Develop and coordinate the Intermediate training curriculum.
-  Develop and coordinate the Advanced training curriculum.
-  Liaise with ISUOG external stakeholders, e.g. committee members, members, third party suppliers, etc. (in writing and by telephone) and take action as necessary to progress projects.
-  Oversee the preparation of the educational aspects of the Congress programme as required, e.g. Speaker declarations, CME application.
-  Update the ISUOG website as appropriate.

Senior Programs Development Coordinator Requirements:

-  Good first degree or equivalent.
-  Experience of curriculum development.
-  Experience of working with committees.
-  Ability to organise own workload.
-  Experience of working with websites and online systems.
-  Ability to manage and organise data & information.
-  Experience in office administration and customer service.

Desirable:

-  Further qualification in project management.
-  Understanding of medical education trends.
-  Experience of working with Ob/Gyn medical professionals.
-  Project management experience.
-  Advanced knowledge of website content management systems.

About The International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (ISUOG):

The International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (ISUOG) is a highly respected professional membership organisation across 140 countries, comprised primarily of clinicians who are ultrasound experts in the field of obstetrics and gynecology. The Society includes obstetricians and gynecologists, trainees, medical doctors, scientists, sonographers, midwives and other health professionals who work to advance women’s health and wellbeing globally. Our mission is to improve women’s health through the provision, advancement and dissemination of the highest quality education, standards and research information around ultrasound in obstetrics and gynecology. This is achieved through education and training, programmatic initiatives and advocacy.

Status: Permanent, 5 days (37.5 hours) per week

Salary: £33,000 to £36,000 per annum dependent on experience, plus benefits

Location: The role is based from ISUOG House, 122 Freston Road, London, W10 6TR (although subject to temporary home working due to COVID-19 restrictions).

Closing date: 4th May 2021

We are an equal opportunities employer; and are proud to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds.

Please submit your application, CV and covering letter as soon as possible; we reserve the right to close any adverts before the closing date once we have received sufficient applications.

For further details or if you have any queries, please visit our website.

You may have experience of the following: Learning & Development Coordinator, Learning & Development Manager, Training Coordinator, Training Manager, Curriculum Development Manager, Director of Education, Education Coordinator, Accredited Training, Head of Education, Head of Curriculum, Curriculum and Quality, Quality and Compliance, Healthcare, Medicine, Science, etc.

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