A position has become available within a newly structured RFEA Support Centre (RSC) situated in Birmingham for a Centre Manager to further develop and manage the RFEA's client contact centre operations across three distinct delivery pathways (Career Transition Partnership, Veteran's Employment and Project Nova). As the Centre Manager you will have strategic leadership and management of the RSC as well as providing high level direction, planning and integration and coordination of all RSC operational activities to specific delivery standards and a clear set of output targets and performance indicators. You will be the Subject Matter Expert (SME) on all RSC operation issues and manage and integrate three multi-disciplined teams each with its own Team Leader to provide the very best delivery to all CTP clients and RFEA beneficiaries.

The ideal candidate will have proven leadership, management and motivational skills with a commitment to provide quality delivery and best practice across the Centre. A highly collaborative, articulate and pragmatic individual demonstrating excellent influencing and interpersonal skills is fundamental. The ability to embrace continuous improvement and drive forward change is essential.

Principal Responsibilities

• Overall effective management of the delivery of RSC outputs and integration of the three key pathway outputs, including the performance management of the Centre Team Leaders.
• Be the single point of contact for the RSC for cross team matters such as coordinating visits, ISO 9001 Audits and Inspections, standards, safety, Fire Evacuation and office safeguarding.
• Play a proactive role in the RFEA Development Strategy by innovatively generating new ideas and initiatives to improve the business while accurately forecasting resources required to meet the targets.
• Lead on Change Management and Continuous Improvement as well as actively implement new initiatives to improve performance, efficiency and time management.
• Provide strategic leadership and direction for the RSC and high-level advice on all associated issues for RFEA senior management.

Essential Competencies

• Proven leadership, management and motivational skills.
• Motivated self-starter with commitment to quality delivery.
• Ability to manage effectively a high performing, integrated multi-disciplinary team dedicated to achieving strategic outcomes.
• A highly collaborative individual who can demonstrate excellent influencing and interpersonal skills with the ability to quickly establish credibility, influence and build relationships with key stakeholders at all levels.
• Passionate and driven to lead and uphold the RFEA Values in the workplace
• Ability to exercise appropriate judgement, identify, manage and clearly mitigate risk.
• An accurate and methodical approach with strong attention to detail.
• High quality verbal and written communications skills with a personable manner and strong presentational skills.
• Excellent problem resolution skills; ability to use own initiative to proactively and creativity to tackle new and recurring issues where no guidance or protocol exist.
• Evidence of continuous improvement management ability through track record of providing innovative and creative solutions.
• Excellent IT skills - experience of business administration, in particular the use of databases and CRM systems to accurately record data.

RFEA Values

• Expert – We are always professional and knowledgeable, delivering the highest quality support.
• Supportive – We are respectful, helpful and empathetic to the needs of others.
• Passionate – We have a genuine belief in our cause and a powerful desire to support our clients.
• Open and honest – We trust each other, are open and candid, and take ownership of our actions.
• Resilient – We are flexible and adaptable to change, encouraging innovation and creativity.
• Collaborative – We thrive on new challenges and building relationships and partnerships.

Ideally you should be NVQ Level 5 qualified in Information Advice and Guidance, however, appropriate training will be given.

The position is Full Time and you will be required to work 37 hours per week. A competitive salary and employment benefit package of £32,000 to £36,000 depending on qualifications and experience. Job satisfaction is guaranteed.

To apply, please submit your covering letter and CV. Closing date is 6th December 2019.

Successful candidates will be required to undertake Ministry of Defence security clearance which requires applicants to have been resident in the UK for over 5 years.

Business Development Manager  

£25,000 - £30,000pa + benefits

Birmingham Hippodrome B5 4TB

A great theatre needs great people.  We can only thrive by having the right team on board in a fast-paced, constantly changing, creative workplace.

About Us

Presenting the best in musical theatre, ballet and opera, dance, drama, comedy and pantomime, we work successfully with some of the world’s biggest international producers.  With our resident partners Birmingham Royal Ballet and DanceXchange; with collaborators such as Welsh National Opera and Sadler’s Wells; and with names like Cameron Mackintosh, the Royal Shakespeare Company, Qdos Pantomimes, and the National Theatre, dull moments don’t get a look in.

We are managed by a voluntary board of Trustees as an independent charity, delivering our exciting programme of Hippodrome Projects, from transformational learning to fabulous festivals. In our main auditorium or Patrick Studio, in our conference spaces or restaurant, and in schools and communities, we make sure that everyone is welcome, we settle for nothing but the best and we bring flair to everything we do.

About the Role

You will be responsible for managing the partners, members and networks day to day, working with the Development and Events Team to ensure a joined up approach to our fundraising and commercial income. A networking professional, you will be the ‘go-to’ point of knowledge in the organisation for who is who in the region and sector.

We want to be the best and are looking for new business professional with a track record of achievement of corporate account management. You will have business-to-business customer service experience in professional networks and worked closely with events and fundraising teams. Target orientated, you will be business systems literate, good at planning and meeting deadlines as well as used to managing business clients with differing needs. You will also have excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills.

To enjoy a new stage for your skills please visit our website via the link and apply online.

At Birmingham Hippodrome we are committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone.

Job Title: Operations Manager (Lead on Health and Social Care delivery)

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time- 35 hours a week

Location: Nottingham, Derby, Leicester, Birmingham, Burnley, Leeds, Southampton, or London

We have a fantastic opportunity to join a dynamic team with specific responsibility for delivery of our NHS contract supporting local Young People into employability. We are especially interested to hear from those that have experience or knowledge of the Healthcare Sector and employability progression routes for young people.

This is a superb opportunity to work with us on an exciting new area of work and help us really make a difference to the lives of local young people.

We are looking for a total of 6 Operations Managers to join our management team based in 6 locations. You will join a team to help deliver our ambitious plans to provide the very best support to young people across the UK within the Health and Social care sector. You will be responsible for the line management of a team of executives who work directly with our young people, partners and volunteer colleagues.

We have an ambition to become the very best organisation within the sector. You will be required to continually innovate, review and adapt our operations to ensure we deliver the very best for young people across the region.  You will effectively manage those areas of operations assigned to you and support and develop our executives to do their best work.

You will collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders (internal and external) and ensure that our delivery plans are achieved, and the quality and impact is high. You will need to manage key partnerships alongside developing new relationships with organisations who can offer engaging and inspiring opportunities to our young people. 

You will be responsible for the accurate planning, phasing and resourcing of our delivery, you will effectively manage budgets and support the effective delivery of funding contracts. You will work alongside fundraising colleagues with the development of bids, reporting and attending meetings and events.

To learn more about the role please visit our website

About The Prince’s Trust

We are a youth charity whose mission is to help young people transform their lives by developing the confidence and skills, to live, learn and earn. This year we will support more than 70,000 young people through a range of proven programmes, with three in four achieving a positive outcome!

We have a bold ambition to extend the reach and impact of our work and help one million more young people transform their lives over the next ten years.  Our job is to inspire them, support them and release their potential, so that they can thrive and society can prosper.  We will focus on innovation, to ensure we adapt and remain relevant in a rapidly changing world.  We owe it to ourselves and the young people we serve, to do the best work of our lives and to help give them an increasing stake in our economy and society. They are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us.

The Prince’s Trust is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare of the children and young people we work with. Successful applicants to roles at The Prince’s Trust will be subject to criminal vetting checks, and where necessary for the role, a check at an enhanced level will be required.

To apply for this vacancy please complete the online application.  To help you with the supporting statement section, you may want to visit our website to download a copy of the Prince’s Trust Behavioural Framework.

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Job Title: Marketing Manager

Contract: Perm

Hours: Full time- 35 hours a week

Location:       Any Trust Office in England

We are a youth charity whose mission is to help young people transform their lives by developing the confidence and skills, to live, learn and earn. This year we will support more than 70,000 young people through a range of proven programmes, with three in four achieving a positive outcome!

This exciting marketing manager role will play a key part in supporting the delivery of one of the largest initiatives in our history.
As part of our mission to work with one million young people over the next 10 years, we will support 10,000 young people into health and social care careers over the next 4 years. Our new marketing manager will lead the marketing planning and tactical implementation to achieve this.

You will join our team to work on this ground-breaking project that will see The Prince’s Trust work in partnership with health and social care organisations across England to be part of solving the health and social care workforce challenges, and encourage young people to start a valuable career in the health/care sector.

To learn more about the role please visit our website

The Prince’s Trust is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare of the children and young people we work with. Successful applicants to roles at The Prince’s Trust will be subject to criminal vetting checks, and where necessary for the role, a check at an enhanced level will be required.

To apply for this vacancy please complete the online application.  To help you with the supporting statement section, you may want to visit our website to download a copy of the Prince’s Trust Behavioural Framework.

A NOTE FOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES

We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a preferred supplier list for when we'd like a helping hand. We'll be in touch if we need you.

Marketing Campaigns Manager

c. £30,000pa

Birmingham Hippodrome B5 4TB

A great theatre needs great people.  We can only thrive by having the right team on board in a fast-paced, constantly changing, creative workplace.

About Us

Presenting the best in musical theatre, ballet and opera, dance, drama, comedy and pantomime, we work successfully with some of the world’s biggest international producers.  With our resident partners Birmingham Royal Ballet and DanceXchange; with collaborators such as Welsh National Opera and Sadler’s Wells; and with names like Cameron Mackintosh, the Royal Shakespeare Company, Qdos Pantomimes, and the National Theatre, dull moments don’t get a look in.

We are managed by a voluntary board of Trustees as an independent charity, delivering our exciting programme of Hippodrome Projects, from transformational learning to fabulous festivals. In our auditorium or Patrick Studio, in our conference spaces or restaurant, and in schools and communities, we make sure that everyone is welcome, we settle for nothing but the best and we bring flair to everything we do.

About the Role

Reporting to the Head of Marketing and working closely with colleagues in departments across the organisation, this delivery role focuses primarily on selling tickets for our 1800 seater auditorium and 200 seater Patrick Studio in line with Birmingham Hippodrome’s audience strategy.  Working closely with visiting company producers and their agents, the post holder devises, implements and monitors effective marketing campaigns to meet sales and audiences’ targets, working to strict budgets and deadlines.

A graduate you will have experience of managing marketing campaigns. You will be used to managing and briefing suppliers. Able to translate strategy into plans and targets, you will have excellent marketing skills across design and print, advertising and sales promotion, direct marketing as well as digital. An excellent communicator, you will also possess strong relationship building, interpersonal and project management skills.

The role requires a creative individual with a close eye for detail, a competitive spirit and a passion for audience development. An ability to take on new challenges, innovate and collaborate within the team as well as across the organisation is essential.

To enjoy a new stage for your skills please visit our website via the link and apply online.

Closing date: 4th December 2019.

Interviews will take place on 10 December 2019.

At Birmingham Hippodrome we are committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone.

Acacia Family Support is a Birmingham based Christian charity that offers a range of support services to mothers and families that are affected by perinatal mental health issues, in particular, pre and postnatal depression and anxiety.

We now have an exciting opportunity for a self-motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our committed management team as a Locality Manager for our Kingstanding locality.

We are looking for an exceptional candidate to lead our Kingstanding locality service where you will be responsible for delivering a first-class perinatal depression and anxiety support service to our beneficiaries in the area. You will be a confident manager of people and will have experience of leading a team in the voluntary/statutory sector.  Knowledge and experience of work within a perinatal mental health/general mental health service would be desirable, as would previous experience of working with volunteers and managing safeguarding issues.

You need to be a highly self-motivated person who has relevant qualifications and/or has your own lived experience of maternal mental health issues or other mental health problems.  You will be a natural leader with excellent communication skills and the ability to inspire and motivate staff and volunteers. You will also have good problem-solving abilities and a ‘can do’ attitude.

As Locality Manager you will be part of Acacia’s Operational Management Team and you will be helping to lead the strategic development of our services and promoting the ethos and the values of Acacia which are motivated by Christian faith.  As such, there is a genuine occupational requirement (GOR) that the holder of this post is a practicing Christian.

If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you.

The closing date for applications is 2pm Thursday 5th December.  Successful candidates will be informed by close of business on the 6th of December and interview date will be Wednesday 11th December.

West Bromwich with occasional travel across the region

Salary circa £55,000 p.a.

37.5 hours per week

About Us

Our vision is for every child and young person to be safe, loved and happy, to achieve their potential and have a bright future.

As a leading charity for children and young people we do this by providing children’s homes, fostering, homes for care leavers and specialist support services, all designed for young people in care, on the edge of care, or leaving care. We support young people to grow positive relationships which give them the confidence to succeed.

About this Role

We have an ambitious growth programme for residential services in our Midlands region and we are now looking for the right person to drive this forward, as well as overseeing our established services in the region. As Regional Manager, you will be leading on all aspects of developing new Children’s Homes and other services from sourcing properties to delivering highly functioning new Homes.

The successful candidate will ideally:

• Hold a professional qualification such as Social Work Degree / DipSW / CQSW or other level 4/5 qualification relevant to working with children and young people and/or recognised management/business qualification at level 4 or 5
• Experience of successfully growing residential services from sourcing properties to successful delivery of new homes functioning to a high standard.
• Have demonstrable knowledge of current developments and good practice in residential childcare
• Have the skills, ambition and drive to grow and maintain excellent services that meet their financial targets.
• Possess the leadership skills to build and lead a team of professional staff
• Have extensive experience of managing complex and challenging behaviour
• Be able to bring flexible and creative solutions to risk management

In return we offer:

• Salary circa £55,000 per annum.
• Annual salary review based on performance.
• A friendly working environment, a fun, open and honest culture.
• Industry leading training programme including children’s right and participation, CSE, empowerment, mental health and Social Pedagogy.
• 25 days holiday rising to 27 days after 3 years’ service, plus Bank Holidays.
• 5% employer contributory pension scheme, Enhanced Maternity and Company Sick Scheme.
• BUPA Employee Assistance Programme, offering counselling, financial advice and legal support.
• Travel expenses, Interest-free season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme.
• Discount shopping scheme.
• Discretionary Funded Training Programs.
• Employee Awards based on performance and length of service.

Recruitment Process

St Christopher’s is committed to the safeguarding of all children and young people in our care including the principals of Safer Recruitment. During the recruitment process you will be expected to complete an online application form to ensure we capture essential information to meet legislation, best practice and vetting requirements to assess your suitability to work with children and young people.

Applicants will ideally already be on the DBS Update Service; if this is not the case St Christopher's will carry out a DBS (police) check prior to your start date.

Your application must include a supporting statement addressing the criteria given in the Person Specification.

For the full Job Description for this role and more detail about what will be required, please visit our website

Closing Date: 1st December 2019

St Christopher’s is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community as well as applications from candidates with experiences of care or of being a care leaver.

This small charity based in Rugby is recruiting for a part-time Development Manager to join their team and undertake a varied fundraising role with some marketing and communications responsibility. Providing pastoral care to the railway industry by supporting rail staff and their families, this is an organisation that provides vital support to individuals through chaplaincy.

Based in the office, this is a permanent role working three days per week, and the post holder will be a key member of the team.

Key responsibilities within the position will include:

• Fundraising leadership - developing existing funding streams and identifying and delivering new ones. Main income streams such as railway companies, trust funds and regular personal support.
• Marketing and communications leadership - ensuring the organisation achieves targets for awareness and supporter engagement
• Planning, budgeting for, and developing the fundraising and marketing functions.
• Promoting effective collaborative team working and a culture of professionalism, learning and development.
• Diversifying fundraising income to include increased supporter donations; payroll giving; church donations; trusts
• Develop plans and take responsibility for growing the area of individual giving including in-memoriam gifts, committed giving and legacies.
• Lead and deliver plans for our newer income areas including corporate, major donor and trusts. Build on these areas to ensure that they become part of our sustainable fundraising foundation.
• With support from the Executive Director, build strong relationships with chaplains, helping to identify contacts for them to network with, producing relevant materials and a strong case for support, and overseeing the organising cultivation events where needed.
• Ensure an excellent supporter care programme.
• Provide creative and innovative solutions to increase the charity profile, working with the Executive Director to identify potential opportunities for new marketing campaigns.
• Ensure charity has the right offerings to engage audiences, including a strong case for support, for donors and supporters.
• Increase reach and stakeholder engagement to drive income and advocacy, and to foster long-term supporters and growth for the charity.

The successful applicant will have the following skills and experience:

• Experience of managing and developing relationships with major donors, corporate partners and other potential funders and partners
• Experience of development of direct mail, particularly committed giving
• A working knowledge of fundraising law, standards and best practice
• An understanding of strategic marketing processes and techniques, current developments and trends
• An understanding of effective strategic and operational planning and the ability to develop appropriate targets and meaningful performance measures
• The ability to develop and implement fundraising strategies, and the ability to spot, develop and exploit potential across a range of income streams and marketing opportunities.
• Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills with the ability to persuade and promote the charity to railway executives, policymakers and a wide range of audiences; diplomatic skills and the ability to resolve conflicting opinions and interests are also needed.
• Ability to collaborate with others to develop innovative and creative content for various media channels
• Excellent organisational and time management skills with the ability to prioritise work and handle conflicting demands, set and meet deadlines

This charity has a distinctive Christian ethos, working within a secular rail environment, sharing the gospel sensitively and in an appropriate manner, by word and deed. The charity provides professional, independent, impartial, confidential pastoral care and support that supplements the chain of care provided by the rail industry. This post has an occupational requirement for the post holder to be a practising Christian.

If you'd like to be considered for this role please apply online.

Please note, due to the number of applications we receive we aren't always able to respond to unsuccessful candidates.

As a Communications Officer, you will contribute to and organise a range of integrated marketing campaigns to promote our projects, services and ideas. You will be working closely with our marketing team to develop our digital presence, raise the profile of our interventions and create content that drives the expansion of our consumer base.

You will be a talented and experienced content creator that will play a key role in expanding our company’s digital footprint, followers and end users. Typical daily activities in this role include content writing, producing creative materials, engaging social media followers, liaising with suppliers and managing web platforms.

This role requires a high level of creativity, attention to detail and in-depth knowledge of emerging marketing trends. We would also like you to know the best ways of engaging with a range of different audiences to effectively tell our story. This includes an understanding of engaging with and working with the least heard voices, and those from deprived communities.

This post has been created in order to deliver the ambitions of Sport England’s £9.72m National Lottery funded Active Communities Programme. Birmingham and Solihull are one of 12 Local Delivery Pilots across England that are looking at innovative ways to reduce the levels of inactivity in our most disadvantaged communities.

The postholder will be employed by The Active Wellbeing Society (TAWS) which is an independent community benefit society which works with some of the poorest communities in Birmingham & Solihull to improve people’s health and wellbeing through physical activity.

Closing date: Sunday 1st December 9pm

Interviews:  Wednesday 11th December (afternoon) and Tuesday 17th December 

Head of Corporate Development  

£40,000 - £45,000pa + benefits

Birmingham Hippodrome B5 4TB

A great theatre needs great people.  We can only thrive by having the right team on board in a fast-paced, constantly changing, creative workplace.

About Us

Presenting the best in musical theatre, ballet and opera, dance, drama, comedy and pantomime, we work successfully with some of the world’s biggest international producers.  With our resident partners Birmingham Royal Ballet and DanceXchange; with collaborators such as Welsh National Opera and Sadler’s Wells; and with names like Cameron Mackintosh, the Royal Shakespeare Company, Qdos Pantomimes, and the National Theatre, dull moments don’t get a look in.

We are managed by a voluntary board of Trustees as an independent charity, delivering our exciting programme of Hippodrome Projects, from transformational learning to fabulous festivals. In our main auditorium or Patrick Studio, in our conference spaces or restaurant, and in schools and communities, we make sure that everyone is welcome, we settle for nothing but the best and we bring flair to everything we do.

About the Role

Your remit will be to deliver high value sponsorships, especially ones that are multi-year. You will focus on maximising different income streams to deliver corporate fundraising targets as well as set operational fundraising plans and budgets. You will also collaborate with our Director of External Relations and Head of Development to integrate Corporate Development with our wider fundraising strategy. In addition, you will deliver additional value through corporate partnerships such as securing a digital partner for the organisation.

You must have a proven ability to develop strategy as well as deliver high level sponsorships. You will be comfortable securing new corporate income and have significant experience of corporate fundraising and sponsorship, or solution-based sales too. Excellent at influencing and negotiating, you will possess first class presentation and communication skills. A strong project manager you will also be good at motivating and building high performing teams. You will have extensive contacts to develop income streams too.

To enjoy a new stage for your skills please visit our website via the link and apply online.

At Birmingham Hippodrome we are committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone.

Britain Yearly Meeting is setting up a Britain-wide network of local development teams to support Quaker communities. Over the next three to five years, we will be placing workers within reach of every Quaker community in Britain – a key part of our plans to reinvigorate Quakerism and to help Quaker communities thrive.

The Local Development Team Leader will manage the existing local development team of four people currently working alongside Quaker communities. During 2020, you and another Team Leader will oversee four new Local Development Workers in new areas. You will participate in the strategic growth of local development work, helping to identify and meet needs, in collaboration with Friends and with our partner organisation, Woodbrooke.

We’re looking for someone who is excited by what spirit-led growth might mean in a faith context. You will have experience of building and managing dispersed teams, and of reshaping work to better meet the needs of beneficiaries. You will be able to empower team members, enabling visionary and creative responses to trends and growth points. You will also have experience of monitoring and evaluating community-led programmes. As the programme develops, there may be opportunities to deliver some development work, or to take the strategic lead on a particular support theme.

This is a full-time (35 hours per week) post, with frequent weekend and evening work and the option to discuss 28 or 31½ hours per week.

Alongside the opportunity to transform the experience of Quakers across Britain, we offer a generous benefits package.

For details of how to apply, please visit our website via the 'apply' button.

Closing date: 9.00am on Monday 9 December 2019
Interview date: Wednesday 8 and Thursday 9 January 2020 at Woodbrooke

Britain Yearly Meeting is committed to safeguarding children and adults at risk and expect all our staff and volunteers to share and uphold this commitment.

Quakers have a faith commitment to equality and encourage and welcome applications for posts from all sections of society. You do not have to be a Quaker to apply for this post, but we expect you to uphold the values of our organisation.

Britain Yearly Meeting is committed to equality in all its employment practice.

About us
Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.

Our housing, education, employment, wellbeing and mental health services help people leave homelessness. As well as one-to-one support, advice and courses we offer for homeless people in 11 areas across England, Scotland and Wales.

Crisis Skylight Coventry deliver centre based and outreach services for people who are homeless or who are at risk of becoming homeless. This is an exciting time in the development of the Skylight as the coverage of service delivery expands to reach even more homeless people in the city.

About the role
As Volunteer Coordinator, you will recruit, train, support & manage the volunteering offer at Crisis Skylight Coventry & Warwickshire. Working closely with staff in a multi-disciplinary team, you will be the key person in ensuring our volunteers, both external and our own members, have a fulfilling and worthwhile volunteering experience with us.

You will also play a crucial role in our Crisis at Christmas project, recruiting, training and managing volunteers to deliver a high-quality project for our guests. You will also be part of the wider volunteer coordinator network at Crisis and actively contribute to and implement the national volunteering strategy.

About you
To be successful in this role you will have extensive experience of developing volunteering programmes that include a wide range of volunteering roles and opportunities. You will have a good understanding of volunteering best practice and be able to apply that knowledge to local services.

You will have excellent people skills with experience of building relationships with staff to inspire them to provide meaningful opportunities for volunteers to engage whilst captivating audiences externally to join Crisis in its plan to end homelessness.

You will be known for your problem-solving skills and creative thinking to meet the needs of a fast paced service but most importantly you will have a passion for wanting to end homelessness.

Benefits
As a member of the team you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:

• Interest free loans to purchase a train season ticket or a bike or for a deposit to secure a tenancy
• Mandatory pension scheme, with an employer contribution of 8.5%
• 25 days’ annual leave which increases with service to 28 days (Pro rata)

Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience and career.

How to apply
If this sounds like the opportunity for you, please visit our website to apply online. The job description is available on our website by clicking on the 'Vacancy Details' button.

If you need to request an application in an alternative format, please contact the HR Team, contact details can be found on our website.

Closing date: 24 November 2019
Interviews will be held on Thursday 5 December 2019

We value diversity, promote equality and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of homelessness.

For more information about our work please visit our website.

Registered Charity Numbers: E&W1082947, SC040094

Overview of Post

KairosWWT are recruiting a part-time female Project Worker who has an interest in and commitment to working with vulnerable women, particularly those who are affected by or at risk of sexual exploitation. This post plays a vital role in the delivery of our Feeling Safe project by offering service users support to increase their life chances, choices and wellbeing primarily though delivering 1-1 and group work, as well as supporting the delivery of awareness raising sessions in the community.  

Main Responsibilities

One-To-One work

1. Manage a caseload of young women (18-24 years old) affected by or at risk of sexual exploitation.
2. Undertake referrals and carry out initial assessments - including risk assessments - to devise a holistic and achievable support plan with service user involvement.
3. Offer floating support to service users, attending appointments and resolving issues that may include, (but are not limited to) housing, benefits, substance misuse, mental, physical, sexual and emotional health.
4. Deliver 1-1 sessions using the protective behaviours model to promote safety and awareness of sexual exploitation.
5. Develop and maintain partnerships with key referral agencies to ensure service users access holistic support - this may include signposting, advocacy and attendance at multi-agency meetings.
6. Respond appropriately to disclosures and safeguarding concerns.

Group work

1. Lead on planning and delivery of weekly peer support group sessions for service users to participate in positive and creative activities that develop their knowledge, skills and confidence
2. Lead on planning and delivery of the Feeling Safe Summer programme, throughout July and August, to engage young women in positive activities that reduce isolation and increase self-esteem
3. Identify key stakeholders and services in the community and build, develop and sustain referral pathways and relationships with these
4. Develop marketing materials and proactively advertise group sessions through outbound calls, meetings and emails, in co-ordination with rest of Feeling Safe team
5. Co-ordinate all follow-up 1-1 referrals from group sessions into the rest of the service
6. Co-ordinate any support staff or volunteers assisting with delivery of group sessions

Awareness raising sessions

1. Support the delivery of community-based education/awareness raising sessions around sexual exploitation and related topics as required

Volunteers

1. Be responsible on the day for any volunteers assisting with any 1-1 or group sessions, promoting safe boundaries and proactive engagement with service users, and feeding back issues or development needs to Service Manager
2. Support full-time Project Worker and Service Manager in volunteer recruitment and training as required

General

1. Further develop partnerships with key stakeholders to promote this service and increase referrals
2. Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of best practice and a willingness to attend further training as necessary
3. To attend meetings, conferences and training events as required
4. To work flexibly, which may include evenings and occasional weekends
5. To record all contact with service users appropriately, updating records and databases
6. To support the promotion of Kairos WWT and the Feeling Safe project
7. To attend regular line management and external clinical supervision
8. To work in accordance to Kairos WWT values and policies, adhering to confidentiality, equality and diversity and health and safety procedures
9. To perform any other duties reasonably required by the Service Manager within the scope of the job and grading