Family Support Worker Jobs in Barnet, Greater London

Sapphire is a specialist housing association providing quality housing, support and related services to single people and families in housing need across three London boroughs and Hertsmere.

We are investing heavily in our stock and are committed to delivering high levels of customer care to a diverse client group.  This is an opportunity to make a difference and help shape our future success. 

SUPPORTED HOUSING OFFICER, London WC1X

£30,645 per annum (increasing to £33,310 after 12 months)

Putting your key working and communication skills to good use, you will provide effective support to residents through individual support plans with the aim of promoting independent living. A thorough knowledge of welfare benefits including housing benefit and a proactive approach to rent arrears are essential. A seven day rota system applies.

As an Investors in People Gold employer this is an excellent opportunity to join a supportive business that encourages employee development and growth from within.

We offer a generous benefits package including interest free season ticket and bike loan scheme, private health and life insurance and a degree of flexible working.

If you would like to be considered for this post, an application form can be downloaded from our website.

Appointment is subject to Sapphire receiving an enhanced DBS Check which we consider acceptable. 

Closing date for return of completed application: Friday 14th June 2024

Interview: Week commencing 17th June 2024

Sapphire is a charitable registered housing provider. We welcome all applications and value diversity in our workforce.

Do you want the unique opportunity to work in a fast-paced service, delivering exceptional support to families bereaved by and witness to homicide; coordinating a tailored package of support to service users and their families?

Would you enjoy working closely with Police Major Crime teams providing briefings on the work we do in the Homicide Service (HS)?

If yes, then we'd love to hear from you; we have an exciting opportunity for a Homicide Family Caseworker to join our team, you will covering Northumbria and Durham and must be based in this area, working 37.5 hours a week. The team you will be joining within HS covers North and North East.

What we offer:

At Victim Support we believe in attracting & retaining the best people and offer a competitive rewards & benefits package including:

• Flexible working options including hybrid working
• 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays, rising to 33 days plus Bank Holidays
• An extra day off for your birthday
• Pension with 5% employer contribution
• Enhanced sick pay allowances, maternity & paternity payments
• High Street, retail, holiday, entertainment & leisure discounts
• Access to our financial wellbeing hub & salary deducted finance
• Employee assistance programme & wellbeing support
• Ongoing training & support with opportunities for career development & progression

About the role:

You will be joining a passionate and committed team who provide high quality and bespoke support to service users. We pride ourselves on exceptional trauma informed advocacy and support to all service users.

You will be driven to make a difference every day with the ability to focus on the needs of vulnerable service users. You will have resilience and adaptability; understand the importance of professional boundaries; have excellent listening skills and the ability to demonstrate empathy. You will enjoy the challenge of a busy caseload and will be able to demonstrate the excellent organisation skills essential to managing a demanding and diverse workload.

As a fully trained Homicide Family Caseworker you will be responsible for managing your own complex caseload to the highest quality standards.

You will need to be able to travel to home visits within, and occasionally outside of area, and therefore a driving license and use of a car are essential. You will be reimbursed for all travel costs.

Please read carefully the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details, this is essential for your application. You will need:

• Understanding of the impact of crime on victims.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Proven track record of successfully delivering services and working directly within a statutory, voluntary or multi agency setting(s).
• Ability to balance competing needs and priorities.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• A successful track record of building effective working relationships across internal and external stakeholders

About Us:

Victim Support (VS) is an independent charity providing a range of specialist services to people who have been affected by crime across England and Wales. We work towards a world where there are fewer victims but who have stronger rights, better support and a real influence in the Criminal Justice System. Everyone at VS is driven by our Vision Ambitions and Values to play their part in making a difference for those who experience crime and traumatic events. Working for VS gives you the opportunity to play a key role in a national charity providing high quality services to victims and witnesses and being a vital force for change.

Victim Support are committed to recruiting with care and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and Disclosed Barring Service checks may be required.

Victim Support strives to represent the diverse communities we serve and are passionate about creating an environment where all staff and volunteers feel respected and heard. Being a diverse organisation with an inclusive culture is integral to us being able to meet our aim of ensuring that anyone who is a victim of crime gets the support they need.

As part of our commitment to the Race at Work Charter we particularly welcome applicants from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities. VS is also a Disability Confident Employer and we provide a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for candidates that are disabled and meet all essential criteria for a role.

If you have a disability, a learning difficulty such as dyslexia or a medical condition which you believe may affect your performance during any aspect of our selection process, we'll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to perform at your best.

How to apply:

To apply for this role please follow the link below to the Jobs page on our website, and complete the application form demonstrating how you meet the essential shortlisting criteria. Please give examples where appropriate, and show your aptitude for post. Please ensure you answer each shortlisting criteria including the need to drive and have your own mode of transport.

We looking forward to hearing from you.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, if we receive enough suitable applications to take forward to interview prior to the published closing date.

Are you looking for a rewarding challenge?

Then join our experienced team supporting children and young people who have caring responsibilities for someone in their family due to disability, long-term illness, mental health, or drug or alcohol misuse. You’ll help deliver our Young Carers service across Havering, so a car driver is essential.

In this role, you will manage an existing caseload and new referrals, meeting with families and Young Carers to complete statutory assessments and create action plans. You‘ll provide support for Young Carers to reduce the impact of their caring role and improve their resilience, educational chances, and wellbeing, through signposting to local services, in-school support, one-to-one sessions, and workshops.

There will be opportunities to work closely with schools, Children’s Services and other agencies to raise awareness, identify hidden Young Carers, and ensure Young Carer needs are understood and acted on.

You will need to be confident, approachable and self-motivated, with the ability to quickly establish rapport with children and young people. Applicants should have relevant experience of working or volunteering in education, health or social care, or be looking to start a career working with children or young people.

This is a part-time role, ideally working Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday (including occasional early evenings).

Make a difference now and for the future.

We offer our employees:

• Inclusive values-based environment
• Competitive remuneration package
• Workplace pension scheme
• Generous annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays
• Opportunities for hybrid working
• Benenden Health Care
• Death in Service Benefit
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Employee Supported Volunteering scheme
• Development opportunities
• and more

Imago is committed to Safer Recruitment practices, and the post is subject to references and an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Please either submit your CV with a short covering note, outlining your current salary, or visit our website for full details.

Imago recognises that many people in our society experience discrimination or lack of opportunity for reasons that are not fair. We aim to create a culture that respects and values each other’s differences, and see these differences as an asset, as they improve our ability to meet the needs of the organisations and people we work with. We proactively seek to increase opportunities for inclusion, and celebrate diversity across our organisation and within communities.

Imago recognises its duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of the children, young people and adults at risk who access its services or with whom it comes into contact.

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

Day Care Officer – Day Care Centres 

Age UK Camden Day Care Centres are looking to recruit Day Care Officers to cover a range of hours and shifts across our two Day Care Centres. 

Our Centres provide a wide range of activities as well as being a specialist Day Care Centres caring for older people with complex needs. The Day Care Centres also provide a hot lunch and a range of special events. 

We have a dedicated, specialist team supporting people with care needs, including those living with mild - moderate dementia and complex needs. 

The successful candidate will: 

• Have shared responsibility in the team for the implementation of a comprehensive service of care and support for service users 

• Act as a key worker for individual clients

• Deliver holistic and person centred wellbeing services which provide service users with social interaction and support to maintain their personal interests. 

Salary: Starting at £24,039.18 pa incl. London Weighting (pro rata for part time) 

Hours: A variety of roles with 25 hpw, 15 hpw and 10 hpw across a number of shifts (staff work across both centres so need to be able to travel to Kings Cross and Hampstead) 

Contract Type: Permanent 

Closing date: Monday 10th June 5pm 

Interview dates: 19th and 20th June 2024 

As part of the application process please submit a completed application form demonstrating how you meet the shortlisting criteria in the Person Specification. Please also complete and return the criminal convictions declaration form. 

Age UK Camden is an Equal Opportunities and London Living Wage Employer.  Registered Charity No. 293446 

New Horizon provides a range of Youth Work opportunities for young people experiencing homelessness. One stream of work is our Jobs, Education and Training (JET) team. The JET team support with young people to support them into meaningful and appropriate employment, training opportunities, apprenticeships, volunteering, and education.

In this role, you will work with young people 1-1, holding small caseloads, as well as working with young people in groups and delivering employment or education-focussed sessions on a regular basis.

As part of our service, we also aim to deliver a weekly group conversation class for young people looking to improve their spoken English, many of whom are young refugees and asylum seekers. While you will work with all young people in the service and support regularly with our day centre delivery, this role will focus on expanding our JET service to young refugees and asylum seekers, developing specialist networks and partnerships, and pathways to appropriate opportunities.

• Starting salary: £31,200
• Deadline to apply: 9am Tuesday 25 June

Please see our Job Pack for more information on the role.

Young Adult Carers Service Coordinator

Carers’ Hub works to improve carers’ lives in Lambeth through quality services and community engagement. We are an independent local charity, who work with carers aged five upwards. Whether financial, educational or otherwise, they seek to limit the challenges that carers face and achieve this by improving carer’s wellbeing, connecting carers to support and training opportunities, awareness raising and influencing local policy. We are now recruiting for a Young Adult Carers Service Coordinator to join our team.

As the Young Adult Carers Service Coordinator you will: 

• Deliver an engaging, accessible range of workshops, social activities and one to one support for our young adult carers, working to targets and ensuring timely and accurate reporting to funders.

• Support the wider young carers service by being a first point of contact for telephone and email enquiries. 

• Develop external relationships and communications in a way that promotes the welfare of carers in Lambeth and enhances the image of the organisation. 

• Work with the Carers' Hub team to support our wider organisational objectives and helping out with events, communications and other ad hoc work.

To be considered for this role you will have experience of working with vulnerable young people and managing complex cases as well as knowledge of safeguarding protocols including referring and escalation to Children’s Social Care. Candidates with a professional qualification in health and social care, youth or community work, and/or direct experience of delivering family focused interventions are encouraged to apply. 

Please note, this is a part-time role, 21-hours per week, ideally spread across 3 days. You will be based on site at their Brixton office, with the option of home working 1 day per week, as well as outreach/in the community. You will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS for Adults and children. 

As the Young Adult Carers Service Coordinator you must be:

• Available to work 9am to 5pm between Monday and Friday (with occasional evening and weekend work)

• Willing to travel within Lambeth

• Willing to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service check

What can we offer you?

• Professional development,  induction,  ongoing training and support

• Hybrid working

• Permanent contract

• Holiday pay and pension

• Travel reimbursed

Closing date: 9am Friday 21st June

Interviews: Thursday 27th June at 336 Brixton Road

Location: Tower Hamlets / Travel to dispersed accommodation in North and East London

Salary:Salary Band: 2.1 £27,582.75 – £29,174.06 per annum, pro-rated to £22,066.20 - £23,339.25 based on working 30 hours per week.

Salary band: 2.2 £29,174.06 - £31,826.25 per annum, pro-rated to £23,339.25- £25,461.00 based on working 30 hours per week.

(please note successful candidates are usually appointed at bottom of relevant band)

Hours: 30 hours per week

Contract: Fixed Term Contract until March 2026

Closing Date: 17th June 2024 at 12 noon

Virtual Interview Date: 24th June 2024

Are you looking for a rewarding role working for an intersectional feminist organisation? If so, we have an incredible opportunity for you to join our team as Floating Support Worker (the Nest Project) at Solace Women's Aid.  

We exist to end the harm done through gender-based violence. Our aim is to work to prevent violence and abuse, as well as providing services to meet the individual needs of survivors, particularly women and children. Our work is holistic and empowering, working alongside survivors to achieve independent lives, free from abuse.

Our core values reflect our history and were developed in consultation with staff and service users. Feminism and intersectionality are key to our work and we are committed to the principles of being survivor-led, trauma-informed, empowering, diverse, anti-racist and anti-discriminatory.

About the Service

The overall aim of the service is to increase survivor safety over time and to reduce incidents of domestic abuse through awareness raising and filling gaps in service provision, to reduce and remove harm for victim/survivors. The Floating Support Worker (FSW) supports victim/survivors of domestic abuse living in safe accommodation, at any level of risk, on a needs-led basis.

About the Role

As the FSW you will carry out risk and needs assessments, safety planning and support planning with survivors and advocate on their behalf with external agencies. You will provide ongoing casework support, including referrals to specialist advice and practical support, such as legal advice around civil and criminal remedies. You will empower survivors with information on their rights and options, demystifying complex statutory systems and dispelling myths perpetuated by perpetrators and wider society and will provide support to maintain accommodation, or to source permanent accommodation as necessary.

About You

You will have a passion for working with victim/survivors and a thorough understanding of domestic abuse and its impact on women and their children, as well as experience of providing emotional and practical support and strong casework management skills.

You will have the skills to provide effective crisis intervention, carry out risk assessments, safety planning, assessment of needs and individual support planning

You will be committed to understanding diversity and ensuring anti-discriminatory practice is applied in all forms of work.

We understand that you may not have all the knowledge, experience, and skills mentioned in the Job Profile Document. However, your interpersonal skills, passion to have a positive impact, commitment to our purpose, and ability to learn quickly and collaborate effectively will be equally important. If you wish to learn more about the role or if you are unsure about whether to apply, we encourage you to contact our recruitment team.

What we can offer you

We provide a comprehensive benefits package to all our employees, including:

• Flexible working
• Focus on learning and development (internal career progression and training)
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Employer pension contribution
• Family-friendly leave and enhanced maternity pay
• Access to Inclusion Networks
• Daily clinical debriefing
• Employee Assistance Programme providing free 24/7 support and advice
• Employee Benefits Platform offering staff discounts, benefits and savings
• Flow & Restore yoga classes
• Meditation sessions
• Cycle to Work Scheme

How to apply

Please submit your CV and Supporting Statement through the recruitment portal. When applying for this role, kindly highlight in your Supporting Statement how your values, knowledge, transferrable skills, and experience align with each point within the following sections of the Job Profile Document:

• Values, Behaviours & Competencies
• Knowledge, Experience and Skills

Solace Women's Aid values diversity, promotes equity, and challenges discrimination. We encourage and welcome applications from candidates of diverse cultures, abilities, perspectives, and lived experiences. We have policies and processes in place to ensure that all employees are offered an equal opportunity in recruitment and selection, promotion, training, pay, and benefits. Our Inclusion Networks support staff with protected characteristics and offer inclusive spaces to connect.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and committed to an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We anticipate and provide reasonable adjustments as needed and support employees who acquire a disability or long-term health condition, enabling them to stay in work. If you require any support to apply for this role, please email us.

This service is run by women for women and is therefore restricted to female applicants under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, and Part 1. Section 7(2) e of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 apply. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act.

As part of safer recruitment practices, we carry out pre-employment checks including references, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and right to work in the UK checks.

No agencies.

£30,208 - £44,850 PA

PERMANENT – FULL TIME – ON-SITE

MUCH HADHAM, HERTFORDSHIRE

About the role

We are seeking a professional, caring and sensitive Positive Behaviour Practitioner to join our committed Therapy Team. Following the therapeutic model of positive behaviour, you will work as an autonomous practitioner to support our children, learners and residents with epilepsy and complex learning difficulties across St Elizabeth’s.

This rewarding role will see you be responsible for the formulation of individual behaviour support plans, ensuring your caseload is effectively managed at all times. You will liaise closely with families and other professionals involved in the persons care and support, therefore excellent communication skills are a must. You will work closely with the wider MDT, to ensure a holistic and high quality approach is adopted.

You will predominately work Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm, with one late shift per week to meet the needs of the service.

About You

To be considered for this position, you must have a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent professional qualification but also experience of working with young people with varying degrees of learning disabilities and who have complex diagnosis.

You will have a motivational approach and able to influence your fellow colleagues in working with young people who present behaviour that is challenging. The successful candidate will have excellent knowledge of best practice in positive behaviour support, de-escalation, crisis management and physical interventions, with the ability to plan and work through complex issues.

Why work for us

Based across 60 acres of beautiful countryside, St Elizabeth's is a charity supporting children, young people and adult day clients with epilepsy and other complex medical conditions.

Over the past 120 years, St Elizabeth's has grown and developed to comprise a non-maintained special School for both boarders and day students, a specialist Further Education College, domiciliary care for College learners, Supported Living in the community, a comprehensive Day Opportunities programme for adult day clients and 24-hour health provision provided by specialist nurses and therapists.

In addition to excellent staff training, our employees are also rewarded with various other benefits offered as part of your employment:

- 27 days’ annual leave per annum
- Eligible for Blue Light card – discounts on big brands!
- Discounted gym membership
- Employee recognition scheme
- Life assurance
- Free on-site parking
- Recommend a friend payment up to £500!*
- Confidential employee assistance programme
- Fully paid for DBS
- Contributory pension scheme - eligible employees are automatically enrolled after 3 months at 5% (3% employer contribution)
- On-site accommodation from £200 per month for allocated roles
- *terms and conditions apply

How to apply

Please complete an application form and upload an up to date CV on our website. All offers are conditional and subject to receipt of satisfactory pre-employment checks and references including an enhanced DBS check. Please note we are not on a public transport route. The salary range advertised is based on full-time equivalent and appointment on the scale is dependent on the role, qualifications and experience.

Applications will be reviewed and interviews scheduled on a rolling basis; therefore, we recommend that you apply sooner rather than later. We reserve the right to close an advert if we receive sufficient applications ahead of the deadline. If you require reasonable adjustments at application or interview stage, please do let us know as soon as possible.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

At St Elizabeth’s we embrace diversity and aspire to create a diverse and inclusive working culture. We are proud to be recognised as an Investor in People and to hold Disability Confident status. We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming all applications from across the community.

Safeguarding

St Elizabeth’s Centre is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, vulnerable adults and young people. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure through the Disclosure and Barring Service. Some of our positions involve regulated activity relevant to vulnerable children, adults and young people. It is a criminal offence for people who are barred from working in regulated activity to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with that particular group. Our vacancies are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

Registered Charity 1176777

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REF-214 143

Job Title – Administrative Assistant (Training and Events)

Contract - Permanent

Hours – 35 hours

Salary - £24,890.32

Location – Based in London, hybrid of office and home working

About the role

Do you get satisfaction from knowing that the work you do makes a difference in the lives of others? Do you enjoy coordinating and administrative processes? Does close attention to detail matter to you? This role plays a key part in the effective coordination and smoothly running of our training and events programme covering a wide range of in person and online courses.

We are a small but busy, dedicated and friendly team. We pride ourselves on working as collaboratively as possible, while also recognising our individual areas of expertise and responsibility.

To find out more and apply for this role, please refer to the job vacancy documents, then click the 'apply now' button below to complete the application. Note that we do not accept CVs.

 

About CoramBAAF

We part of the Coram Group and are the UK's leading membership organisation for professionals dedicated to improving outcomes for children and young people in care.  We are also a training provider, publisher, advice line and at the frontline of policy and practice reform.

The CoramBAAF vision is that every child and family has the care and support they need to thrive. Our mission is to support and empower professionals to do the best for children and families who come into contact with adoption, fostering and kinship care. Our values are support, curiosity, ambition and integrity.

Our corporate members in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland represent 94% of all local authorities as well as regional adoption agencies, health and social care trusts, independent fostering providers and voluntary adoption agencies, and cover 88% of all children and family social workers.

Our 650+ individual and associate members - comprising lawyers, health professionals, educational institutions, therapeutic and family support services, and more - reflect the nature of our work across adoption, fostering and kinship care. Our members make up the largest network of organisations in this sector

About the Coram Group

CoramBAAF is part of the Coram Group. Our mission is to develop, deliver and promote best practice in the support of children and young people. Our vision is that every child and family has the care and support they need to thrive. We champion what matters most for children, creating better chances, and a brighter, happier future.

Closing date: 4pm Thursday 13 June 2024

(Please plan to be available for the interview date)

 

Interview date: Wednesday 19 June 2024 at our office in Bloomsbury, London

(This will include skills tests as well as an interview, please allow about 2 hours)

 

CoramBAAF is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We actively encourage applicants from Asian, African, Caribbean and other minority ethnic backgrounds to join our teams. Whilst we have a diverse team we recognise we are a predominantly white workforce and are genuinely committed to encouraging candidates from diverse communities in order to improve the services to the children and families we help.

 

We are committed to the safeguarding of children and where appropriate will require the successful applicant to undertake a check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Registered Charity No. 312278.

About The Connection at St Martin’s

We believe that no one should have to sleep rough on London’s streets, and that everyone should get the support they need to find a place to call home. We get to know every person we work with, understanding what they need to recover, helping them build on their strengths, and supporting them to find their own way home. Help us make London a city where no one sleeps rough on our streets.

London’s diversity is its biggest asset and we strive to ensure our workforce reflects London’s diversity at all levels. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability.

We particularly encourage applications from candidates with lived experience of homelessness who we believe are an essential asset in our sector.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and welcome the opportunity to consider flexible working arrangements.

About the Role

• We are seeking a proactive, experienced professional who will work with the CEO to drive the implementation of our People and Culture strategy across the charity;
• You will work with the Leadership Team to develop a consistent, healthy working culture supporting a thriving, ambitious charity;
• You will ensure use of our planning system across the charity, which links strategy with the role of each staff member;
• You will manage a small HR and Governance team and provide practical support to managers including employment relations issues;
• We are looking for someone with experience of contemporary psychological approaches in the workplace as well as a strong interest in embedding equality, diversity and inclusion.
• This role will suit someone with strong experience as a People and Culture Business Partner or manager in a charity or similar, with the aptitude to flex to a wide range of tasks and the ability to manage a small team.

Salary: £50,547
Closing Date: Monday 17th June
Interview Date: Tuesday 25th June

Full job description can be found on our website

Our Benefits

· 30 days holiday plus bank holidays

· Generous training budget, plus an annual personal training budget

· Enhanced Sick Pay Policy

· Enhanced family friendly policies

· Day off for moving house

· Hybrid working (depending on role requirements)

· Pension – 5% Employer, 3% Employee

· Cycle to Work Scheme

· Season Ticket Loan

· Employee Assistance Programme

· Reward Gateway (access to discount vouchers and cashback at the UK’s favourite retailers)

We are a London Living Wage employer

Location: Homebased - London

Job Type: Full time, 37.5 hours with occasional weekend/evening work

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: £46,225

Benefits: Cycle to Work Scheme, Life Assurance, Season Ticket Loan, EAP Scheme

The Partnership and Engagement Manager is a pivotal member of our team, responsible for driving the strategic development of our corporate partnership function. This role is dedicated to leading and evolving Pact’s strategy to engage, retain, and grow corporate partnerships, ultimately boosting restricted, semi-restricted, and unrestricted income streams.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

New Business:

• Develop and Manage Pipeline: Build and oversee a robust pipeline of new business opportunities, navigating through the entire funding cycle.

• Identify and Cultivate Potential Support: Conduct research, prospecting, and cultivation to identify and attract potential corporate supporters.

• Diverse and Sustainable Pipeline: Perform horizon scanning to ensure our pipeline remains diverse and sustainable.

• Tailored Partnership Proposals: Create customised and persuasive partnership proposals and pitches.

• Expand Existing Partnerships: Leverage the potential of our current partners to develop new relationships.

• Cultivation Strategies: Implement and monitor effective corporate cultivation strategies, including prison-based events.

Account Management:

• Strengthen Relationships: Enhance our relationships and commitment with both existing and new partners.

• High-Quality Account Management: Provide top-tier account management to support continued commitment and growth, managing 10-14 current partners.

• Corporate Engagement Activities: Organise and execute corporate engagement activities, particularly prison-based, and collaborate with service colleagues to develop initiatives that meet the needs of those affected by imprisonment.

• Inspiring Reports and Updates: Produce compelling written reports and updates as part of partnership plans.

• By taking on this role, you will play a crucial part in driving the growth and sustainability of our corporate partnerships, ultimately contributing to the impactful work we do.

Organisation:

Pact is a highly respected independent charity, working across England and Wales to develop and deliver a range of innovative services. We provide practical and emotional support to prisoner’s children and families, to prisoners and those who have resettled back into the community. Our work is founded on core values, the first of which is a belief in the innate dignity of every human being, and our work focusses on human relationships, family and community. We are committed to achieving high standards of quality in all that we do.

What we offer:

Pact offers a range of benefits including a free advice, information and counselling service, contributory pension, corporate eye care scheme, cycle to work scheme and generous holiday entitlement. You will have the opportunity to attend training events to further develop yourself as a professional training and interventions worker. You will undergo a thorough induction process and be supported by a friendly and enthusiastic team.

How to apply:

If you feel that you meet the requirements of this exciting new role please complete an application form by clicking the `apply now` button.

* We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Other information:

Pact is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all applications including those with a criminal conviction (appointment to post is subject to a risk assessment).

This post is subject to a 6-month probationary period, verification of identity and proven right to work in the UK, satisfactory references from previous employers covering a 3-year period, declaration of any unspent criminal convictions (and where appropriate a satisfactory risk assessment), Prison Vetting and a Disclosure and Barring Service check. Please note that being bankrupt or having County Court Judgements may affect your ability to be successfully vetted to work in a prison.

About us

Pact (the Prison Advice & Care Trust) is a pioneering national charity that provides caring and life changing services to men and women in prison, to people with convictions on release and in the community, and to their children and families.

Pact’s vision is of a society in which justice is understood as a process of restoration and healing, in which prisons are used sparingly and as places of learning and rehabilitation, and in which the innate dignity and worth of every human being is valued. We work for the common good of Society, taking a public health-based approach. We work at the intersection of criminal justice, child and family welfare, mental health, wellbeing provision and health & social care.

Our volunteers and staff can be found in courts, prisons, probation services, and in communities across England & Wales. We are a diverse, inclusive, modern, and collaborative charity. We build effective partnerships and sustainable solutions based on our well-established understanding of the systems in which we work, and on our historic values and ethos developed through our 120+ years of service delivery.

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Are you a professional in the education/ youth sector? Are you passionate about improving the experiences of Black/Mixed Black children in school settings? Join Black Thrive Lambeth as a Community Connector! We're looking for friendly individuals who care about the outcomes of young people to deliver consultations sessions with primary school children, parents and school staff. 

More about this role: 

We need professionals with a background in education, youth work, and practical experience working with families to join our team of Community Connectors. You will work with the school community to improve the mental health and wellbeing support available. Working with parents, staff, and children, you will be able to identify the challenges faced by the community, using your links to local services and offers to ensure timely and appropriate support. Through your engagement with the school community, you will feed into a network of connectors, sharing important learnings & good practice.

Recruitment for this role is ongoing with phone interviews starting from Weds 14th May 2024. 

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Make a difference

This is an exciting opportunity to join our new service supporting Unpaid Carers across Lewisham to improve their health and wellbeing, and access support that meets their needs.

The team works with unpaid Adult Carers, Young Adult Carers and Young Carers, completing statutory and holistic assessments to understand people’s individual circumstances and level of need. You will carry out home visits and community meetings, co-produce support plans, and develop effective relationships with Unpaid Carers, families, and professionals.  

You’ll build on your local knowledge to signpost and facilitate access for Unpaid Carers to support services, including financial and benefit advice, housing, health and safety home systems, and leisure and social activities. You will also support the development of escalation plans so that Unpaid Carers are prepared for unforeseen circumstances that would impact negatively on ability to care.

Applicants should have relevant personal or professional experience of working with Unpaid Carers and/or vulnerable adults or children in a social care, health, education or voluntary and community sector. You’ll need a practical understanding of barriers faced by Unpaid Carers, and an awareness of cultural differences and access to services. Experience of working in mental health or dementia services would be an advantage.

You should be an excellent communicator and able to motivate and empower others. This is a full-time role.

Don’t wait. Apply today!

We offer our employees:

• Inclusive values-based environment
• Competitive remuneration package
• Workplace pension scheme
• Generous 31 days annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays
• Opportunities for hybrid working
• Benenden Health Care
• Death in Service Benefit
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Employee Supported Volunteering scheme
• Development opportunities
• and more

Imago is committed to Safer Recruitment practices, and the post is subject to references and an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Please either submit your CV with a short covering note or visit our website for full details.

Imago recognises that many people in our society experience discrimination or lack of opportunity for reasons that are not fair. We aim to create a culture that respects and values each other’s differences, and see these differences as an asset, as they improve our ability to meet the needs of the organisations and people we work with. We proactively seek to increase opportunities for inclusion, and celebrate diversity across our organisation and within communities.

Imago recognises its duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of the children, young people and adults at risk who access its services or with whom it comes into contact.