The Head of Partnerships and Placements will lead a team to sustain and secure partnerships with local authorities (LAs) and children’s trusts, to develop and support 600+ Fellows (alumni) annually. This is directly linked to achieving Frontline’s organisational objective of having 4,000 impactful Fellows by 2025, who will create social change for children without a safe or stable home.
This is a new team as historically partnerships have been secured from within regional delivery teams. We have been refining our approach and offer to partners over the past 12 months and are now looking for a Head of Partnerships and Placements to lead the new team. The new Head will manage the Partnership and Placement Managers (PPMs) as they take sole responsibility for securing partnerships, while the Delivery Team focus on participant experience and programme quality. The Head of Partnerships and Placements will work closely with the Heads of Delivery in order to secure high-quality placements and ensure targets are met. They will be responsible for providing a great experience for partners and overseeing the team to ensure partner expectations are met. Additionally they will play an active role within Frontline’s Leadership Group.
Applicants need to have at least 5 years’ experience of working in sales and account management.
At least half a million children in England don’t have a safe or stable home. These children and their families face some of the worst li... Read more
COMMUNITY SPONSORSHIP DEVELOPMENT WORKER
37 hours per week
Fixed Term Contract until April 2022
SCP20-23 £25,295 - £26,999
BASED ACROSS THE DIOCESE OF SALFORD AND LANCASTER
Working closely with the Refugee Response Manager, the Community Sponsorship Development Worker will be at the pioneering edge of this still relatively new initiative to support vulnerable refugees resettle in the UK.
They will engage and collaborate with parishes or community groups within the dioceses of Salford and Lancaster who are sponsoring families and will contribute to capacity-building work within Caritas to develop and monitor systems to ensure the safe resettlement of families. In doing so they will ensure that high standards are consistently achieved in ensuring the project is safe, welcoming, effective and provides a quality service in relation to refugee support.
Experience of working with asylum seekers/refugees, volunteers and community groups is essential. Additionally you must have experience of delivering professional community or social action services to people in need.
Caritas follows Safer Recruitment practices and this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service checks.
Who We Are
Caritas Diocese of Salford is the official charity of the diocese, which reaches from Didsbury to Clither... Read more
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akt is looking for a digital caseworker to support young lgbtq+ people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness across the UK. Based in our Manchester office, the successful applicant will be responsible for developing a digital offfer that meets all the current and potential needs of young people accessing our services.
Job Summary
- Embed online chat as a core offer within akt for young people.
- Identify and scope further areas digital work with young people
- Develop and grow with the Assistant Director of Services to have a digital offer that meets all the current and potential needs of young people.
- To assess the needs of young LGBT people who are homeless, vulnerably housed, or in a hostile environment, and to carry out signposting and brief interventions.
- Maintain and deliver the quarterly performance management reports for digital services and participate in services committees to offer feedback on local performance.
- Develop tools that monitor the impact of the digital work for those accessing the service.
- Offer support to volunteers around digital engagement including live chat.
- Create and maintain digital resources and signposting to allow you to engage with young people and signpost appropriately.
- Maintain and develop the online resource hub so it continues to meet the needs of young people accessing online support.
akt supports lgbtq+ young people aged 16-25 in the UK who are facing or experiencing homelessness or living in a hostile environment. We suppor... Read more