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What We Are Looking For:
We are seeking a dedicated, proactive and compassionate group support co-ordinator to lead the further development, delivery, and integration of Self Injury Support’s community-based group support programme, with a focus on accessibility and reaching and engaging with diverse communities across the Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire area.
About the Position
Group Support Co-ordinator
Pay grade: NJC Grade Point 24 - £33,024 per annum pro-rata based on a three-day working week comprising 21 hours per week (£18,797).
Hours: 21 per week, with some flexibility as to how these hours are delivered; including meetings and groups in the community and office-based work.
Location: Central Bristol, community venues across the Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire area.
Deadline: Monday 17th June 2024, 12pm
Duties and responsibilities
Service Development
Consultation and Outreach
- Consult with current and potential group participants and draw on existing service data analysis to inform the content, locations, timings and other details of a groups programme for people affected by self-harm, following on from previous pilot groups run in 2023 and 2024
- Analyse consultation and service data and in collaboration with team members decide on groups programme themes
Community Connections and Groups Development
- Connect with and become a member of a range of relevant community networks in the local area to both share service information and learning, and learn about range of wider community support available
- Connect with and build a database of potential facilitators and venues
- Develop a rolling groups calendar with a core ongoing peer support group and time-limited specialist groups
- Build on existing processes and further develop processes and procedures to ensure robust record keeping, partnership agreements and safeguarding processes are in place that are GDPR compliant
- In collaboration with other Self Injury Support services, explore areas of overlap, potential for shared learning and joint working
- In collaboration with other Self Injury Support services, develop processes and procedures to support inclusivity and accessibility, including the administration of an accessibility fund for participants
Service Delivery
Groups Promotion and Delivery
- Handle groups logistics such as booking specialist facilitators, venues, refreshments and materials in line with budget
- In collaboration with the Communications Officer develop print and digital promotional materials and develop a dissemination plan
- In collaboration with other Self Injury Support services, conduct outreach work to promote the groups programme to other relevant community groups and organisations
- Respond to group programme enquiries and bookings, keep accurate, GDPR compliant records of participants, send information to participants in a timely manner
- Administer the accessibility fund with support from the Finance Administrator
- Support the delivery of groups in collaboration with other Self Injury Support team members
- In collaboration with the Self Injury Support safeguarding team, ensure all safeguarding concerns are addressed promptly and recorded in line with organisational policy
- Take part in personal reflective practice and professional development training as needed
Review and Evaluation
- Plan appropriate evaluation and monitoring of the groups programme which encompasses the experiences of participants and facilitators and aligns with wider organisational service monitoring
- Present evaluation findings in reports for the board of trustees and funders as needed
Other
- Attend organisational team meetings and support organisational events and campaigns.
- Any other duties relevant to your role as requested by your line manager
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Would you like to spend your day working and playing with children aged 0-5 and advising their parents and carers?
How would you like to be part of a friendly team doing a job that makes a difference to children’s lives in an organisation that puts people before profit?
If the answer is YES, then we would like to hear from you.
Coin Street Family and Children’s Centre have a fantastic opportunity for a motivated, energetic, and enthusiastic Early Years & Family Educator to join our Early Years team.
The purpose of the role is to deliver stimulating and engaging play sessions, building relationships with parents/carers, and monitoring the progress of children, carrying out 1-2-1 work with families experiencing a range of difficulties. Working in partnership with other services and professionals, we develop a whole family approach, referring parents/carers onto other activities and organisations that could play a useful role in their lives.
We are looking for people who have:
- ideally qualified to a level 3 in childcare or early years (at least level 2)
- experience of working with families and children aged 0-5 years
- appreciate the importance of parent partnership
- experience of providing activities to support children’s learning and development
- a can-do and enthusiastic attitude
- an understanding of how to safeguard and protect children
What can we offer you?
- Competitive salary
- Access to high quality training
- Coaching and mentoring support
- Generous pension at 8% (5% from the employer if you contribute 3%)
- 20% discount of childcare fees
- 35 days off a year, including 8 bank holidays (additional days awarded for long service) - pro-rated for part time staff
- Personal development grant of up to £1,000 per year, once you pass your probation
There's more…
- Six inset days per year (three with the wider Coin Street team)
- Refer a friend bonus of £500 for existing employees
- Health and wellbeing package including a confidential employee assistance programme and online therapy sessions plus free gym and daily fresh fruit
- Season ticket loan and cycle to work scheme (on completion of probation)
- Staff social events (summer BBQ and Christmas party)
- Opportunities to join Coin Street committees (for example the Black lives Matter Race & Equality Steering Committee, Inset planning, staff social committee)
- Local retail (star card) and online discounts
We are ideally looking for someone who can work 25 hours per week, but will consider 15-25 hours.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
PLEASE DO NOT UPLOAD A CV OR A COVER LETTER AS THESE ARE NOT ACCEPTED.
Please upload the application form via Breathe HR. Your application will be rejected without a completed application form (Please see vacancy documents at the bottom)
If you have any problems with attaching the form, please send it to talent @ bookmarkreading . org
At Bookmark Reading Charity, we exist to change children’s life stories through the joy of reading. Corporate fundraising income at Bookmark has seen considerable growth over the last few years and we are looking for a Corporate Partnerships Executive to help with the development and management of corporate partnerships to support the charity's mission and income.
Job Description
Manage high-value partnerships
- Deliver and grow a portfolio of four and five-figure corporate partnerships, ensuring a first-class stewardship journey that maximises partnership value and delivers on agreed objectives
- Lead on the delivery of partner events and activities that engage our corporate supporters and maximise fundraising opportunities.
Drive new business
- Contribute to the development and maintenance of a pipeline of prospective corporate partners, conducting research, making approaches, and securing meetings to drive new business.
- Support the Research & Administration Officer with conducting regular research and analysis of the corporate social responsibility landscape, identifying trends, opportunities, and best practice in the sector.
- Support the development and delivery of creative, innovative, and bespoke partnerships proposals that meet the needs of corporate partners, while aligning with the charity's strategic priorities.
Support our corporate volunteers
- Bookmark is lucky to have a strong corporate volunteering proposition and it is at the heart of many of our corporate partnerships. Work with our partners and Volunteers team to ensure the corporate volunteering journey is engaging and impactful.
Communicate and collaborate
- Communicate the Bookmark mission with confidence to all our key external and internal stakeholders.
- Support the team with internal and external reporting, and financial tracking for fundraising activities.
Other
- Use Salesforce to manage the accurate recording and forecasting of corporate income, enabling efficient reporting and KPI management.
- Ensure Bookmark’s ethical fundraising policy is adhered to.
Person specification
Essential skills and experience
- Some experience of working in a fundraising, commercial, or related role.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships with a range of stakeholders, both internal and external.
- Excellent project management and organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities.
- Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team and with a range of internal stakeholders.
- Attention to detail and the ability to maintain accurate records.
Desirable skills and experience
- Experience of corporate partnerships either in the charity or private sector.
- Experience of managing databases and using CRM systems.
- Experience of delivering events.
Interview process
There will be two rounds of interview. At least one of these will be in person at our London office .
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Longborough Festival Opera is a hidden gem of the Cotswolds: an intimate, 500-seat purpose-built opera house, overlooking the spectacular views of the Evenlode valley. Every summer we present a festival that has an ever-growing local, national and international reputation for audacity and ambition, as well as critical acclaim. In 2024 we are producing Wagner's epic Ring Cycle, heralding an exciting time of development and broadening ambition as we approach our 30th anniversary of opera on this site in 2027.
Longborough Festival Opera is seeking a hands-on, proactive individual to join the team as Head of Finance working closely with the Executive Director to deliver our strategic objectives. You will ensure highly effective financial management and controls for the charity and support non-finance managers with budget management. You will be a strategic thinker and efficient planner, a detail-orientated person who enjoys working as a core part of a small team and is self-motivated when working remotely. We are looking for someone with a keen interest in our values who wants an active and responsible role in a friendly and ambitious organisation, and who will thrive in helping us succeed in achieving our aspirations.
The Head of Finance will be responsible for:
Finance: Preparation of annual budgets, financial reporting & modelling. Be the lead for the year-end and audit process. Preparation and monitoring of cash-flow. Ensure robust and effective financial systems and processes. Taxation calculations and compliance. Manage the monthly payroll, pension and HMRC submissions
HR: Managing the HR processes and record keeping
Other: Line manage the Finance & Administration Assistant, company secretarial duties, support with fundraising and other administrative tasks. Working closely with the Box Office team to ensure all income is recorded and reconciled to finance systems
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We’re looking for a new Fundraising Executive Team Lead to lead our friendly and creative team of fundraising executives.
Fundraising Executive Team Lead
Type: Full-time (35 hours a week), permanent
Location: Office-based in London, N4 with flexibility to work remotely
Salary: £36,309 - £38,786 per annum plus excellent benefits
Salary Band: Band F1
About us
We make sure people living with MS are at the centre of everything we do. And it’s this commitment that unites us across the UK.
Our strategy is based on what people affected by MS have told us is important to them. It gives us a clear and determined focus.
Our work is based on the hopes and aspirations of our MS community. Together we campaign at all levels, fund ground-breaking research and provide award winning support and information.
Our people are our greatest asset and the key to our success. We offer a vibrant, progressive working environment where you'll be able to make a difference.
About this job
We’re always ready to go the extra mile to support and inspire the thousands of people out there doing something amazing for people affected by MS.
We work closely together to achieve an annual income of over £4.2 million.
It’s our job to make sure that our supporters have a fantastic experience from the moment they contact us.
As our team lead, you’ll be providing the day to day management of our 3 Fundraising Executives.
You and your team will provide exceptional stewardship and customer care to our supporters, as well as project support to our wider Community and Events function. And will help coordinate a range of fundraising activities to achieve income targets.
As well as managing your direct reports you’ll support individuals who are taking part in our many challenge events or organising their own DIY fundraising. And there’ll be plenty of opportunities to attend events and see our work in action!
Our aim is to make it as easy as possible for people to achieve their goals.
Providing the tools, advice and support they need to reach their potential, feel valued and form long term relationships that mean they continue to fundraise for us in future.
You’ll be super organised, fantastic at relationship building, enjoy creating processes, and have great customer care and communication skills. You'll work closely with our supporters, volunteers, local groups and our wider fundraising team.
You’ll be from a supporter or customer care background.
And ideally be able to demonstrate some understanding of community and events fundraising, supporter journey development, and extensive use of customer relationship databases.
If you’re enthusiastic and motivated by helping others achieve something amazing in support of a cause that means the world to them, we’d love to hear from you.
We recognise the significant and excellent contributions; experience; and skills our employees bring to the MS Society.
Working with external pay and reward consultants, we’re taking active steps this year to review our employees’ pay and benefits package. Ensuring we’re aligned with the most accurate and up-to-date benchmarks for the UK charity sector.
Closing date for applications: 9am on Friday 7 June 2024
PLEASE PRESS THE 'HOW TO APPLY' BUTTON FOR MORE INFORMATION.
More about our employee benefits:
We have a wide range of employee benefits including (but not limited to):
Encouraging work life balance
- 38 days paid annual leave (including bank holidays), pro-rata for part-time
- More annual leave entitlement, based on length of employment
- Smart working options (with the opportunity to work remotely and find a smart working pattern that suits both you and us)
- Flexible working options
Caring for you and your family
- Generous sick pay entitlement
- More sick pay entitlement, based on length of employment
- Opportunity to buy and sell annual leave in each calendar year
- Free access to a GP virtually 24 hours a day/7 days a week allowing you unlimited advice, reassurance and where appropriate diagnosis
- Enhanced leave for new parents
- Free access to a confidential 24 hours a day/7 days a week helpline service for both you and your family with a specialist range of support and information
- Special leave options (such as up to 5 days paid leave for domestic or personal emergencies a year)
- 10 days paid disability leave a year, pro-rata for part-time
- 10 days paid carers’ leave a year, pro-rata for part-time
- New family-friendly benefits, including paid leave:
- In the event of miscarriage or still birth
- To support fertility treatments
- For antenatal appointments for both parents
- Cycle to work scheme
- Death in service scheme
Thinking about your finances
- Enhanced salary sacrifice pension scheme
- Discounted season ticket loan and interest-free emergency loans
- Give as you earn to support other charities of your choice before tax
- New employee portal including lifestyle savings vouchers and personal wellbeing
Enriching your life at work
- Personalised development plans with a wide range of training courses and opportunities to source additional training options with your line manager
- Yearly internal apprenticeship opportunities
- New, modern offices that embrace working together both in-person and remotely
- Various opportunities to influence how we internally operate (including surveys, and focus and committee groups)
- Active and supportive internal employee networking groups for collaboration and peer support
- 2 days paid leave a year for volunteering for MS Society activities during normal working hours (such as fundraising events, or campaigning in the local community)
- 2 days paid leave a year for volunteering with other charities during normal
Equal Opportunities
We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and or from ethnic minority backgrounds.
We’d be grateful if you downloaded and completed the equality and diversity monitoring form and submit it with your application.
Disability Confident Employer
We’re a Disability Confident Employer and we’re committed to promoting equality and diversity.
You can ask for reasonable adjustments as part of both our recruitment and new starter on-boarding processes.
If you need any help or adjustments to apply for this role, please contact us. You can also ask for the application materials to be sent to you in a different format. Such as for them to be sent to you by email or in a larger word format.
Safeguarding
We’re committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of everyone who uses our services and we come into contact with.
This is regardless of Gender, Race, Disability, Sexual orientation, Religion or belief, Pregnancy, Gender reassignment.
We recognise our particular responsibility to make sure vulnerable adults and children are protected.
We have measures in place to protect everyone we come into contact with from abuse and maltreatment of all kinds.
Your right to work in the UK
You must have the right to work in the UK to work in paid employment with us. You’ll need to share documents showing you’re eligible to work in the UK if we offer you employment.
You can find the UK visas and permits granting you the right to work in the UK on the UK Government website. We currently don’t have a Sponsor Licence agreement with the Home Office and aren’t able to support you with your visa applications.
No agencies please.
METRO Charity are an equality and diversity charity, with 40 years' experience in providing health, community and youth services in England. The Assessment, Advocacy & Advice Lead will provide frontline and foundation services to people diagnosed with HIV in Lewisham, Southwark and Lambeth as part of the Bridges partnership and Wandsworth HIV Support. These services include assessment, emotional support and advice and advocacy for issues such as housing, welfare benefits, debt, dealing with stigma or treatment adherence, plus facilitated signposting and referral into other support including counselling, peer support and immigration. As well as other linked-in services such as Bridges Partnership and more.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
London Academy of Excellence - Stratford (LAE) is seeking to recruit a Head of Fundraising and Partnerships to help it transform the lives of scholars from disadvantaged backgrounds. The ideal candidate will join LAE with experience in a fundraising role and have a passion for education.
LAE is the top-ranked sixth form provider in England to offer a full A level curriculum, according to the Sunday Times Parent Power Survey 2023. The school is particularly proud of its success in helping students from disadvantaged backgrounds to gain places at the finest universities in the UK and around the world. Over 1,200 of our alumni have progressed to Russell Group universities and over 120 to Oxford or Cambridge.
Recently admitted to the World Leading Schools Association as its first UK state school member, the LAE is set for considerable growth when it moves into its new building which will increase the size and number of students at the Academy. The school benefits from tremendous support from its existing lead sponsor and other supporters. The successful candidate will help grow those relationships and build more.
LAE can offer you:
- The opportunity to work with highly motivated students in one of the country’s leading sixth form schools.
- To be part of a staff culture that invests heavily in student achievement.
- To work with donors committed to investing into young people.
- An intellectually stimulating working environment characterised by a culture of professional trust and collegiate working that promotes autonomy, innovation, and rigour.
- Access to an outstanding package of regular, high-quality continuous professional development and support.
- A modern and positive learning environment minutes from the Olympic Park and Stratford Station.
- Collaborative working with our world-class partner schools: Brighton College, Caterham School, Eton College, Forest School, Highgate School and UCS Hampstead.
- A package of employee benefits including subsidised lunches and social events; access to a Cycle Scheme, Tech Scheme, and discounted local gym memberships; and longer school holidays, which include an extended eight-week summer break.
- The London Academy of Excellence is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to this post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
LAE is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
How to Apply:
Please submit a CV and covering letter in the first instance. Relevant candidates may be asked to provide additional information at a later stage.
LAE reserves the right to close applications ahead of the deadline, and as such early application is advised. Due to the number of applications processed, if you have not received an invitation to interview within two weeks of the application date, please consider your application unsuccessful.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Head of Programmes, forming part of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and reporting directly to the CEO, is a critical role holding overall responsibility and management of Youth Realities’ programme delivery and development.
Youth Realities currently runs four core programmes, underpinning our three outlined priority pillars: prevention, intervention and healing.
- Deepin Relationships - healthy relationships education in communities and schools
- Young Women's IDVA Support - specialist, long term support for young survivors of abuse and violence in their close relationships
- Deepin Dance - a weekly dance space for young women aged 16-25 who have survived relationship violence
- Wellbeing Activities - regular community-based wellbeing workshops, trips and creative days for young people aged 11-25
The charity currently engages over 100 young people each year in intervention and healing activities, with an additional target of 1500 young people per year to be engaged in the Deepin Relationships programme through funding awarded from May 2024 - May 2026.
The primary role of the Head of Programmes is to oversee the delivery, development and evaluation of all programmes, which will include direct line management of all delivery staff (currently seven).
Youth Realities is currently going through an exciting transitional period, as the current Founder and CEO is leaving the charity in August 2024 and a new CEO will be joining our excellent team. With both SLT members being new to the charity, this is a brilliant opportunity to bring fresh perspectives, energy and passion to Youth Realities, taking guidance from the knowledge and experience of the serving staff team.
It will be critical that the first few months of this role are spent learning, exploring, listening to and working closely with staff and young people supported. Building strong staff relationships is crucial to the success of this role, to be able to truly understand how the charity operates as a small, grass-roots community provision.
Clinical Psychologist
Parenting and Creative Therapy Service
Contract: Permanent, 21 hours per week
0.6 WTE, 3 days per week - location: Coram campus, London
Coram Parenting and Creative Therapy Service offers art, music and drama therapy, therapeutic
parenting, clinical psychology and family therapy to children and families at our dedicated creative
therapies centre, in schools, and at home (online). We work primarily with adoptive and connected
carer families, and children who have low level mental health difficulties. We are a trauma-informed
service, and are developing Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP) approaches in our work and
have specialist expertise in neuro-diversity and children with special education needs. The well
established team has a strong track record in therapeutic interventions, including music therapy and
narrative therapy based multi-family groups for younger children who are adopted or with a Special
Guardianship Order. We are developing partnerships with universities - Newcastle University and
The Institute of Contemporary Music and Performance and are piloting research based creative
therapy interventions. We work within very diverse communities and we consciously challenge
ourselves and our practice , seeking at all times to be inclusive and anti-racist. We welcome
applications from therapists who come from global majority communities.
About the role
We are seeking a qualified Clinical Psychologist to provide therapeutic multi-disciplinary assessments
and interventions in our work with adopted and Special Guardianship Order (SGO) families. This
work involves trauma informed approaches, using DDP, narrative, family and life story work. The
team is led by a Clinical Psychologist who will provide supervision for this role. The team provides
creative, relational, and evidence based approaches collaborating with wider networks and reaching
schools and communities to inform child centred and trauma informed practice. The post offers a
unique opportunity to work alongside skilled creative and family therapists. We seek to empower
children and families using strengths based narratives, as well as accepting vulnerability and seeking
opportunity for connection, strengthening resilience and support.
The successful candidate will be a clinical psychologist that is skilled and experienced in working with
developmental trauma, and child and family work and operate with initiative and responsiveness in
a dynamic professional environment. A background in CAMHS and/or a social care services would
be desirable. Experience of running multi-family groups would be an advantage. They will be a
supportive professional, a team player and enjoy working in a diverse, respectful and challenging
team.
Closing date: 9th June 2024 Interviews: 25th June 2024
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About the team:
Kinship is in the third year of delivering the first national peer support service for kinship carers in England. We have created 145 peer support groups and supported and trained kinship carers to create and lead their groups in a way which meets their needs.
With a new contract from the Department for Education, we’re now entering a new phase of our service with a focus on:
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creating 90 new sustainable peer support groups in areas of most need over 21 months;
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sustaining and developing the current 145 existing groups; and
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providing support and help to build a sustainable and welcoming community for all peer support groups across England.
This role will coordinate the ‘hub’ resources and content with a focus on supporting sustainability and building resilience of peer support groups and their leaders. Specifically, this role will manage an ‘online hub’ for support group leaders and provide an excellent ‘customer experience’ for all support group leaders. You will support the hub innovation.
Together with the Peer Support Hub Lead you’ll take a human centred approach to working with group leaders to develop a central hub of accessible and useful resources and activities (for in person and online). You’ll build good relationships with support group leaders, building in their insight to develop resources and activities that will support them in their role.
You’ll help kinship carers to sustain their groups, working with colleagues across Kinship to promote consistent access to services and activities (training, programmes, information, advice and campaigns), ensuring a joined-up user experience.
About the role:
The role of the Peer Hub Coordinator will provide operational delivery of the Peer Support Hub. With excellent marketing, communication and digital skills this role will work with the Peer Support Hub Lead to develop an ‘in person’ and online peer support community.
In this context, your role supports the centralised ‘hub’ of the service, delivering an exciting programme of training, speakers, toolkits and resources to help peer support group leaders develop, build and sustain their group well. This will be building on and innovating the current Support Group Network.
Your role will support group leaders to feel connected and supported, learn from each other and build a powerful and resilient peer community.
The type of person we're looking for:
Super organised, you are someone who uses their initiative, anticipates challenges and proactively provides seamless solutions.
You’ll be comfortable with using digital technology and tools to build communities and develop resources. You’ll be curious about digital community tools, and you’ll want to work closely with our digital and content team to develop an amazing online experience.
You’ll also be a people person – understanding how building ‘in person’ relationships is key to unlocking community power for kinship carers.
You’ll be the right-hand person to the Peer Support Hub Lead making sure we deliver a really brilliant experience.
Key responsibilities include:
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Operational delivery, innovation and management of a dedicated online and in-person peer support ‘hub’.
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Building direct and positive relationships with support group leaders.
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Roll out mechanisms and tools to support groups to remain sustainable including but not limited to; informal buddy matches, online hub for support group leaders, monthly e-news, monthly speakers, themed specialist training (like setting up a safe Facebook group / promoting your group) and celebration events.
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Facilitation of regional network meetings.
Essential requirements include:
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Experience of developing jargon-free content for different audiences and channels.
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Experience of providing project support, delivering plans on time and evaluating outcomes.
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Experience of stakeholder communications and building relationships with stakeholders (e.g. beneficiaries and partners).
Key Dates:
- Deadline - 12pm on Tuesday 11 June 2024
- Interviews - Wednesday 19 June 2024
How to apply:
We will ask you for your CV and to respond to the following four questions via the Applied platform. Please note that all answers will be viewed anonymously by reviewers and CVs will not be viewed until after this sift has happened. This is the first opportunity to demonstrate your experience and to stand out in the recruitment process. Reviewers will not see all your answers together until the end and will be marking on the strength of the response to each question. You will have max 250 words per answer.
Questions for application (along with CV):
- Why you want to work at Kinship in this role, and how do your values align to the Kinship ones? Please include a bit about your experience in this section related to the job description.
- In this role, you’ll be part of the operational delivery, innovation and management of a dedicated online and in-person peer support ‘hub’. Give one example from your past experience, of where you’ve been part of delivering a similar service. What was your role and what did you achieve?
- You’ll be responsible for managing a content plan for the ‘hub’. How would you approach this and what tools might you use?
- We’re looking for someone who is really organised, shows good initiative and can ensure user experience and co-production are embedded in the design and development of the hub. Can you share one relevant example from your past experience which demonstrates your project management and participation approach?
We support kinship carers in their homes and communities, giving advice and helping them work through problems to find the best way forward.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced qualified teacher. We are on a mission to grow our impact, reaching more children with our exciting virtual programme and deepening our impact.
The Programme Manager is responsible for leading and developing the team who deliver the impact day-to-day in sessions. We want them to drive a culture of improvement and be the passionate voice of our programme and pedagogy, as well as paying good attention to the systems and processes that help things run smoothly.
Are you a brilliant qualified teacher who loves developing excellent practice in yourself and others?
Are excited about our mission to reach more children through our virtual ship?
Does finding even better ways to organise yourself and others in a busy and changeable programme sound energising?
Skills and experience
You might have some of these skills and experiences and not all. That’s OK. If you are a brilliant qualified teacher, think you’ve got the skills to lead this team and are excited about our digital mission we really want to hear from you.
We require this role to have in school experience and qualifications but you can also include experience from other sectors or voluntary and lived experience.
The attributes and attitudes we’re looking for are:
- Three years’ experience teaching with Qualified Teacher Status.
- Skilled at teaching, with a particular understanding of literacy and our target group.
- Excited by the potential of digital innovation in education and comfortable with new technologies.
- Enthusiastic about pedagogy and planning joyful and impactful learning content.
- Inclusive and has a good understanding of children in our target group.
- Passionate about our mission and vision.
- Supportive and organised manager with a growth mindset.
- Reflective and curious.
- Collaborative and comfortable with a diverse range of people.
- Motivated to improve things and solution focused.
- Flexible and enjoy a busy environment.
- Organised and able ro organise others.
Role description
Lead the delivery team to deliver joyful and impactful learning for children on our programmes:
- Lead the improvement of learning to grow the impact of our flagship virtual programme and meet our organisational impact targets;
- Drive innovation and keep the team connected to best practice in digital pedagogy and literacy teaching;
- Enable the team to maintain the impact of the Hackney Learning programme;
- Set termly programme aims and content.
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Pro-actively create a culture of reflection and iterative improvement driven by data insights:
- Lead a data driven culture of improvement that incorporates practitioner reflections, user experience insights, impact results, quality assurance results and other monitoring insights;
- Deliver a systematised process for reflection and improvement including half termly insight meetings;
- Ensure the timely collection of data to assess the programme including impact, quality assurance, user experience and monitoring data;
- Deliver quality assurance activities including session walks which monitor the fidelity and quality of Session Leader delivery and support personal development.
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Manage a highly effective hybrid team to ensure personal development and organisational targets:
- Manage the team of half-day Session Leaders to ensure they have the training and support they need to deliver excellent outcomes for children;
- Line manage the full-time Programme Coordinator and Education Team Coordinator for delivery to support the wider programme activities including planning and pastoral support;
- Manage the recruitment and induction of new delivery staff;
- Identify priorities for and oversee the delivery of ongoing training for the delivery team.
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Facilitate the organised and collaborative delivery of day to day sessions and activities:
- Oversee, maintain and improve programme to support efficient collaboration as we scale;
- Oversee and maintain termly plans and timelines to track the activities of the delivery team;
- Be available for “in the moment” troubleshooting while promoting a pro-active and solution focused culture;
- Support the safety and wellbeing of Young Pirates in session as one of the Deputy Safeguarding Leads including reviewing, escalating and monitor safeguarding concerns.
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As part of the Pirate Managers team, work collaboratively across the organisation to support strategic goals:
- Be the voice of the education programme and share updates, plans and learning;
- Take a role in keeping the delivery team informed and engaged with organisation wide progress;
- Liaise across teams to support a joined up approach with schools, volunteers and other supporters.
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Other Education Team responsibilities:
- Deliver excellent outcomes for Young Pirates in session – teaching and providing cover as required;
- Line management in the Education Team as required.
- Be part of a committed, inclusive organisation that supports its team to thrive. We value each member of our team’s professional development and provide training to make sure you have the chance to develop your skills and grow your experience as part of our expanding team. Click here for more information about our commitment to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.
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- Request flexible and home-working arrangements. We know how important your personal life is, so every member of the team is able to apply for flexible and home-working arrangements around their delivery commitments.
- Receive enhanced sick, maternity, paternity and adoption pay, with supportive parenting arrangements. Your family is important and we are committed to supporting our you as a parent, which is why we go above and beyond our statutory responsibilities.
- Take a mental wellness day. Staying well means looking after our mental health and physical health so, rather than taking a sick day, a mental wellness day acknowledges that sometimes we can feel overwhelmed, not quite ourselves and we need time out.
- Take a career break. After four years with The Literacy Pirates, you can take sabbatical leave to pursue personal development or time with your families, and come back to work without needing to end your contract.
- Gain 24 hour access to qualified counsellors for yourself and your immediate family. Through the Health Assured Employee Assistance Programme, yourself and your immediate family can receive free, confidential advice and support from qualified counsellors, on everything from stress and anxiety to family issues, bereavement and finances.
- Save up to 39% on a commuter bike and accessories through Cyclescheme. Through our partnership with Cyclescheme, you can get a bike for work with payments automatically taken from your monthly salary and no upfront payments. This means you’ll be able to spread the cost over 12 months and pay less Income Tax and National Insurance.
- Get time during work hours to volunteer. As an organisation that relies on the passion and generosity of volunteers, we know how valuable volunteering is. We offer all employees 14 hours of volunteering time per year, which you can take by the hour or in one go, so that you can support issues and causes that you care about.
- Receive 23 days of annual leave per year, plus bank holidays and the days between Christmas and New Year, and increased allowance with service.
- Get 8% pension contributions, with 3% paid by The Literacy Pirates.
- Get to work in a pirate ship!
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About the role:
Kinship is in our third year of delivering the first national peer support service for kinship carers in England. We are looking for a new Associate Director of Peer Support and Community to build and develop our model and to take the team to the next phase of growth and impact.
Your first priority will be to oversee delivery of the Department for Education national Peer Support Service contract in England. You will lead the development of our hub and spoke model, with an enhanced offer of national resources and support together with a continued focus on on-the-ground support for kinship carers to set up and sustain a network of peer support groups. You will ensure all members of the team have clarity and are empowered to meet new targets and ways of working.
The role will also lead on the strategic development of peer support approaches in Wales (for which we are seeking funding), ensuring innovation and good practice is shared across the nations.
Kinship peer support groups are powerful levers for change in local, regional and national ecosystems. Your team will ensure that every kinship carer in England and Wales has access to a peer support group, or support to set up and create their own. The team will be purposeful about offering developmental support to all kinship peer support groups, including independent groups, ensuring they remain or become sustainable. And that they have resources, training and peer networks to support this.
Reflecting our strategic focus on developing our Kinship Community of more than 10,000 kinship carers across England and Wales, you will lead a new community strategy, co-ordinating the development of opportunities for community connection and community power. This will include taking leadership for developing the Kinship model of community engagement and integrating across all our ‘in person’ and digital services and activities.
You will ensure a collaborative approach with services, alignment with national and local campaigning activity, and work closely with marketing and communications colleagues to support kinship carer reach and engagement with our community offer.
We’re taking an integrated approach to our services, so you’ll collaborate well across teams to ensure that support groups and their leaders have easy access to high quality advice, information and training. The team will need to work closely with colleagues delivering our new training and support contract, funded by the Department for Education.
Key responsibilities include:
- Innovation of the Peer Support Service.
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Develop and rollout peer support and community strategy and operational plan.
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Implement monitoring and evaluation and impact tools for timely and accurate reporting of activity and engagement.
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Work with the Development team to develop proposals for the community and peer support which are ready for fundraising and business development.
Essential requirements include:
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Substantial experience in scaling a national service or programme with high quality outputs. This includes overseeing delivery, strategic planning, budgeting, managing delivery, meeting KPIs, stakeholder engagement and reporting to funders.
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Experience of governance and managing risk on high profile service delivery.
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Experience of effective budget management.
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Significant experience of leading the development and delivery of peer support services.
Key dates:
- Deadline - 9am on Monday 10 June 2024
- 1st interview - Friday 14 June 2024 (online) - TBC
- 2nd interview - Tuesday 18 June 2024 (in-person) - TBC
How to apply:
We will ask you for your CV and to respond to the following five questions via the Applied platform. Please note that all answers will be viewed anonymously by reviewers and CVs will not be viewed until after this sift has happened. This is the first opportunity to demonstrate your experience and to stand out in the recruitment process. Reviewers will not see all your answers together until the end and will be marking on the strength of the response to each question. You will have max 250 words per answer.
Questions for application (along with CV):
1. Outline why you want to work at Kinship in this role, and how your values align to the Kinship ones? Please include a bit about your experience in this section.
2. Please give one example of when you have had to develop from scratch OR innovate a national service. Please include what the service budget was, what you did and what the outcome was.
3. This service is a high-profile contract, funded by the Department for Education. Targets and SLAs need to be met while providing impact for kinship carers. Please give a previous example of how you’ve delivered and met targets with high quality outputs.
4. You’ll be leading a team who has been through a restructure, with new staff starting and a new model to develop and embed. You will need to work at pace, while providing strong leadership and clarity to the team. How would you approach the first three months, what will you prioritise and what will you need?
5. Given the strategic ambition of Kinship, the context in which we work and this role as Associate Director of Peer Support and Community, where do you see the opportunities and risks for the service in the next 1-2 years? How would you prepare or mitigate them?
We support kinship carers in their homes and communities, giving advice and helping them work through problems to find the best way forward.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Why join Rotherham Hospice?
We believe in making a meaningful difference to the lives of patients and their families. As a member of our dedicated team, you'll have the opportunity to contribute to a community of care that goes beyond the ordinary. We value innovation, teamwork, and a commitment to excellence in all that we do. Join us in creating a compassionate and supportive environment where every team member plays a vital role in enhancing the quality of life for those we serve.
Why join us as Head of Inpatient Unit?
This is a new role being introduced within Rotherham Hospice which will provide expert operational leadership and clinical/professional accountability across all elements of the Hospice In-patient Unit. The operational remit of the role includes:
- Daily operational oversight of clinical service provision ensuring business continuity
- Working clinically a minimum of two days each week
- Provision of palliative & non-palliative care nursing across the 24/7 period
- Line management and supervision of the Hospice Inpatient Unit clinical team (excluding medical staff)
- Responsibility for all areas of clinical governance and risk management of the service
- Team integration and cross cover for the Head of the Hospice @ Home Team integration and partnership working across the Rotherham Hospice
- Working closely with our clinical and non-clinical teams, patients and loved ones will be responsible for the ongoing development of the Inpatient Unit clinical services.
- These will be aligned to the Hospice strategy, ensuring the needs of the patients and their loved ones are at the centre of the provision of high-quality services that deliver clinical excellence in line with CQC standards.
Essential Qualifications & Experience
- Current active registration with the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC).
- First degree in Nursing.
- Palliative care qualification or equiavalent experience.
- Operational experience of service delivery within an Inpatient setting.
- Caring for palliative and end of life patients, families & loved ones.
- Advanced communication skills.
- Experience of leading staff delivering palliative & end of life care and influencing maintenance and improvement of standards.
- Experience of working in partnership with patients, families and loved ones to hear experiential feedback and understand the needs of future service provision.
- Developing and delivering internal and external training packages/programmes.
- Leading and line management of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Working with and supporting volunteers.
- Receiving and providing clinical supervision.
- Delivery of clinical governance and risk management through frameworks and systems.
- Delivery of clinical audit and effectiveness.
- Successful project management including change and continuous improvement delivery.
- Experience and understanding of demonstrating and evidencing compliance against CQC quality statements and the 2024 CQC framework.
- Understands own accountability as a Registered Health Care Professional.
- Effective time management and the ability to prioritise and organise competing demands.
- Good level of self-awareness and effective team working with the ability to communicate with staff at all levels to promote effective learning and improvement.
- Remains calm in all situations demonstrating emotional intelligence and self-awareness.
- Ability to communicate complex and highly sensitive information (both verbally and in writing).
- Identify, assess, and minimise clinical and non-clinical risks. Competence with clinical IT systems. Competence with all Microsoft or other IT systems used within the Hospice.
- Approachable, confident, compassionate.
- Professional, pleasant, and friendly demeanour.
- Full clean driving licence and daily access to a vehicle.
- Commitment to professional development of self and others.
- Insight into the wellbeing of self/others.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Able to work effectively and inclusively as a member of a team and autonomously as required. Empowering leadership and supervision style.
- Commitment to equal opportunity, diversity and inclusion.
All Hospice employees are offered the following benefits:
Holidays. A work-life balance is important for everyone, which is why we offer all employees 30 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays), plus an additional day’s leave in every 5th year.
A supportive & comfortable working environment. Our Hospice is a calm and compassionate place to work, full of inspiring people who support one another. Hassle-free parking at no cost. No one is more than a couple of minutes’ walk from the Hospice.
Great meals & drinks. Because our culinary team prepares food for patients 24/7, they cook for us too. Buy a lovely lunch with 50% off without even leaving the building.
Reassurance. Whilst the here and now is important, we all think about the future. We offer employees a 6% pension after probation and a Life Assurance scheme which will pay 4x your annual salary should you die whilst working in our service.
Training & development. Every employee will be supported with their training and development needs and will be regularly supported by their line manager.
*To view the full job description/person specification including key responsibilities of the role, please see uploaded document attached.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are looking for an experienced Youth Worker, to deliver training sessions and projects to young people through youth centres, community groups, schools, secure units and alternative provisions across South Wales and Bristol (including surrounding areas) and to ensure our programmes are fit for the future.
We are an award-winning national charity which trains over 9,000 young people affected by street violence each year in emergency first-aid through a team of 300 healthcare volunteers and youth workers. We empower young people with the skills to become part of the solution to violence by developing the skills and confidence to save lives and increasing their understanding of the medical and psychological consequences of violence.
As the StreetDoctors Youth Worker in the Region, you will deliver high quality training, develop new partnerships and maintain positive relationships.
The key areas of focus include:
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To deliver training sessions to young people and partners to required quantity and quality, and support the development, testing and implementation of new training content.
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To create, develop and maintain partnerships with a range of organisations including, funders, commissioners, community organisations, criminal justice organisations, education providers and youth organisations.
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To support the management of volunteers and provide the best volunteering experience possible.
At StreetDoctors we believe diversity supports innovation and creativity. We are committed to equality of opportunity, being inclusive, and being representative of the people we are here to support. We particularly encourage applications from candidates who are currently underrepresented in our StreetDoctors staff team. These include people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQI+ and disabled people.
We would also consider part time applicants for this role on request.
To empower young people through training to keep safe, save lives and be part of the solution to street violence.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About the role:
Rebuild East Midlands exists to support individuals who have experienced human trafficking and modern slavery to overcome the barriers that they might face in starting a new life, free from exploitation and slavery. As a Project Worker, you will be supporting them to connect with community resources, building resilience and improving wellbeing. You will take a holistic view to support people’s recovery to live fulfilling lives.
We are expanding our Support Delivery Team and are looking for a Project Worker who will help us to deliver Trauma Informed support to the individuals we work with as they move forward with their lives, ensuring that support is tailored to each individual’s cultural and social needs.
Rebuild East Midland’s organisation values are at the core of all that we do. The successful applicant will be an individual who shares these values with us:
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We are future focussed.
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We are consistent.
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We focus on the individual.
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We are flexible.
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We promote empowerment.
Main duties and Responsibilities:
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Key working and managing a caseload of individuals and their families, ensuring those we work with receive support appropriate to their individual needs. Supporting and signposting with regards housing, welfare rights, legal support, health, education/employment, and other aspects of life.
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Direct work with individuals, including home visits, 1-1 activities, or support to attend other agencies as required.
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To establish and maintain effective relationships with other agencies, including Social Services, other statutory and voluntary agencies, mental health services, Children Centres, GP's, and other health services, education, Court Witness Service, to ensure a multi-agency approach to support planning.
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Promote Rebuild’s group activities to individuals and encourage to attend to enable social connection and belonging.
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Support the planning and facilitation of group activity sessions and events.
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Work in a needs-led, strength-based approach to partner with individuals to develop support plans to build resilience and support them to connect into the community.
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Networking and building partnerships with local organisations and professionals to enhance the work of Rebuild in the local community.
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To provide mental health first aid to mitigate the aftereffects of trauma caused by trafficking, sexual abuse, rape, domestic slavery or forced labour.
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Keep accurate records for monitoring and evaluation purposes.
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Some very occasional weekend and evening work may be required.
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Make an active contribution to the overall work of Rebuild through team meetings, staff training, awareness and fundraising events, and any other appropriate activities.
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Keep up to date with all organisational procedures, policies and professional codes of conduct and work towards best practice.
In the right candidate we are looking for someone who can evidence the following:
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At least 1 year’s previous experience in a support setting. Preferred experience of working with people who have been affected by abuse, trafficking, homelessness, mental health, complex needs, offenders and/or refugees.
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Awareness of Trauma Informed Practice.
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Proven knowledge of working with community organisations and signposting to different services.
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Ability to advocate for the needs of those we work with.
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Proven experience of carrying out needs and/or risk assessments and the support planning process.
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An empathetic and compassionate outlook, whilst being able to maintain professional boundaries with those you work with.
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The ability to develop and maintain good professional relationships.
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Able to react effectively to highly pressured situations.
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Strong communication skills with proven writing ability.
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Discretion and work in accordance with the Data Protection Act.
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Good people skills especially with those whom English is not the first language.
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Proven knowledge of safeguarding policies and procedures relating to adults and children and young people.
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Valid employment rights to work in the UK.
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The post holder will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check.
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The candidate will need to have a vehicle and valid driving licence. Mileage costs to be reimbursed.
Rebuild East Midlands is committed to inclusive employment practices, and we encourage applications from individuals from diverse backgrounds and ethnicities. We encourage applicants to think creatively about how they can meet the requirements of the person specification. If there are essential criteria you do not meet, please do describe this in your application. We are looking for talented individuals who align with our values and support our mission – there are no barriers to how you demonstrate this.
Benefits:
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Rebuild East Midlands are an organisation that prioritises wellbeing, which includes a personal wellbeing plan and regular collective wellbeing days with the team.
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30 days holiday per annum plus bank holidays plus another day off for your birthday.
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Flexible working options available.
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Regular support and supervision.
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Regular clinical supervision with a qualified therapist.
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Competitive pension contribution.
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Training will be provided during an induction, as well as opportunities for continuous training and development whilst in post.
Application process
Please send a CV with a cover letter outlining your suitability for the post by making reference to the job description.
We encourage applicants to think creatively about how they can meet the requirements of the person specification. If there are essential criteria you do not meet, please do describe this in your application. We are looking for talented individuals who align with our values and support our mission – there are no barriers to how you demonstrate this.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.