Debt Free South West (previously known as Money Advice West) is the South West’s leading independent free debt advice partnership.  Our skilled advisers help over 6,000 people facing debt and poverty issues each year since 2006. 

The role is employed by Talking Money, the lead organisation within the partnership.  Talking Money is a Bristol-based money advice charity that provides free, independent, specialist debt and benefits advice, and general money guidance, information, and support to local citizens.  We have a strong track record of providing training and consultancy to local voluntary, statutory and private sector organisations.

The role will start from 4 January 2021 and will be for an initial fixed term to 30 November 2021.

Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Debt Free South West is expecting a large increase in demand for free debt advice and so Talking Money is recruiting 1 new 0.6 FTE Quality Co-ordinator to support our partners across the South West of England.  This is a great opportunity for you to progress your career in an industry where you can make a real and positive difference to people’s lives.

This new and challenging role involves working closely with the Quality Manager and Technical Supervisors to regularly audit our partnership organisations and monitoring and reporting on the quality of debt advice they deliver to clients. Applicants should have a minimum of 3 years current or recent experience of providing debt advice.

This role is home based working with multiple agencies in Bristol, Bath, Gloucester, Weston-super-Mare and Yeovil with some travel to agencies and within the UK.

The Quality Co-ordinator will:

• Undertake debt advice file reviews to establish, monitor and improve the quality of debt advice to ensure delivery partners meet quality requirements as set out by the funder, (MaPS), in accordance with FCA regulations and guidance.
• Compile data and identify areas for technical improvement and training across the partnership
• Work collaboratively within the Debt Free South West partnership to identify and share good practice
• Work with the Quality Manager, Project Manager and funder to implement and monitor quality improvement initiatives within the partnership

The Quality Co-ordinator will be expected to contribute to the team by:

• Working to an agreed work-plan
• Work in collaboration with our funder and partner organisations locally and nationally
• Being an active member of the partnership
• Complying with policies and procedures of Talking Money

CVs and covering letters are not accepted so please contact us for an application pack.

Closing date for applications is 11.59pm on 8th November 2020.

Interviews are planned for the week beginning 16th November 2020 and applicants should be available for a start date of 4th January 2021.

Sight Support West of England exists to reduce the impact of sight loss. We are seeking a proactive and organised team player to provide support to our client services team across the region.

The Services Coordinator is a new role, with responsibilities including managing team systems, client database, and resource centres, and working with the Head of Services to shape services and monitor the impact of the team’s work.  

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced candidate who can apply their experience of providing support and managing systems and processes to help Sight Support’s services team increase their efficiency and effectiveness in delivering high quality services to blind and partially sighted people across the region.  This is an exciting time of growth and development at Sight Support and we are looking for a strong team player who will relish the challenge of developing the role and helping to embed new services and ways of working across the team.

This role could be based in either of our offices in Devizes or Bristol, with regular travel to the other office and other venues.

Sight Support is committed to quality, equality and valuing diversity, and welcome applications from all backgrounds. As a sight loss charity, we particularly encourage applicants who are visually impaired to apply.

Office/IT Coordinator

37.5 hours per week

Band B £19,651 - £25,857

Permanent

Bristol (temporarily remote during Covid-19) with occasional travel to the London office

The Role

This role will be responsible for coordination and delivery of all IT, facilities and office management for SafeLives. They will work as a team with the H&S officer and the London office lead to ensure that all staff whether office based or remote working have the equipment and working environment which allows them to perform their roles. They will also support the HR officer in administrative tasks where required.

This role sits within the Human Resources Department and is a critical support function across the entire organisation. The Office/IT Coordinator will also work closely with our PA’s to the Executive Team to ensure the smooth operating of the business across both of our offices and remote working locations.

Benefits include a generous package including: 25 days’ holiday a year plus public holidays, employee pension scheme with 4% employer contribution, Cycle2Work scheme, 365 days a year Employee Assistance Programme.

If this challenge sounds as exciting to you as it does to us and you believe you have the qualities we have described, please take a look over the job description and submit a 500-word cover letter, CV and equal opportunity form.

Closing date: 9.00am on 26 October 2020

SafeLives is a committed provider of equal opportunities for all, please see our job description for full details.

No agencies please.

Are you interested in working for the young people to enable positive change through social action?

Place Based Youth Action Worker

£26,522 (37 hours per week, including occasional out of hours) 28 days Holiday plus public holidays and 3% Pension contribution

Fixed term contract until March 2022

This role requires an enhanced DBS check and references.

Hartcliffe and Withywood Community Partnership is a registered charity, representing and working on behalf of residents living on estates on the Southern edge of Bristol. Our vision is for all people in the communities we serve to have an equal chance to lead successful, healthy and happy lives. We are here to make Hartcliffe, Withywood and surrounding areas places that work for everybody by ensuring that our community has the capacity and confidence to make decisions about local issues. We believe in empowering local residents and building communities.

Project Summary. This role will support the delivery of work to create positive change by enabling people, communities, local non-statutory organisations and the statutory sector to work collaboratively to create a shared vision for the future of their place, and address local priorities through social action.

Closing date Monday 16th November 2020. Interview date week beginning 23rd November 2020.

HWCP is an equal opportunities employer. We are keen to encourage applications from a diverse range of people without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age or any other protected status.

Pension Wise Guidance Specialist

Locations: Wiltshire, Bath or Bristol / Taunton - Taunton, Weston-Super-Mare, Exeter 

Job Reference: Wiltshire / Taunton

Salary range: £24,000 - £28000

FTE: 0.6/ 1.5

Part Time or Full Time: Will accept part time or full time

Fixed term until March 2022

Closing date: 15th November

Pension Wise is a free and impartial government service that offers people guidance on their defined contribution pension options. Citizens Advice offers both telephone and face-to-face Pension Wise appointments in over 300 locations.

You’ll be part of a service that has helped over 300,000 people in the past 5 years offering them valuable and life changing guidance that gives them the confidence to understand their pension and how to get the best value out of them. In providing this necessary and impartial service you’ll see positive and rewarding results for the people you help. We receive fantastic feedback directly from the customers who use the service - Pension Wise has consistently received over 94% customer satisfaction scores.

You’ll be expected to supply accurate and relevant information and guidance on pension options and choices. You’ll need to have a good foundation knowledge of pension law and practice, gained in a pensions role, as well as a thorough understanding of a broad range of pension arrangements, both occupational and personal. You also should have an understanding and an ability to keep pace with wider retirement issues.

Successful candidates must be able to attend an online induction programme, exact dates TBC.

If you meet the essential criteria in the job description then please initially apply by sending your CV stating the job reference.

Unfortunately due to the high volume of applications we will only be able to respond to successful candidates.

We are looking to recruit dynamic, passionate and committed youth worker to join our Targeted Youth Services team based in South Bristol for a fixed term period of 9 months to cover a member of staff on maternity leave.

Creative Youth Network is a successful charity organisation that supports young people to reach their potential and lead fulfilling lives by building secure and positive relationships with them based on their individual unique needs. We offer young people safe spaces to express themselves with creative courses, youth clubs and practical advice and support. We take pride in our relaxed working culture and environment, and are PQASSO accredited. We’ve opted in to the Bristol City Council Equality Charter and are dedicated to promoting equality and diversity within the organisation.

You will be delivering services in Bristol for young people aged 11 – 19. The role will include a combination of 1:1 work, small group work, outreach and open access delivery. You will be responsible for a caseload of up to 20 young people at any one time. 

It would be desirable if you have experience of working with young people around issues related to sex and relationships and well-being/mental health.

You’ll have two years’ experience of delivering a range of interventions to achieve outcomes for young people through effective use of resources and targeted delivery.

You’ll be expected to have the confidence to challenge a diverse group of young people and fuel their motivation to engage with the service. You’ll also need to demonstrate an ability to build effective, meaningful and trusting relationships with young people, empowering them and providing tailored guidance.

Travel is required for this role, so a full driving licence and access to a car would be beneficial. You’ll also be expected to work a minimum of two evenings per week, therefore flexibility is also essential. 

In return we can offer 33 days’ annual leave (including bank holidays, pro rata for part time) per year, generous pension scheme, a cycle to work scheme, opportunities for flexible working, paid breaks and fantastic development opportunities.

We are an equal opportunities employer and are committed to ensuring that underrepresented communities are represented in our organisation. We particularly welcome applications from the BAME community.

This role is subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.

Salary: £23,053 per annum (pro rata), grade 2.3

Hours: 40 hours per week

Application deadline: 13th November 2020, 09:00

Start date: TBC

Interview date: TBC

Please visit our website to apply. Applications are preferred in a Word Doc format. 

Creative Youth Network is committed to quality, equality and valuing diversity.

Community Development Worker (Male) – Men’s Mental Health

Hours:  37 (5 days) per week

Contract: 3 years (fixed term)

Salary : £21,757 - £23,800

Second Step is a leading mental health charity in the South West offering housing, support and hope to thousands of people with mental health and complex needs.  Our goal is to inspire hope and deliver change for everybody and every community we work with.

The Men’s Mental Health project will work with communities across Somerset to raise awareness of men’s mental health in the community. It will also create spaces for men to talk about their own mental health and facilitate access to local services and networks, including Open Mental Health provision.

This exciting new role will empower and support individuals and organisations to take action to support men’s mental health and suicide prevention. Reflecting the principles of asset-based community development, it will work with community partners to develop targeted provision, community events and online engagement activities to raise local awareness of mental health and support services.

About You

We are looking for an experienced male community development worker, with experience of working with people with mental health and complex needs. You will need to be a confident communicator and facilitator, who thrives in a collaborative environment and is able to engage a wide range of stakeholders.

Due to the specific requirements of this role, this post is exempt under the Equality Act (2010), Part 1, Schedule 9 (Genuine Occupational Requirement).

For more information on the role and person specification please see the Role Profile attached to this advert. To open the Role Profile please click on ‘1 Document available’ at the top of the screen.

Closing date: 3rd November 2020 (midnight)

Interview date: 17th November 2020

For more information and to apply please see our website. Second Step is committed to Equal Opportunities and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community and from people who have personal experience of using mental health services.

This is an exciting opportunity to join Soundwell Music Therapy Trust, a small innovative charity operating in the South West specialising in adult mental health.

Soundwell is the only specialist adult mental health music therapy charity in the UK. Since 2002, we have used music to help people whose lives are seriously affected by mental illness. We also work with unpaid carers in need of support and respite. Services are provided free of charge to clients.

We work in many key disadvantaged communities, with most of the work now based around Bristol and Bath.  In response to Covid-19, we are also currently operating a phone support and online service, and the early results have been extremely positive.

Our current CEO is due to retire from his post during 2020 having completed 5 years’ service, and after overseeing many important changes to the service operation and its associated funding.

The Trustees now seek an inspirational leader to build on the Charity’s success to date and take Soundwell to the next level.  In 2022, Soundwell will be celebrating its 20th Anniversary, and a special fundraising and awareness campaign will be launched in Autumn 2021 – an excellent opportunity for the new CEO to establish him/herself and lead the charity forward.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate proven excellence in the following:

• Leading, managing and supervising a workforce
• Fundraising and strategic development within a charity
• Communication, with the ability to talk with passion and clarity about the benefits of Music Therapy for adults with high mental health needs to a wide audience
• Forging partnerships with other external organisations and providers

Application Process:

For an application pack, please download directly from this job site, or alternatively go to our website , and click on ‘Jobs’ in the ‘About Us’ section.

If you would like to have an informal discussion, please contact Glyn Berwick, CEO.

The closing date for all applications is 30th October at 5.00pm.  Initial interviews will take place online from mid-November.

The Role

Working closely with DHI’s Bristol CRS Service Manager & Client Contact Team Leader, the post holder will be responsible for the timely and accurate production of DHI’s contractual reporting requirements. Working across DHI’s Treatment Service in Bristol, the aim of the role is to provide leadership and management of data and intelligence gathering, analysis and reporting to inform service development, resource allocation and statutory requirements.

Day to Day Responsibilities

• Ensure the production of timely and accurate reports of service level data to meet contractual and legal obligations
• Prepare and analyse data to inform Bristol CRS Service Manager & Client Contact Team Leader of emerging trends and areas for development and improvement
• To implement continuous audit checks and quality assurance processes to ensure that data collation and input is accurate, responsive, evidence based and delivered to a high standard to maintain the integrity of systems and information.

For more information please see the enclosed Job Description and Person Specification.

To excel in the role you will need:

• Excellent skills and knowledge in relation to NDTMS and PHE data and reporting requirements.
• Ability to collect, organise, analyse, and disseminate significant amounts of data/information with attention to detail and accuracy
• The ability to translate data and reporting into insights regarding service performance and outcomes and able to articulate data into actionable form for non-technical people

If you would like to find out more about this role or you have any questions, please contact HR to arrange an informal chat. 

How To Apply

Please visit the DHI website to use the enclosed Job Description and Person Specification to complete an application form and skills form to send to HR before Midday Wednesday 4th November 2020

We’re recruiting an exciting new role at OTR, working in partnership with Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Trust NHS (AWP) in a newly-created Mental Health Schools Team (MHST) which will be put into place throughout 2021.

You will operate at a strategic and operational level, seeking to influence the local structure of mental health services in order to ensure that children and young people have access to high quality early intervention, delivered using evidence-based interventions that in turn will equip children and young people to thrive. 

You will have proven management and leadership skills, knowledge of systems that impact and support children and young people's mental health, and you will be committed to working within OTR and with AWP as our statutory partner to improve outcomes.  You’ll be influential in the recruitment and development of the team and the relationships it will build across the local area. You will also be creative and strategic in your thinking.

You will also be responsible for other established AWP partnership services at OTR, including our Therapies service, leading our team managers to develop complimentary services in line with the new MHST, to offer the best choices for children and young people, whilst ensuring that the philosophy of OTR remains central to delivery.

If the sound of this excites you and you would like to find out more, please visit our website to download a job pack and application form. 

DHI is an award-winning charity that challenges social exclusion by supporting people to achieve their potential and contribute to the richness and wellbeing of their community. We are looking for individuals who share our passion for our values of self-direction, stimulation and zest for life and our commitment to our client groups and the local communities we serve.

Working within DHI’s Bristol Community Recovery Service and reporting to the Peer Support & Workforce and Development Team leader. The post holder will ensure the operational effectiveness of the ROADS training programme, promoting the highest standards of quality, efficiency and consistency in line with DHI’s vision and values.

The role will focus on delivering training to staff, Peers and relevant third parties. The post holder will produce and maintain high quality, multi-media training materials ensuring they meet the needs of the service. The post holder will promote and represent the interests of the organisation and its client group, and work in partnership with other agencies to meet the needs of ROADS staff, Peer Support Workers, clients and the community.

If you are interested, please contact HR to arrange an informal discussion regarding the role.

How To Apply

Full details available on the DHI website. Please use the Job Description and Person Specification to complete an application form and skills form and sent to HR before Midday 4th November 2020

Inclusivity & Diversity Programme Lead

Accelerating for Everyone

£41,663 per annum

(Ref SUS3012)

28 - 37.5 hours per week/over 4 or 5 days

fixed term contract to 31 March 2022

negotiable base within UK

About the Role

Our newly created Programme Lead role will support us to become a more diverse and inclusive charity. A charity that reflects the demographics of the UK and brings together diverse life experiences and voices, where people feel included and able to make a difference.

All urban design, including ‘active travel’, is not neutral, it either perpetuates or reduces social inequity. People working to design, plan and improve transport, now more than ever, need to better understand the implications of the decisions they take from the perspectives of all communities and voices. We are too often part of the problem even if we do not realise it and For Everyone expresses Sustrans’ commitment to improvement.

About You

We believe in working collaboratively, so are looking for someone with a track record of building productive relationships. You will be someone who thinks strategically and creatively and is a natural influencer and coach. Someone who can develop, implement and champion our inclusivity and diversity programme internally and externally, building cultural awareness and inclusive leadership capability.

If this is you and you have experience of equality, diversity and inclusion strategy and practice we would love to hear from you. We have put together a candidate information pack for this role which you can find on our website.

Closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 9am Wednesday 28 October 2020. Interviews will take place via MS Teams on Tuesday 10 November 2020.

Should Sustrans receive an overwhelming number of applications for this vacancy, the decision may be taken to close it earlier than the advertised closing date, so please ensure your application is submitted as soon as possible.

This role was previously advertised but on reflection we felt that we needed to change some of the criteria to make our commitment to including everyone more obvious. If you have already applied, you do not need to reapply as we will consider your original application.

Sustrans is committed to reducing inequality, valuing diversity and enabling inclusion. We welcome applications from people from all parts of the community, particularly where we are under-represented. Currently this includes people who identify as having a disability and those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups.

Full-Time 3 months (possible extension)

Are you an ambitious, creative and influential leader or practitioner who is passionate about reducing the number of children being removed into care by supporting women to bring about change in their lives?

Pause is a national independent organisation seeking to prevent the damaging consequences of thousands more children being taken into care each year by working with women who have experienced, or are at risk of, repeated pregnancies that result in children needing to be removed from their care.  The programme gives women the chance to pause and take control over their lives, breaking a destructive cycle that causes both them and their children deep trauma, as well as reducing huge costs to society and the taxpayer. Pause has set up programmes around the country and One25 have secured funding to run their 3rd 18-month pilot programme in Bristol.

Practice Lead Role

As a Pause Bristol Practice Lead you will provide leadership to this exciting programme to ensure the implementation and delivery of an integrated package of health, therapeutic and social support. You will lead a small team, working flexibly and collaboratively to improve outcomes for vulnerable and marginalised women. You will be passionate about changing entrenched social issues, and will respond by ‘doing things differently’.

Please note: we may consider part-time application (3 days minimum), we would also consider secondments from relevant partner agencies.  This could be from Children's Services, Adult Services, Health, Probation, Mental Health Services, or other relevant voluntary services.

Benefits: Generous leave (33 days annually including bank holidays) plus up to 13 additional days’ time off in lieu; flexible working hours; and great job satisfaction.

Hours: 37.5 hours a week over 5 days (including occasional evening and weekend commitments)

Contract: 3 months in first instance to cover staff illness

Closing date: Rolling applications – we will review and interview as we receive suitable applications. Please submit as soon as possible.

Interviews: To be scheduled with individuals if successful application.

Expected start date: As soon as possible

The Role

DHI is an award-winning charity that challenges social exclusion by supporting people to achieve their potential and contribute to the richness and wellbeing of their community. We are looking for individuals who share our passion for our values of self-direction, stimulation and zest for life and our commitment to our client groups and the local communities we serve.

Are you a positive resilient individual committed to working collaboratively with GP’s, our partners and other community and healthcare organisations to provide a wide range of services including; telephone assessments, content based groups & workshops, creating support plans & risk assessments in a large & mixed team of colleagues and peers?

You feel confident around IT using our Caseload Management IT system to record attendance and outcomes and communicating on the telephone making contact with clients on a daily basis.

You have experience of working with people with substance use issues, and can offer a range of harm reduction advice and information, manage safeguarding concerns and have an interest in developing your knowledge of interventions and support that can in turn support our clients.

Please note, we would especially welcome applicants who speak Polish.

If you are interested please contact HR to arrange an informal discussion regarding the role.

Please indicate on your application form if you are interested in the full time role or the part time role.

How To Apply

Please visit the DHI website and use the enclosed Job Description and Person Specification to complete an application form and skills form, and send to HR before Midday Wednesday 4th November 2020