Support Dogs are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, motivated and driven individual to join the Dog Supply Team within the Training Department. The role can involve sourcing and assessing dogs but mainly will be providing a structured training programme for dogs that have been accepted for assistance dog work; working closely with volunteers who foster the dogs overnight and at weekends, recruiting and assessing new volunteer foster carers and ensuring the health and welfare of the dogs are maintained.
Occasional overnight duties and, from time to time, weekend work will be required to assist in promoting the Charity by participating in activities such as fundraising events and demonstrations.
The ideal applicant will be an effective team player and also have the ability to work alone. You will demonstrate a real passion for the role, a positive attitude and show flexibility within your work. Previous experience of training dogs, using positive based methods, and a full clean driving licence are essential criteria for the post. For further criteria and a full job description please visit Support Dogs website.
This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to be part of training dogs and working with people to transform the lives of people with epilepsy, physical disabilities and children with autism.
If you have any queries in regards to this vacancy please contact Katie Burns, Training Manager via e-mail.
Applicants should email a covering letter and CV to Katie Burns or alternatively by post to Katie Burns, Training Manager, Support Dogs, 21 Jessops Riverside, Brightside Lane, Sheffield, S9 2RX.
Please ensure to include the following information in your covering letter and CV;
Explanation of why you feel that you meet the criteria of the role, using specific examples to demonstrate your suitability where possible, including details of any training or voluntary work that you have undertaken that may be relevant to the role.
Three referees to cover at least the past 5 years, one is to be your present or last employer whichever is relevant to your current situation. Open references/character references from family and/or friends will not be accepted. Please ensure that you provide a chronological history of your time spent since leaving education, giving reasons for leaving a position. Ensure to record any periods of study or voluntary work.
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Are you a customer-focused individual with credible experience gained in a health and safety role, including operations? Then join Shelter as Health, Safety and Safeguarding Manager and you could soon be taking on a high profile role that will give you just the challenge you need.
A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet millions of people across Britain struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change — with individuals, in communities, across society – and leading the way to a safe home. We need ambitious, best-in-class individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.
Our Property and Facilities Team is responsible for the estate and facilities for Shelter’s staff volunteers and clients. That means ensuring that the estate is fit for purpose, delivers our purpose and is compliant with regulations. A varied portfolio currently comprises one freehold property in London, 24 leased offices across England and Scotland and around 94 leasehold shops. The Team provides a full range of professional services, including facilities management, rent and lease negotiations, budget advice, strategic planning, estate management, building surveying, planned and reactive maintenance and crucially, health and safety and safeguarding expertise, That’s where you come in.
About the Role
Essentially, this strategically vital role is about ensuring Shelter has robust processes and controls in place for the management and oversight of workplace health and safety and the safeguarding of staff, volunteers, clients and all who come into contact with Shelter. As well as delivering expertise around workplace health and safety and the safeguarding of adults and children, we’ll count on you to provide compliance guidance and oversight across all of our activities. You’ll also be responsible for raising the profile of health, safety and safeguarding throughout Shelter and leading the development and delivery of relevant policies and procedures. Along the way, you’ll get to work with colleagues to formulate appropriate action plans to ensure compliance, provide advice, implement a health & safety improvement plan and help develop a positive culture that fosters open and transparent conversation.
About you
As well as an industry recognised qualification such as the NEBOSH Diploma (or equivalent), you’ll need to either hold, or be close to obtaining, Chartered Membership of IOSH. A track record of delivering training is important too, as are top-notch project management skills, a flexible approach to working hours and an innate ability to organise and prioritise your workload. The written and verbal communication skills it takes to work with, provide advice to, train, and promote excellence in Health and Safety to all staff are essential too, together with commercial awareness, lots of creativity and the ability to lead change and help improve performance.
Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.
Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.
To find out more about the role and the benefits of working for Shelter please visit our website. Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.
Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.
Shelter promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We make employment decisions by matching business needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities),gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We also encourage applications from people, who have been homeless or have been at risk of homelessness. We are facing diverse problems, so need diverse people to tackle them.
We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.
Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.
Support Dogs have a very exciting new role available within the training department and are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, motivated and driven individual to join our expanding training team. The successful applicant will be responsible for the selection of Support Dogs puppies and should provide a structured training programme for them while they are under their care. This will also include the overseeing of how they progress and the ability to highlight any concerns that may arise within this time to management. The role will also involve working closely alongside our valued volunteers, ensuring they are receiving excellent support, regular training sessions and are given advice as and when required.
Other duties within this role will include the recruitment, assessment and training of new volunteers.
The applicant will be required to work off site for periods of time so they must show the ability to work alone effectively, use their own initiative and have excellent time management and communication skills. Previous and proven experience of working with puppies, within a professional capacity, such as planning and conducting puppy training classes to a group of people is an essential quality for this role. All applicants are to have a full clean driving licence.
Occasional overnight duties and from time to time weekend work will be required to assist the Charity by participating in activities such as fundraising events and demonstrations.
Please visit Support Dogs website to see a full job description and further specific requirements and criteria in order to be eligible to apply for this role.
If you have any queries in regards to this vacancy please contact Katie Burns, Training Manager via email. Due to the high level of interest and enquiries that are received for roles within the training department it is not possible to answer telephone enquiries.
Applicants are to send a covering letter and CV to Katie Burns or alternatively by post to Katie Burns, Training Manager, 21 Jessops Riverside, Brightside Lane, Sheffield, S9 2RX. Please ensure to include the following in your covering letter and CV;
Explanation of why you feel that you meet the criteria of the role, using specific examples to demonstrate your suitability where possible. Include details of any training and/or voluntary work you may have undertaken that is relevant to the role.
Three referees (if applicable) to cover at least the past 5 years, one of these is to be your present or most recent employer, whichever is relevant to your current situation. Open references/character references from family/friends are not accepted. Please also to ensure you provide a chronological history of your time spent since leaving education and give the reasons for leaving a position.
Closing date – will remain open until we have successfully recruited
Please be aware this is a two stage interview process and that we will be arranging interviews as and when successful candidates are identified.
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Bristol, Birmingham or Sheffield or Home Working considered
Closing date: 31st January 2021 at 11.30pm
Do you have experience of planning and delivering involvement, volunteering or research activities and liaising with external agencies, partners and professionals, possibly in a housing or homelessness context? Then join Shelter as an Involvement Coordinator and you could soon be playing an exciting and diverse role within a new project aimed at developing our approach to women's centred services.
A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet millions of people across Britain struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change with individuals, in communities, across society and leading the way to a safe home. We need ambitious, best-in-class individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.
Women are being increasingly and disproportionately impacted by the housing crisis. This has led Shelter to develop a new strategic priority to ensure that all our housing advice services are designed with a clear understanding of how a women's gender affects their housing problems and the kind of support they need as a result. We're spearheading this transformation by developing services in three locations, which are designed by women with lived experience and local partner agencies, and directed at helping homeless and poorly housed women. We have secured National Lottery funding, initially for 6 months, to carry out this work.
About the Role
Under the direction of a Project Manager, you'll be responsible for recruiting Peer Research Volunteers with lived experience and training and supporting them to conduct research in their local communities. Research will involve talking to women about local need and barriers to accessing support, with the aim of designing services to help them. This will involve engaging, supporting and developing people involved, to actively engage them in the project and ensure that the project is coproduced. The work will be carried out in three key locations and your challenge will be to represent the voices of people with lived experience in service design discussions and see that the language used in documentation and proposals is appropriate to the issues women face. Along the way, you'll also work with a variety of stakeholders to support and encourage involvement through various means and make sure opportunities are available for all to be involved.
About you
Personal experience of homelessness or poor housing and an understanding of how these issues have affected you would be an advantage. You’ll need to be dynamic and have experience of working with people who have direct experience of homelessness or poor housing, or similar issues. You'll also need a proven ability to use different methods to encourage participation and help those involved meet their potential. Adept at networking and information gathering, you have the excellent all-round communication and interpersonal skills it takes to work closely with an Involvement Team and other internal stakeholders. And, because your workload will be varied and demanding, you'll need excellent skills in prioritising, organising and boundary setting and a willingness to travel regularly between Sheffield, Bristol and Birmingham to get the job done.
Due to the specific requirements of the role we are only considering applications from women for this role. The Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1, Paragraph 1 applies to this post.
Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave (pro rata), enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.
Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We're here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.
To find out more about the role and the benefits of working for Shelter please visit our website. Apply to be part of our Women's Centred Services team and be the change you want to see in society.
Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.
Shelter promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We make employment decisions by matching business needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities),gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We also encourage applications from people, who have been homeless or have been at risk of homelessness. We are facing diverse problems, so need diverse people to tackle them.
We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.
Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.
COMMUNITY CONNECTOR, MOVING FORWARD CENTRAL NOTTS, SUTTON IN ASHFIELD, FRWK07 £20,133 – 21,866, PERMANENT, 37 HPW
The County Moving Forward team provides floating support to people with mental health issues who have a housing or financial support need. There is currently a vacancy for a Community Connector within the team.
What is a Community Connector? It’s a key part of the service where we connect the people we support with any opportunity, service or activity in their local community that helps them stay resilient, gain knowledge and skills, and stay more independent. Many people we support are socially excluded and struggle to know how to access opportunities available to them. The aim is to help educate and empower people to gain the help they need in the community rather than returning to longer term support services. Being able to be an active part of their community or just even know where to go to get something done – e.g. joining a social group - is a positive step in staying independent and well.
The Moving Forward Community Connectors research, build connections and maintain relationships with a wide range of projects, services and organisations within the area that they work and the wider county. From this resource of information we can support people to begin their journey – whatever that might be. This could include becoming a volunteer, looking for training, making new friends – or learning new skills such as how to navigate the benefits system successfully, how to use the internet effectively or set up an email account - the list is endless. The skill of the community connector is to build interest, motivation and confidence in the person to create a better life for their future.
We work with people individually or in small groups to explore how they can build their confidence, together with skills and knowledge that will help them find a route to their own personal goals.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed person who can help people find their own solutions and aid them in planning a way forward. The successful candidate should be able to assess service users’ needs and offer viable options in a positive and safe way. The ability to design and deliver short, well planned and fun activities that engage socially excluded people is a must. The role will also advise and support core MF keyworkers to identify socially inclusive options for the people they support. The post holder would be expected to help recruit volunteer peer mentors and assist in their training and development. There is training available to achieve a Level 3 Award in Education and Training (RQF) qualification within 12 months. The post holder must have a current driving licence and access to a car.
What we offer: Life Assurance, Pension (up to 4% matched by FHA), Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Benefits, Additional Annual Leave Purchase Scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, Learning programmes tailored to suit different roles and services, Health Cash Plan.
Framework supports all employees to achieve a better work/life balance. Should you wish us to consider flexible working or job share as part of your application please state this on your application in the supporting statement section.
97% of the workforce in a recent staff survey said they were proud to work for Framework.
Framework is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Registered charity No: 1060941.
As a Disability Confident employer we warmly encourage job applications from people with disabilities. Framework is committed to offering opportunities to people from diverse communities. If you have specific requirements or adjustments please let us know if there is anything we can do to support your application
NO AGENCIES PLEASE.
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City Hearts was founded in 2005, beginning with a single home to help women with life controlling issues, shortly after we welcomed our first survivor of modern slavery. Since then, we have expanded across multiple regions and now provide accommodation and outreach support to hundreds of survivors of modern slavery every year, as well as continuing to house and support women with life controlling issues. We are passionate about restoring the lives of those we support, and it would not be possible without our dedicated team of staff and volunteers.
We currently have an exciting opportunity for an Integration Support Programme (ISP) Worker. The ISP is an innovative programme which is designed to fill the gaps around existing Survivor Support, to make sure that no survivor’s needs go unmet. Your role would be to facilitate the smooth running of this service in the form of administration and regular phone calls with ISP clients, in order to build and maintain client rapport with the service, while also capturing their support needs.
• To process new referrals and introduce clients to the Integration Support Programme service.
• To complete fortnightly and monthly client ‘check-in’ calls to build rapport and capture client support needs.
• To make regular referrals to the Victim Care Contract ‘Reach-in’ service.
• To measure client progression by completing Freedom Assessments with them.
• To occasionally signpost clients to appropriate local services.
• To participate in team meetings.
• To attend regular supervision meetings with Line Manager.
• To provide occasional support to other programmes within the same department, including Bright Future, Reach-in and Health and Wellbeing.
• To adhere to all internal procedures regarding City Hearts.
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