Are you a compassionate individual who would like to offer support to victims and survivors of sexual violence?

Have you got some experience of supporting individuals who have experienced sexual violence and abuse, whether in a paid or voluntary capacity?

Then we want to hear from you!

Who are we?

Aurora New Dawn is a feminist led charity dedicated to ending violence against women and children, and hidden violence. Since 2011, we have offered safety, support, advocacy, and empowerment to survivors of domestic abuse, sexual violence and stalking. We are a passionate and enthusiastic team, delivering a variety of services across Hampshire and beyond.

Job Outline:

As an ISVA you will provide high quality, proactive (non- therapeutic) support to victims of sexual violence (aged 18+), particularly through the criminal justice process.  You will assess each client’s individual needs, inform them about their options, support them in accessing relevant services, and keep them informed about the progress of their case. You will work within a multi-agency framework, working alongside a variety of other professionals to ensure that your clients get the support and information they need.

Core Duties include:

1. Providing both face to face and telephone support to those who have experienced sexual violence.
2. Managing a case load ensuring that each client receives the appropriate service individual to their needs, both at the time of crisis and in the longer term, to include:

• Identifying the support needs of each individual client via a holistic assessment process.
• Providing information and support, with a focus on enabling your clients to make informed choices about the options available to them.
• Supporting your clients through the criminal justice process, including support and attendance at court, as required.
• Advocating on behalf of your clients with other agencies as required, maintaining an independent role, and ensuring that their needs remain central at all times.
• Working within a multi-agency framework, and liaising with other statutory and voluntary agencies.

What we’re looking for:

We are looking for someone with:

• Experience of working with individuals who have experienced sexual violence, whether in a paid or voluntary capacit
• An excellent understanding of sexual violence, including the impact on victims, their families and their children.Knowledge of civil and criminal justice remedies for victims of sexual violence.
• An understanding of safeguarding issues, and the legal responsibilities surrounding these.
• Excellent communication, negotiation and advisory skills - both written and verbal - when interacting with a range of agencies and individuals.
• Good Crisis management skills and the ability to deal with stressful and difficult situations.
• Use of a vehicle and a full, clean, UK driving license. Please note: due to the nature of the post it is an essential requirement that applicants are able to drive.

Additional information:  

Details of how to apply can be found via our website. 

DBS Disclosure at Enhanced level will be required prior to any offer of employment and this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

This post is usually based in Portsmouth. Some remote/home working is temporarily in place due to COVID-19, with office space available for those who cannot work remotely. Please note: Staff are required to attend the office as directed, dependant on the needs of the service, including during their induction period. 

We support clients across Portsmouth, Havant, Fareham and Gosport. As such, regular local travel will be required. Please note: use of your own vehicle is an essential requirement of this post.

This is a fixed term contract, until 31st March 2022. Continuation will be dependent on funding.

*Please note: This post is open to Female applicants only, as a genuine occupational requirement in accordance with Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010

Creative Support is a national, fast growing not-for-profit organisation providing support to individuals with a wide range of care needs. We are currently looking to add a Relief Support Worker to our passionate and dedicated team in Weston Coyney, Stoke-on-Trent.

We are looking for compassionate, caring and hard-working individuals with the drive and determination to support 3 gentleman with learning disabilities to reach their potential at our supported living service in Stoke-on-Trent. Our service users enjoy a range of activities including walking, visiting estates and many more. Some of the individuals also have jobs and attend college independently. The ideal applicant will be comfortable providing excellent personal care to our service users which may include administering medication, help with finances, and assistance with cooking along with other domestic tasks.

Support Worker Duties:

• To respect and promote the rights and entitlements of people with learning disabilities, and to enable them to participate as fully as possible in their communities

• To provide personal care to service users and assistance with a range of domestic tasks

• Willingness to work flexibly according to the needs of the service which may include evenings and weekends

• To enable service users to become as independent as possible and to grow in confidence, competence and personal effectiveness in areas such as: social skills/relationships, daily living skills and using community resources and facilities

• Medication administration

  This service has great transport links with multiple bus routes. It is in close proximity to some of our other services in the area. Experience is essential for this role.

Education Advisor

Salary: £30,763 per annum pro rata, depending on experience + good range of benefits

Contract: Fixed Term Contract to 30th September 2021, 18.25 hours per week.

We have several exciting grant opportunities in the pipeline, which we hope will lead to a longer-term role and this post holder would be encouraged to apply for any opportunities that may arise

Based: Remote Working and/or Milton Keynes, flexible hours possible by arrangement.

World Vision is an international children’s charity working with children, their communities, and with supporters and partners, in almost 100 countries.

Through long-term development projects, emergency responses and advocacy we’ve helped bring lasting change to millions of children, over more than 60 years. And as a Christian organisation, everything we do is motivated by our faith as we strive to reflect God’s unconditional love.

Work for World Vision UK and you will be part of a truly global Partnership, building brighter futures for vulnerable children.

Job Purpose

In 2019 World Vision UK reached over 2 million children in 42 countries, through 229 projects in various inter-related sectors, that on average met 86% of output targets. We seek to reach more children, particularly those at most risk of being left behind, and deepen further the impact achieved with and for children. Achieving this by designing new projects which combine innovative ideas and proven evidence-based project models, working with diverse partners, winning accountable grants & commercial contracts and through target policy and advocacy work focused towards the FCDO and G7.

World Vision UK is looking for a dynamic Education Advisor. Someone who is a team player and who thrives within a busy environment providing high quality Education technical support in the design of new grant and commercial contract funded projects, identifying potential education partners, and contributing towards Education policy engagement.

The successful applicant will have a degree or post-graduate qualification in Education, have a minimum of three years-experience working to strengthen education systems in developing, fragile or humanitarian contexts. A track record of providing quality Education technical support to projects and programmes, including project design and proposal writing. Along with knowledge of development/humanitarian theory, policy and practice, understanding of child rights, safeguarding, gender equality and social inclusion, including disability inclusion.

As an active Christian, this role offers you the opportunity to integrate your Christian faith and be sensitive to its various expressions across cultures and denominations.

In addition to the salary offered, we offer good benefits including pension, generous holiday entitlement and free parking (MK only).

Please click the link provided to view the full job description

Please upload your CV of full employment history explaining any gaps of employmentand reasons for leaving your previous employer. This must be accompanied with a covering letter stating how you meet the essential criteria given in the Job Description.

Closing Date for applications: 7th February 2021

Interview Dates: 9th & 11th February 2021

Please note, we reserve the right to interview and appoint before the advertised closing date.

Applicants must hold the necessary permissions to work in the UK (for example, British passport, indefinite leave to remain in the UK or a suitable Residence Permit).

World Vision UK is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We value diversity and aspire to reflect this in our workforce. We welcome applications from people representing all sections of the community. World Vision UK also operates flexible working policies and practices.

As a child focused organisation, World Vision UK is committed to the safeguarding of children, therefore any offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of applicable background checks, including a criminal records check.

By submitting your application, you understand and accept that World Vision UK will process the data you provide for the purposes of your application and in accordance with the World Vision UK - Job Applicant Privacy Notice is available on our website.

No agencies please.

A health charity based in London are looking for a HR & Recruitment Advisor. The post holder is responsible for providing a professional and effective human resource support for managers and staff in a portfolio of countries and provides advice to country management teams on local staff employment. This post holder is also responsible for reviewing and implementing HR policies & procedures, and for leading on specific HR projects and initiatives such as salary reviews, employee engagement surveys.
Key responsibilities
Contribute to the development of the charity's Human Resources strategy, annual plan, and global policies.

Advise, train and coach managers and staff on charity's HR policies, procedures and best people management practices in accordance with legal requirements

Monitor appraisals and advise Country Directors/Line Managers on performance management issues.

Carry out HR inductions and exit interviews for global roles within portfolio, identifying key trends and ensuring that other departments are aware of issues requiring improvement.

Contributes towards the creation of initiatives that promote staff engagement.

Lead on specific projects as directed by the HR Director

Manage the job evaluation process within portfolio; ensuring consistency of job titles and grades across the organisation

Support and advise HR Focal Points on recruitment activities and lead on national recruitments on those countries where there is no HR presence.
Keep updated with relevant new recruitment sources and propose improvements to processes and selection tools to ensure that the recruitment process meets current and future organisational needs.
Contribute to developing and implementing the consultant management policy and processes.

Person specification
Level 7 CIPD qualified or above or equivalent.
Work experience with INGO / NGO Sector
Strong experience of dealing with complex employee relations
Strong experience of developing and implementing HR policies, procedures, and projects.
Strong experience of managing and undertaking a high quality high volume recruitment process at a senior level.
Strong experience of providing a broad range of high quality HR policy advice (including disciplinary and grievance) to managers and staff.
Strong experience of dealing with complex employee relations issues in different countries.
Strong experience of developing and communicating HR management information.
Good experience of undertaking and supervising payroll

Closing Date: 21st December 2020

Why work for us?

Do you have a passion for learning? Do you want to contribute to making a difference to people’s lives across the world by joining an organisation running poverty-fighting programmes and delivering life-saving aid?

CARE’s newly released “Vision 2030”, emphasises it is a global learning organisation, building the required behaviours and culture in order to implement more impactful programming for its beneficiaries across the world.

About you

You have in-depth knowledge of learning and development practices and an understanding of employee life cycle. 

You have experience of managing multiple learning and development projects. You are a great communicator with a creative mindset and excellent analytical skills.

You are always looking for new opportunities to enhance the learning provision of an organisation for its staff, as its most valuable resource. 

About the role

The Learning and Development Advisor will be part of the Human Resources team and support CARE International UK’s contribution towards CARE’s Vision 2030 in the learning and development arena. The role will focus on curating, developing and delivering a range of high-quality learning and development initiatives, whilst working closely with subject matter experts, managers and the wider HR team to build individual and organisational learning capacity.

About CARE

CARE International is one of the world’s leading humanitarian and development charities. We fight poverty and injustice in the world’s most vulnerable places.  We save lives in disasters and conflicts. We stand with women, girls and their communities to achieve lasting change for a better future.

Safeguarding

CARE International UK has a zero-tolerance approach to any abuse to, sexual harassment of or exploitation of, a vulnerable adult or child by any of our staff, representatives or partners. CARE International UK expects all staff to share this commitment through our Safeguarding Policy (link here) and our Code of Conduct (link here). They are responsible for ensuring they understand and work within the remit of these policies throughout their time at CARE International UK.

Safeguarding our beneficiaries is our top priority in everything we do, including recruitment. All offers of employment at CARE International UK are subject to:

- satisfactory references. CARE International UK participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme (link here).In line with this Scheme, we will request information from successful applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. 

- appropriate criminal record checks (including a Bridger check, link here).

By submitting an application, the applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Equality and Diversity

We are committed to Equality and value Diversity.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and particularly welcome applications from disabled people. We guarantee interviews to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role (see person specification). If you require the candidate brief or need to submit your application in an alternative format, because of a disability, please do get in touch.

We also encourage people from Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds or LGBT+ to apply for roles at CARE International UK.

Please note that in compliance with Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006, all job offers at CARE International UK are conditional on eligibility to work in the UK.

The postholder will be responsible for the delivery of high-quality advice and coaching services to support participants to secure and/or progress in employment and for developing relationships with local partners to enable participants to access employment, training and volunteering opportunities.

• Hours: Part-time, 22.5 hours per week
• Contract: Fixed-term until August 2021
• Pay band: £25,052
• Annual leave: 30 days per year (pro-rata)
• Deadline to apply: 20 January 2021

Through our award-winning Spear programme, we partner with local churches to work with unemployed young people and support them to get into work or education. 89% have at least one indicator of disadvantage, and over 75% of program completers are still in work a year later.

Together with various London churches, we are now recruiting for a Lead Coachs to join the Spear team in early 2021.

This exciting role as a Lead Coach will involve delivering training in career skills and developing mindsets through coaching, as well as overseeing and taking responsibility for the recruitment of students to the programme. The successful applicant will be provided with professional training in coaching and Christian leadership, as well as extensive ongoing training and development.

We are looking for someone with great people skills, highly developed emotional intelligence and an enthusiastic and proactive temperament. Previous experience in training or coaching is preferred, and a confidence in leading and motivating groups is essential. Ideally, applicants would have been in work for a minimum of 2 years.

If you have a heart for transforming urban communities and seeing the direction of young people’s lives radically changed, this opportunity may be for you.

The programme is run in partnership with our partner churches and the role will require that the successful applicant attends becomes part of the partner church congregation. For more information on other Spear roles and partner churches, please get in touch with our People & Culture team.

In 2016 we were listed as one of the UK’s Best Workplaces in the ‘Great Place to Work’ Awards. In 2017 we won the Princess Royal Training Awards which honours employers that have created outstanding training and skills development programmes.

Please see our website as well as the attached job description for further information, and head to our jobs portal to apply.

The National Deaf Children’s Society is the leading charity dedicated to creating a world without barriers for deaf children and young people.

Advice and Guidance Welfare Benefits Manager

London, Birmingham, Glasgow or Belfast office or home based

£33,134 - £39,218 per annum 

(Glasgow, Birmingham or Belfast office or home based)

£36,517 - £43,279 per annum 

(London office)

35 hours per week

Permanent

We are looking for an exceptional self-starter for this new Welfare Benefits Manager role. 

The post-holder will join our thriving Advice and Guidance department which comprises of Helpline, Advice and Guidance Officers and an Education Appeals team. The teams’ provide information, advice and guidance for deaf children, young people, families, carers and professionals, taking a child centred approach, on a range of subjects including education, communication, social care, discrimination, independence and welfare benefits.

The successful candidate will be responsible for leading the implementation of the department’s ambitions in meeting National Deaf Children’s Society’s strategy, specifically in relation to Welfare benefits.  They will lead the development and delivery of specialist Welfare benefits services and ensure that accessible, good quality welfare benefits related information, advice and guidance is available to our beneficiaries through a variety of channels, largely digital.

The role will include planning and delivering targeted welfare benefits advice and guidance sessions to different audiences using a variety of channels and line manage the Advice and Guidance Appeals Specialist (Benefits), fixed term contract, and oversee their case load.

You will have significant experience of delivering complex advice and guidance in Welfare benefits, to families and young people within the third or public sector, or equivalent (including digitally). You will have excellent in-depth knowledge and understanding of the policy and political context in which services, specifically welfare benefits, operate across the UK. 

You will also have excellent communication and influencing skills, experience of managing partnerships and in designing and delivering accessible training to different audiences, using a range of formats. 

The successful candidate will receive a full induction and training, including deaf awareness and British Sign Language (BSL) along with continuous learning and development opportunities.

To apply for this role you will have to complete an online application and specify how you meet the person specification criteria, as outlined in the job description. To do this, we suggest that you download the job description from our website prior to starting your application.

Currently, the application process works best on desktop / laptop devices. 

The closing date for applications is on Monday, 1 February 2021 at 23:59.

We expect interviews to be held remotely on Thursday 11 February 2021. 

A disclosure check will be sought in relation to the successful applicant for this post. This will be shared with Human Resources and may also be shared with the Safeguarding Manager and the relevant management team. All applicants must also complete a self-disclosure form. 

We strive to provide an accessible recruitment process. If a disability or long term condition makes it difficult for you to complete our application form, please contact us to discuss alternative formats. If you require reasonable adjustments for taking part in the interview, please indicate this in response to the corresponding question in the application form. 

Additional information about the support we offer is on our jobs page. 

We are a Disability Confident Employer and committed to offering interviews to candidates who request to be considered under the disability confident scheme and meet the minimum requirements of the person specification.

The National Deaf Children’s Society is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young adults and expects staff and volunteers to share that commitment. 

We are also committed to promoting work-life balance amongst our staff.

We are currently recruiting for a a Psychological Wellbeing Services Manager who will be responsible for the day to day management of the Psychological Wellbeing Services we provide for children, young people and adults with mental health needs in Mid and North East Essex.

Together with the Service Operations Manager, you will ensure the Psychological Wellbeing Services are compliant with the principles, service aims and service objectives contained within the contracts.

Within the role you will also support the Chief Executive, Marketing and Fundraising Manager, Service Operations Manager and Clinical Lead in promoting the Psychological Wellbeing Services.

Auditory Verbal UK (AVUK) is looking for an experienced family support manager who wants to play a key role in an ambitious and growing organisation that is supporting deaf children to get an equal start at school. AVUK is a small, award-winning national charity that is transforming the lives of deaf children across the UK.  Over the next few years, the charity plans to: double the number of pre-school children and families supported by its innovative early intervention programme; significantly increase the number of Auditory Verbal Therapists in the UK; further its profile and influence; and grow and diversify its voluntary income streams so that deaf children have the same opportunities in life as their hearing peers.

The post holder will join a highly-committed and passionate team of 24 staff, and will work closely with the Clinical and Operations teams to provide the best outcomes for families. The job will include a mix of home working and in-centre working in our Bicester and Bermondsey centres, with one centre being the base. 

The Family Support Manager will be one of the primary points of contact for families on the AVUK programme and will provide advocacy, practical support and information services to parents and other carers of children with hearing loss on the programme at AVUK.  They will offer emotional support for families and will be able to signpost effectively to other agencies for families in greater need, managing relationships with external providers of support services to families, such as Local Education Authorities, external counsellors and occupational therapists. They will be responsible for organising parent workshops, developing the Family Ambassador programme and making arrangements for annual/biannual consultation sessions for parents, attending these sessions where appropriate, providing practical support in preparation for these sessions and taking forward matters arising.  They will work closely with the Operations team to provide administrative support to the Clinical team in connection with therapy services.

For further information, please see the attached job pack. 

Main purpose of Job

To engage with and offer advice and support to children, young people and their families using a combination of 1:1, group, online and telephone interventions.

As a practitioner, you will work as part of a team, undertaking assessments and delivering a range of evidence-based interventions for children and young people and their families. This could include holding a caseload, individual, parent & child, sibling, family, group and online, virtual, telephone interventions.

Key Responsibilities

· Assess the needs and strengths of the referred child or young person and help them identify individual goals to achieve desired change

· To design, deliver and evaluate interventions for children and young people which aim to improve mental health and well-being, build on existing strengths and increase levels of resilience

· Record and collect data with various tools and use this to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions

· To take responsibility for own caseload of children, young people and families some with complex and multiple needs

· To involve children, young people and their parents in the co-production of programmes, activities and services

· To work collaboratively with Surrey and Borders NHS Partnership, Surrey Children’s Services, local service teams and other community-based services to provide the most effective service for children, young people and families 

· To keep accurate records of individual engagement, evidence of change and celebrate progress with children and young people

· To provide, record and report the appropriate data to ensure support programmes can be accurately monitored and evaluated

· To apply safeguarding and child protection procedures 

· To provide written case studies as evidence of the effectiveness of individual interventions 

· To work as part of a team and attend team meetings, training events and participate fully in one to one, peer and group supervision

· Provide time-limited 1:1 sessions for children, young people and families

· To take responsibility for the more complex cases/situations presenting within the service

· To attend and actively participate in regular supervision once every six weeks

· To work co-operatively and under the management of The Eikon Charity staff to ensure the highest quality of delivery and support

· To work within Eikon’s internal policies, safeguarding and data protection regulations

· To assist with the development and progression of the service by adhering to all communication requests and assisting with peer progression development when requested through case supervision

· To be responsible for equipment/resources linked to service delivery

· To promote, monitor and maintain health safety and security in the working environment

This Job Description and Person Specification reflect the duties of the post as they exist at this time and may be subject to changed based on the needs of the Department Programme.  The post-holder may be required to undertake other duties commensurate with the salary and competence requirements of this post from time to time as required.

Do you want to make a real difference to the lives of those most impacted by the current crises? Are you passionate about education and ensuring everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their potential? If you’re knowledgeable in the field of Maths and able to facilitate engaging, online sessions for children, we’d love to hear from you! 

About Nova

Based in North Kensington since 1983 and serving its poorest wards & those of surrounding London boroughs, Nova works with individuals from marginalised and disadvantaged communities who are looking to develop their potential and achieve a better future for themselves. Nova brings about real and lasting change in people’s lives by addressing every person as an individual and seeking out ways to best support that person to reach their goals. We endeavour to help every person that comes to us who is motivated and committed to improving his or her life.

Reaching 2,500+ people each year, we believe in improving people’s lives one person at a time, helping committed and motivated individuals to achieve their potential by:

• Developing knowledge, education and confidence 

 • Connecting diverse groups

• Providing opportunities 

Our work, operates on 2 levels: 

• Grassroots Community Support – including responsive actions (e.g. Grenfell, COVID-19), education, IAG, family programme and volunteering

• Wider Reaching Dialogue Events and Influencing – focussing on challenging stigma, prejudice and inequality – working with individuals, organisations, networks and decision makers to move through conversation to action 

About Digital Home School Support Programme 

Purpose of role

Many families have been thrown into the unknown world of home schooling – made even more challenging when your own education isn’t up to scratch or English is your second language. We are rolling out a free programme of home school support to those who are being most negatively impacted by being out of school – ensuring they don’t fall too far behind their peers when returning back to school.

The aim is to support children who may be falling behind with their studies as a result of Covid_19, mitigating as far as possible the widening attainment gap.

Duties will vary dependent on your skills/ availability but may include:

• Planning sessions in line with relevant Key stage curriculum
• Delivering engaging group sessions online on a weekly basis 
• Delivering 1-2-1 support sessions on a weekly basis (DBS required for these sessions)

You need to be:

• A qualified teacher (QTS)
• Knowledgeable in your subject field
• Engaging
• Reliable
• Passionate about social change and making a difference
• DBS checked (if facilitating 1-2-1 support sessions)

Notes: This programme will evolve in line with social distancing rules and may adapt to being an additional home-work club to support children in “catching up” upon their return to school.

We are currently recruiting for the role of Sessional Tutor to deliver - An Introduction to Community Interpreting, progressing on to Level 1 and L2 accredited courses, in the Newcastle and Northumberland area.

We are looking for tutors who specialise in this curriculum area and hold a formal teaching qualification.
 

You will be excited by using digital technology both in the classroom with the student and to manage course administration and communication. Annualised and term time contracts are available for suitable applicants.

You will be required to have a enhanced DBS check to teach in certain venues or with certain student groups. Because we serve people from all walks of life, we are keen to develop a diverse workforce and particularly welcome applications from members of minority groups.
 

Do you want to work for an established and respected local mental health charity?

Solent Mind is the leading ­mental health charity across Hampshire providing a range of high quality services to improve people’s mental wellbeing and to promote choice and rights to everyone who needs our support. Our services operate in various locations throughout the Hampshire area.

Solent Mind is a partner in the new Primary Level Mental Health Service comprising Coastal Medical Partnership Ltd (formerly Arnewood, Barton & Webb-Peploe and New Milton Health Centre surgeries).

This service has been developed to enhance the mental health care which the GP’s are able to offer their patients through a collaborative and integrative approach across the three practices and associated services. We are now recruiting to the following post, which will have a key role within the new service:

Reference: WANMJan21

WELLBEING ASSESSOR (NEW MILTON)

Hours: 18.5 Hours Per Week (Wednesday To Friday)

Salary Range: £19,201 to £20,680 Pro Rata Per Annum

Location: GP Surgeries Within Coastal Primary Care Network

Closing Date: Mon 01 Feb 2021 (Before 9.00am)

Interview Date: W/C Mon 15 Feb 2021

In this role you will undertake assessments of patients in order to understand their individual needs and identify the most appropriate support for them, working collaboratively with other partners in the primary level mental health service and associated organisations.

FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO APPLY FOR THIS ROLE, PLEASE SEE THE

‘WORK WITH US’ THEN 'CURRENT VACANCIES' PAGE ON THE SOLENT MIND WEBSITE

​CV’s will not be accepted nor do we accept applications from recruitment agencies

Posts may be subject to a relevant DBS check

Solent Mind welcomes applications from all the communities in which we work.

Appointments are made on merit.

Charity registered number 1081116

Registered with Limited Liability in England and Wales No: 4004500