We are delighted to offer this exciting opportunity to be part of an incredible team of fundraisers who are passionate about growing our income so we can help more people with sight loss. Galloway’s is the leading local charity supporting people affected by sight loss in Lancashire and Sefton. We are currently going through an extensive change programme as we re-design our organisation ensuring we continue to put blind and partially sighted people at the heart of everything we do.​

Who we're looking for

You will be an experienced individual giving fundraiser and be comfortable developing engagement plans for both acquisition and retention of supporters. You will be curious to understand the nature of the organisation, how we interact with key stakeholders and then be able to translate this into building exceptional relationships with existing and new supporters. This is a time of significant change for the organisation which is why we need someone who shares our passion to embrace new innovative and creative ways of working to achieve our objectives. You will want to make a difference and understand that fundraising is about people and conversations! 

Working at Galloway’s is incredibly rewarding; we offer the opportunity to work in a dynamic, diverse and successful charity where people can develop their skills, knowledge and careers in a supportive and flexible environment.

Join us and help shape our vision for the future.

Are you great at getting things started, passionate about local communities?  Can you breathe new life and opportunity into an old building? 

Mencap Liverpool & Sefton is now based from our building in Crosby, which we want to re-imagine as a small commuity centre.  The Cottage was built as a children's home and has been the home of Crosby Mencap since 1968.  There are lots of different spaces and heaps of potential.  We also have some funding to invest... what we're lacking is the right person to drive it forward.

We work with adults who have mild to moderate learning disabilities.  Our vision is a warm, welcoming, inclusive space where everyone is valued equally, listened to and included. We see the cottage being a community centre run by our beneficiaries for everyone in the local community.

These are the spaces we have 

• small coffee shop & tea room (in progress)
• art room
• quiet/sensory room
• larger multi-use room
• wellbeing/therapy/counselling room
• games room
• training/meeting room
• managed work space
• sensory garden
• woodworking space
• small outdoor events space

We are looking for someone with the energy and infectious enthusiasm to get new services and projects up and running.

Please have a look at the broader role description for more information.We'd also welcome anyone who wants to come and meet us and see the building, so please get in touch.

About Us

Mencap Liverpool & Sefton is a local learning disability charity. 

We are a group of members, volunteers, paid staff, trustees and supporters.

Together, we create spaces where everyone is valued equally, listened to and included in everyday life.

We believe:

People with a learning disability should have the same rights, opportunities and responsibilities as anyone else.

Learning disability should not be a barrier or an excuse.

We believe in our members and in their ability to change the world.

We are:

Human - We’re all equal and we’re all different.  We all need support and we all have lots to give. We sometimes make mistakes, we are always learning.

Brave - We will challenge injustice even when that makes us stand out.  We will push boundaries and try new ways of doing things if the old way doesn’t work or could be better. We will admit when we’ve got things wrong.

Kind - We care about each other.  When we need to have difficult conversations we will think about the other person’s feelings and be gentle, so they know that we care.  We will be clear about what we mean.

What we do:

We aim to prevent isolation and the problems it causes. We run an outreach project to support people in crisis and we connect people to opportunities, activities, and new friends, through various social & physical activity groups and our befriending project.

We enable people to progress, to take personal responsibility for identifying and achieving their goals, through our workshops, travel training and personal coaching.

We involved people in empowering others by giving them confidence and skills to share their experiences through training opportunities, peer mentoring, volunteering and public speaking.

Most of the people we work with have mild to moderate learning disability and many also have autism.  Lots of our members get no other form of support. We are affiliated to the national charity Royal Mencap Society (RMS), but we are an independent, locally ran charity: we receive no funding from RMS.

We are looking for an Events Manager

Job Description and Personal Specification

Hours 35 per week

Salary £22,500 to £24,500 depending on experience

Fixed Term contract until April 2023

Reporting to: Chief Offer and working closely with our Digital Media Officer

Location: Based at our Hindley Office in Wigan with at least 50% of contracted hours there, but agile working across the Wigan Borough will be required on a regular basis

Job purpose

• To support the implementation of Wigan and Leigh Carers Centre programme of events and activities, as well as supporting third party events, ensuring that these promote and present Wigan and Leigh Carers Centre in a professional and compelling manner, maximising opportunities for donor cultivation & fundraising maximizing income generation.
• To deliver a selection of events to ensure that a) recruitment and income generation is maximised and b) key third party events promote and present Wigan and Leigh Carers Centre in a professional and compelling manner, maximising opportunities for donor cultivation and on-going fundraising.
• To work with the Digital Media Officer and Volunteer Coordinator to implement the stewardship matrix for event supporters, including regular communications and impact reporting.
• To work with other teams to ensure that all events are delivered with good practice events management and co-ordination.

Key responsibilities

Signature Events

• To support the delivery of the events strategy through delivery of high-quality events, designed to attract new and repeat service users.
• To manage the box office for all events on database system (Ticket Source) including setting up new events, logging and administering all registrants, guests and income related to events, utilising our MIS.
• To research guest information and share/signpost to other fundraising teams as appropriate e.g., corporate prospects etc.
• To assist in the research, development, and planning of potential new event opportunities, ensuring that the events programme evolves in response to new fundraising requirements, opportunities, sector trends and most importantly our service users
• To assist in the development and management of external suppliers, ensuring all suppliers work to agreed terms and conditions and to be responsible (with Finance Department) for all supplier/sub-contractor agreements and performance on managed events.

Third Party Events

• To work collaboratively with third party event organisers to ensure that WLCC maximises all fundraising and promotional opportunities whilst managing expectations of charity support and involvement in line with income levels.
• To generate interest, develop relationships and encourage existing and new stakeholders to run events in aid of WLCC to meet new income targets.
• To represent WLCC at key third party events and where appropriate speak on behalf of the charity, assist with the fundraising activities, and work with the volunteer co-ordinator to manage any volunteer support.

Event Supporter Stewardship

• To work with the Digital Media Officer and the wider Team to follow the Event Supporter stewardship plan for those supporters attending events, resulting in a communication plan detailing a schedule of stewardship activities.
• To work with the Communications and Charitable Giving teams to source content, so that we communicate the impact of support received, in a timely manner.
• To support follow up activity for prospects identified following signature and third-party events, signposting their cultivation journey through to the Head of Events and/or the Charitable Giving team as appropriate.
• To identify opportunities to engage or recruit new event supporters to existing or new events in the Willow calendar.

General

• To support the Digital Media Officer and the wider Team, overall financial management of events activities, budgeting, planning, controlling, and monitoring expenditure as appropriate and managing income against targets, KPI’s and provide regular revised projections as required.
• To maintain good practice in the use of database system (Raiser’s Edge), including the events module, ensuring that information is recorded accurately to allow for excellent supporter care, stewardship and accurate analysis of event performance.
• To work in close collaboration with fundraising account managers to generate auction items for both third party and Willow events. 
• To keep up to date with current competitor activity, potential new opportunities for events and improved ways of managing and developing events.
• To keep up to date and comply with fundraising, data protection and other relevant legislation and codes of practice and good standards.
• To undertake any other tasks reasonably required.
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Person Specification

Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Degree level or equivalent experience
• Proven experience of supporting several events including negotiating with external contractors and delivering to budget and within tight timeframes.
• Can demonstrate effective implementation and management of work plans, projects, and resources to ensure proactive completion of tasks.
• Proven experience of developing and managing budgets.
• Ability to work as a part of a small, flexible, and hardworking team.
• Delivering high quality supporter and donor care through ongoing contact and communication.
• Experience of working on administration within a fundraising, events, or marketing environment.

Desirable

• Experience of working with senior stakeholders to meet income targets.
• Experience of working with celebrities.
• Experience of working with sponsors.
• Experience of working in the charity / fundraising sector.
• Knowledge of online booking systems such as Eventbrite / Ticketmaster

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Confident and articulate, able to build successful, mutually beneficial relationship with internal and external audiences.
• Strong ability to prioritise tasks under pressure and solve problems quickly and effectively.
• Ability to work on several different projects simultaneously.
• Organised, pro-active self-starter, capable of taking initiative.
• Excellent written and verbal communicator, with exemplary grammar and spelling, who places high value on attention to detail.
• Good influencing and negotiation skills.
• Respect for and ability to always maintain confidentiality.  Nb bc
• Self-reliant and confident IT user including internet, email, design, databases, spreadsheets, and MS Office.

Desirable

• Creative thinker, able to innovate to meet audience needs.
• Experience or knowledge of Raisers Edge database.
• Sports sector knowledge.

Other

Essential

• Positive, energetic, and able to enthuse
• Flexible and proactive problem solver
• Takes personal responsibility for and remains focused on delivering results and achieving objectives, overcoming problems and frustrations.
• Genuine commitment to the work and services of WLCC

Desirable

Empathy with the cause and knowledge of issues faced by young unpaid carers and adult unpaid carers supporting people living with:

• Mental Health
• Substance Misuse
• Long Term Medical Condition i.e., MS, Epilepsy, Dementia
• End of Life Care

Special Conditions

Essential

• Able to work irregular (unsociable) hours and weekends where necessary.

Essential

• Own car and current driving licence

General

We offer the following competitive benefits package:

• 25 days annual leave rising to 30
• Pension Fund
• Flexible Working policy
• 5 days paid Carers Leave

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Our Vision: To support unpaid carers aged 5 upwards, who support a family member, friend or neighbour living with a disability, substance misuse, mental health, or long-term condition to access holistic wellbeing support delivered by WLCC and our funders.

Our Mission: to provide support for unpaid carers aged 5 upwards

To be a recognised centre of excellent in the provision of information, training and support, provided for carers to improve the carer’s quality of life and give all carers a voice”.

Our Values: 

1. Recognise that all carers have different needs and listen and provide what carers really want
2. Treat everyone with respect, equally without prejudice and with integrity to the highest standards
3. Be proactive, seek out carers, recognizing that everyone has something to offer
4. Provide a welcoming friendly environment
5. Encourage carer participation

ABOUT WLCC

Wigan and Leigh Carers Centre is an independent registered Charity (1138908) that supports unpaid carers looking after someone who lives in Wigan Borough.

Wigan and Leigh Carers Centre was established in 2010 and is a Network Partner of Carers Trust.

At the Centre we aim to support both young and adult carers to recognise their own needs, have their voices heard, help with their physical and mental wellbeing and ensure they are fully understood, valued and supported in their caring role.

WLCC is the only charity in Wigan commissioned to carry out Carers Assessment under the Care Act 2014

Application Instructions:

CV

Please include a covering letter or supporting statement

The Huntington's Disease Association is the leading national charity working to improve care and support for people and their families affected by Huntington’s disease. The charity is committed to educating families and professionals about this rare and complex disease.

Based in central Liverpool, the post holder will work from the Charity’s Central Office. During COVID-19 restrictions, some home working may be required.

The Huntington's Disease Association is seeking an efficient organiser with great administration skills to join its small Operations Team and support the charity's activities. 

Experience in prior administrative roles is desirable, however we would be happy to consider those looking to gain further experience in this area.

As the primary point of contact for all enquiries to the office, the successful applicant will be friendly, compassionate and confident. The post holder will provide day to day administration to support activity across the charity. Duties will include booking travel, accommodation and training and supporting with the organisation of charity events. Another key task will be to maintain and input data on to client databases and help maintain financial records. Please refer to the job description for full details of the role.

Whether you have worked in a charity before or this is your first move into the sector, you will be keen to use your skills where you can make a difference every single day.

The successful candidate will be required to undergo a DBS check for enhanced disclosure.

To apply, email a copy of your CV and cover letter detailing your relevant skills and why you want the position along with a completed safer recruitment form to recruitment @ hda . org .uk

We are committed to equal opportunities in our recruitment process and in order to find out how well we are doing, we collect monitoring data. This will not form part of the selection process in any way and will be used for monitoring purposes only. The completion of this form is voluntary.

Full details of how we securely handle the data you provide to us as part of the recruitment process can be found in our privacy notice for job applicants on our website or in the document attached.

Closing date for applications is 5pm on Thursday 4 November 2021.

We are looking to recruit a Membership Manager to join our growing team. The role will sit within the Social Value UK staff team, primarily within the Marketing Team, but working across the Engagement and Advocacy Teams.

About Social Value UK

Social Value UK (SVUK) is the professional body for social value and the UK’s national network for anyone interested in social value and social impact. We work with our members to increase the accounting, measuring, and managing of social value from the perspective of those affected by an organisation’s activities, through our Principles of Social Value. We believe in a world where a broader definition of value will change decision-making and ultimately decrease inequality and environmental degradation. 

To achieve our mission, SVUK provides training and assurance services, as well as hosting regular meetings and events, creating new tools and resources, and running campaigns. Through supporting and working with our members, and as a National Member Network of Social Value International, we are creating an international movement for change. 

Location 

The organisations has an office in Liverpool City Centre, but the role can be flexible on location and remote or hybrid working. You may be required to undertake national and international travel, and the role is likely to include travel to and from London. 

Hours 

This is a permanent position. 

The successful applicant will be required to work 35 hours per week. Holiday entitlement is 25 days per annum. 

Role Description

The Membership Manager is responsible for managing the individual and organisational memberships with Social Value UK, including organising membership activities, developments, and relations.  The Membership Manager reports to the CEO of Social Value UK. The Membership Manager works primarily in the Marketing Team, and secondly in the Engagement and Advocacy Teams.

Overview of Main Duties & Responsibilities

• Attract new members 
• Provide support for existing members 
• Manage and facilitate thematic social value working groups 
• Develop and facilitate regional Social Value UK networks 
• ​Online and in-person event management 

Please download the attached recruitment pack for more detail about the role's duties and responsibilities.

Personal qualities 

• Passionate about tackling inequality through changing the way society accounts for value. 
• Willing to travel (UK and occasionally overseas). 
• Compassion. 
• A sense of fun! 
• Organised
• Good at customer service
• Good communication skills
• Excellent creativity 
• Target driven 
• Good interpersonal skills

Role:                    Schools Engagement Officer North West

Location:              Remote working in the UK 

Responsible to:    Head of Engagement 

Salary:                  up to £30,000 per annum 

Please note, if you do not provide a covering letter your application will not be considered. 

Although this role is based remotely, having knowledge of education relationships in North West England is required. 

Why us?

Speakers for Schools are a dynamic, swift-moving and fast-growing charity. We are on a mission to support a million young people across the UK annually by 2023. Having taken the first steps on the road to achieving this, our team has grown then fold in the past two years. This has supported growth in our employer network from 70 to 700 leading employers and 3800% growth in the number of work experience places offered during the same period.

We want to level the playing field, making sure that all young people can access inspirational opportunities and experiences to fuel their ambition.

We are united and unique in our mission to transform lives through raising aspirations of millions of young people every year. Each year, 1,500 senior leaders, celebrities and industry experts deliver a difference to by sharing their story with students in schools and colleges in every corner of the UK. We connect employers such as Disney, The Bank of England, Spotify PwC and almost seven hundred others to communities to provide access to the top opportunities for all across the UK. With us, you will be part of inspiring a generation to reach higher, broaden horizons and get equal access to the top.

To keep growing our charity and our impact, we need top talent and we are committed to treasuring, developing and supporting them to thrive within their roles. 

Role Summary 

To engage with our network of 4,000 secondary schools and colleges as well as local authorities in sharing out programme, onboarding and training in their usage.  Taking on the views of educators and educational leaders in what we provide and need to provide and enabling us to more closely match local and national need with our programme. This role will also support the delivery team with the delivery of the programmes from marketing opportunities to schools/students work experience placements. 

Key Duties / Responsibilities:-

• Recruit and onboard new educational establishments to working with us 
• Training and supporting users to maximise the opportunity to their students accessing our programmes through our newly developed portal and app. 
• Delivering training sessions to schools and colleges on our programmes and building on engagement in your defined region. 
• Building partnerships with Multi-Academy Trusts, SEND and PRU provision within your region to maximise our impact 
• Liaise with local government organisations to actively promote our programme to NEET young people in the region 
• Developing long standing relationships with school and college contacts to access, support and maximise employer engagement relationships in your region 
• Build a regional network of educational contacts, ensuring high level of customer service and reporting opportunities and issues to Head of Engagement 
• Retain our registered schools and colleges in our network, and increase engagement levels in all programmes across the region 
• Support our Delivery Partners to identify school contacts that can promote and support our programmes 
• Support Fundraising Leads in region to embed school-based initiatives where appropriate 
• Ensuring all data relating to school and college engagement is accurate, recorded and presented in reports when required 
• Networking in the region with your regional team to collaboratively build brand awareness of Speakers for Schools across all partners and organisations working in the Education landscape. 
• Supporting the wider UK Education Strategy for Speakers for Schools 

Delivery Team support:

• Support our Delivery Partners to identify school contacts that can promote and support our programmes
• Processing new user registrations on our portal
• Helping with technical delivery processes using both our in-house software
• Data Management and CRM
• Inputting new data, maintaining existing records and generating reports
• Other duties as required, within the scope of the role. 

Key skills and experience:

Essential: -

• Experience in a similar environment working with a variety of stakeholders 
• Clear and concise communicator, capable of producing written content to a professional quality 
• Confident liaising with and managing relationships particularly with stakeholders from all levels 
• Comfort and experience in working with technology and data management 
• Proven capability of working through high volumes of work and securing targets across varying objectives within delivery. 

Desirable: - 

• Previous experience working with HR/Recruitment/CSR/Educational Providers/Youth/Engagement teams an advantage 
• Knowledge of SEND and PRU education establishments and NEET students 
• An understanding of the UK Education System and a familiarity with careers provision and social mobility challenges within UK schools and colleges 
• Proficient use of the Salesforce CRM, to track relationships and ensure proper data management. 

We are looking forward to holding video interviews and appointing our Schools Engagement Officer swiftly. You must have the right to work in the UK without visa restriction to be considered. 

Benefits offered at Speakers for Schools: 

• Flexible working 
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays 
• Morning of your birthday off
• Pension scheme
• CharlieHR perks
• Perkbox
• £500 a year training allowance

Diversity at our core

At Speakers for Schools, we are committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce, and eliminating discrimination. Our aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.

We welcome applications from all, including those where employment has been affected by Covid19 and those seeking to change careers. Diversity if at our core, join us. 

How to apply:

Please apply as soon as possible submitting your CV and a one page covering letter which outlines your specific interest and ability to successfully fill this role, as well as your salary expectations and current notice period.

Appointees are subject to a successful DBS check, as contact with young people is likely.

Please note, if you do not provide a covering letter your application will not be considered.

The Journey to joining Speakers for Schools: 

Interviews will be scheduled as applications are received, before the closing date, and will take place over Microsoft Teams. We may appoint before this date depending on applications. 

The closing date for this role will be on or before Friday 5th November. 

Our new team member will start ASAP. 

If you have not heard from us two weeks after the closing date, please presume your application has been unsuccessful at this time.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title: Independent Living Mentor and Social Worker Student Mentor

Salary: £ 28,544 - £30,544 plus benefits

Status: Substantive

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, including evenings and weekends.

Holidays: 22 Days plus Bank Holidays

Based at: Will be expected to work within the community throughout the Wigan and Leigh Borough

Responsible to: Service Manager

Accountable to: Queen’s Hall Action on Poverty Trustees

Closing Date : 12 Noon Wednesday 20th October 2021

To Apply : Please review the Job Description below , enclose your CV along with a covering letter to explain why you feel you are perfect for this role. 

Please do not register at the above link until you are ready to add your documents, once registered, you cannot amend your application or add any documents.

Please apply early as we reserve the right to bring forward or extend the deadline for applications, so please get your applications in as soon as possible

JOB PURPOSE

The Brick is a charity with big aspirations and its local community at the heart of everything it does. As a result, The Brick follows a strategy and approach focusing on personal development by following The 3 R’s. The 3 R’s are: Relief, meeting felt needs, Restoration, equipping people for self-sustaining, independent living, and Reformation, speaking out and acting against social injustice.

The key role will be to support The Brick and individuals through providing Restoration. You will collaborate with an individual to create and facilitate bespoke support to some of the most vulnerable individuals and families across the borough, to ensure that they are provided with accurate advice and information needed to secure or maintain permanent accommodation. To ensure that people have access to relevant services, training and advocacy in order to remove barriers to independent living.

To carry out the role of the Independent Living Mentor team providing support to residents in emergency access homeless accommodation. Additional responsibility for mentoring social work students during their work placements with The Brick.

ILM - Ensuring that a consistent high level of service is provided. To ensure that bespoke support is provided to vulnerable individuals and families across the borough and that accurate advice and information is provided to allow individuals to secure and maintain permanent accommodation. To ensure that people have access to relevant services, training and advocacy in order to remove barriers to independent living. To ensure that individuals are appropriately safeguarded and that all recording is completed to a high standard. You will also be responsible for carrying a caseload

Social Work Student Mentor – Qualified Social work with practitioner experience is essential for this role. You will have responsibility for co-ordinating and supporting social work students through their work placement. As their onsite supervisor you will have direct line management including undertaking supervisions, providing feedback and ensuring social work students are supported through their placement. You will be responsible for sourcing appropriate learning opportunities and ensuring their work is completed to a high standard. An in depth knowledge of the Social Work Professional Capabilities Framework is required.

MERSEYSIDE YOUTH ASSOCIATION LIMITED

Is seeking to recruit the following:

CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE’S MENTAL HEALTH PROMOTION WORKER

Hours:

35 hours per week

(Will Include Evening and Weekend Work)

Salary:

£23,469 p.a. - £26,769 p.a. – MYA Scale 5 Pt. 17-20

Fixed Term Funded to 31st March 2023

MYA is seeking an innovative and creative Mental Health Promotion Worker to be responsible for delivering a programme of works to support a whole school approach to mental health and emotional wellbeing.  The post holder will be responsible for supporting the development and delivery of training programmes, initiating peer programmes for children and young people, for developing mental health and resilience resources for children, young people, parents, and professionals and support the implementation of the marketing and communication strategy. The main aim of this is to make mental health everybody’s business in Liverpool/nationally.

The postholder must hold relevant qualification to at least NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in related subject.

Merseyside Youth Association Limited Actively Promotes the Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults, Young People and Children.

The above post will be subject to Enhanced Disclosure

Closing Date for Completed Applications: 5pm Wednesday 20th October 2021

Please note, CV’s will not be accepted and should not be part of your supporting information.

Merseyside Youth Association Limited is an Equal Opportunities Employer and is committed to maintaining a non-abusive environment

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a creative Assistant Shop Manager who is looking to make their mark in a high profile store in Southport. You will join us on a part time, fixed term basis, initially for 3 months working 21 hours per week on a rota basis (to include some weekends), and covering other shops within a reasonable travel distance. In return you will receive a competitive salary of up to £10,410.10 per annum plus excellent benefits.

Cats Protection is the UK’s leading feline welfare charity with a nationwide network of adoption and homing centres, volunteer-run branches and charity shops. During 2020, despite all of the challenges, we helped 126,000 cats and kittens. That's the equivalent of around 345 cats a day!

Each of our shops has its own charm and personality due to our dedicated volunteers and colleagues. From vintage jewellery and jigsaws to harps and handbags, whether our customers are looking for that 'must have' item or simply a 'missing piece', our team of Assistant Shop Managers ensure customers are met with great customer service. We are helping the environment while improving the lives of cats, one t-shirt at a time.

Responsibilities of our Assistant Shop Manager:

As an Assistant Shop Manager you will assist with managing all shop activities and together with the wider management team, achieve set targets and maximise financial contribution to the charity. You will help with overseeing and managing all shop activities including recruiting, training and managing an effective team of volunteers; being responsible for the day to day running of the shop on days when the Shop Manager is not present, ensuring it meets agreed income and expenditure targets for Cats Protection and taking responsibility for the shop’s accounting procedures including cash reconciliation, daily banking and till procedures.

What we’re looking for in our Assistant Shop Manager:

• Previous retail experience
• A strong communicator with excellent organisational skills
• A highly self-motivated, positive and resilient individual
• The ability to build and maintain positive working relationships with a variety of people
• Confidence working well on own initiative
• Experience of working in retail management is highly desirable, as is experience working in the charity retail sector

What we can offer you:

• salary of up to £10,410.10 per annum plus excellent benefits
• generous annual leave entitlement
• contribution pension scheme
• life assurance scheme
• range of health benefits
• Employee Assistance Programme
• and more

Join us as our Assistant Shop Manager and know you are helping to make a real difference to cats and kittens across the UK!

Unfortunately, we cannot accept applications or CVs that are emailed to us directly. Applications received after the closing date may not be responded to.

Closing date: 21 October 2021

Virtual interview date: 03 November 2021

Our centre manager will be at the heart of things.  You'll be based from Mencap Cottage, a big detached house close to the sea, that we're re-imagining as a small community centre.  This role involves a bit of everything so if you love variety and interesting challenges, read on!

We are passionate about our building being a physical space where everyone feels valued and included.  You'll be managing the day-to-day use of our facilities, supporting various members of our extended team (members, staff & volunteers) to assist you.  You'll also be looking after our finance, admin and HR, so you'll need to be good with numbers as well as people.

About Us

Mencap Liverpool & Sefton is a local learning disability charity. 

We are a group of members, volunteers, paid staff, trustees and supporters.

Together, we create spaces where everyone is valued equally, listened to and included in everyday life.

We believe:

People with a learning disability should have the same rights, opportunities and responsibilities as anyone else.

Learning disability should not be a barrier or an excuse.

We believe in our members and in their ability to change the world.

We are:

Human - We’re all equal and we’re all different.  We all need support and we all have lots to give. We sometimes make mistakes, we are always learning.

Brave - We will challenge injustice even when that makes us stand out.  We will push boundaries and try new ways of doing things if the old way doesn’t work or could be better. We will admit when we’ve got things wrong.

Kind - We care about each other.  When we need to have difficult conversations we will think about the other person’s feelings and be gentle, so they know that we care.  We will be clear about what we mean.

What we do:

We aim to prevent isolation and the problems it causes. We run an outreach project to support people in crisis and we connect people to opportunities, activities, and new friends, through various social & physical activity groups and our befriending project.

We enable people to progress, to take personal responsibility for identifying and achieving their goals, through our workshops, travel training and personal coaching.

We involved people in empowering others by giving them confidence and skills to share their experiences through training opportunities, peer mentoring, volunteering and public speaking.

Most of the people we work with have mild to moderate learning disability and many also have autism.  Lots of our members get no other form of support. We are affiliated to the national charity Royal Mencap Society (RMS), but we are an independent, locally ran charity: we receive no funding from RMS.

As it's a broad role we're interested in speaking to candidates from a wide range of backgrounds.   Please have a look at the broader role description for more information.  We'd also welcome anyone who wants to come and meet us so please get in touch.

Are you a motivated, calm and efficient person?

If so, we are looking for an Administrator to join our successful and long-established team in Warrington.

As an Administrator you will:

• Be friendly with excellent communication and organisational skills
• Be competent and familiar with key IT packages and information systems, and work well within an office environment
• Have an ability to demonstrate a high standard of professionalism, a flexible approach to helping others and an interest in providing excellent customer care
• Travel to other locations within the North West to assist with meetings and working alongside the Area Manager and Area Admin Manager
• A driver is required with their own transport. Expenses will be paid

Full training and an induction are available with excellent on-site support and team work. A driver is required with their own transport. Expenses will be paid.

Benefits of working with Creative Support:

• Free 24/7 counselling and employee support programme
• Competitive pay and a pension with company contribution and 28 days annual leave
• Company paid enhanced DBS for all staff
• A one-off bonus of £100 (subject to taxation) upon passing probation

Creative Support is a passionate, inclusive, and anti-racist organisation. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident Employer who have recently received Investors in People Silver award. We actively encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds and cultures.

We expect all applicants to Creative Support to have had at least their first Covid 19 vaccination prior to starting employment with us and to be committed to having the second vaccination within a 3 month period.

Do you have good administration experience, great customer service skills and consider yourself a good team player with a flexible approach? All you need is the perfect environment to put your skills to great use. Welcome to Richmond Fellowship as an Administrator.
 
Richmond Fellowship is part of Recovery Focus, a national group of charities highly experienced in providing specialist support services to individuals and families living with the effects of mental ill health, drug and alcohol use, gambling and domestic violence. We know that recovery can look and feel very different to each and every one of us. But we also know that if we provide the right support, at the right time, we can inspire recovery nationwide and that recovery is possible for everyone.
 
We are looking for someone like you to play a vital support role at Longview, our residential care home in Liverpool. Enthusiastic and keen to develop, you’ve got good communication skills and a professional telephone manner as well as experience of completing financial returns/ records. It goes without saying that you have strong IT skills and are able to prioritise a busy workload and work to deadlines. You will work closely with the Service Manager to devise and implement administrative and financial systems as well as maintaining efficient and up to date records of all financial transactions, including petty  cash systems and client funds.
 
So, are you ready to take on this rewarding role that comes with some really great benefits including 25 days' holiday, contributory pension scheme, employee assistance programme and childcare vouchers, plus exceptional professional development and training opportunities? Apply now via our website.

This is a permanent position requiring the post-holder to work 15 hours per week. 

The salary for this role is £17,549.00 per annum (pro-rata). 
 
Recovery Focus is committed to working towards equal opportunities and we select staff solely on merit irrespective of race, colour, national or ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age, social class, religious belief, disability or history of mental health or addiction problems. If you need support to apply for the role or adaptions at interview please contact the recruitment team to discuss.
 
This is a rolling recruitment process, candidates will be shortlisted as and when they apply.

About Migrant help

Migrant Help is a leading charity that has been established for over 50 years and delivers a range of support and advice services to migrants across the UK. Our vision is for a global society that protects vulnerable migrants, treats them with respect and enables them to reach their full potential. 

We are currently looking for a number of Client Advisers to join our team on a 12-month fixed-term contract. There will be a potential for the role to be made permanent.

This vacancy is available in the following locations:

• Glasgow
• Wakefield
• ​Liverpool
• Derby
• Birmingham
• Cardiff
• London

Please specify in your application which location are you applying for.

​We place a high value on employees in relation to the work that they do and the benefits the organisation offers, with an ethos of being a Great Place to Work. 

These are some of the benefits we offer:

• Flexibility and work life balance
• Enhanced family friendly provisions
• Additional holiday entitlements
• Perkbox benefits
• Non-contributory pension scheme. 

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Purpose of the Job:

- Work as part of the Asylum Services team providing advice, guidance, assistance to complete support applications and briefings to eligible asylum seekers.

- To contribute to the overall success of the organisation in accordance with Migrant Help's aims and
objectives, by providing high quality service to clients

Duties and responsibilities:

- Provide advice and support to asylum seekers, within the specification of the Grant Agreement and
Contract with the Home Office.

- Provide a support service to asylum seekers to complete Asylum Support Application forms (ASF) for
support under Section 95 and Section4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.

- Ensure that all applicants are aware of eligibility criteria and their obligations to provide supporting
evidence within required timescales.

- Provide outreach for vulnerable clients and those with additional support needs, by appointment, at
designated locations, as required by the Regional Manager.

- Provide telephone advice as may be required and support the telephone advice line by assisting clients to complete asylum support and Section 4 applications by telephone and by appointment.

- Assist clients to notify the authority of prescribed change of circumstances.

- Provide guidance on immigration related matters advice within the scope of the relevant Office of the
Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC) accreditation level.

- Provide advice on general matters e.g. sign-posting.

- Provide advice on Voluntary Assisted Return.

- Liaise and cooperate with relevant statutory and voluntary agencies on behalf of service users as
necessary.

- Act as a contact with the Home Office, Social Services, Healthcare Professionals and other relevant
agencies for applicants with additional support needs.

- Deliver key touch point briefings to a high standard so that applicants fully understand the information
provided. Ensure that information books are given out accordingly.

- Provide information to service users in a timely manner, being aware of other appointments, dispersal
date.

- Make contact with dispersal accommodation providers and other relevant agencies, providing letters
as appropriate, to ensure vulnerable clients are appropriately supported in their dispersal area.

- Link Asylum Seekers and Failed Asylum Seekers with other relevant organisations.

- Keep full accurate and up-to-date case records , complete case follow up within the requisite time scales and undertake any necessary administrative tasks.

- Ensure accurate records are kept.

- Participate in rota duties on a planned or ad hoc basis as may be required to cover telephone advice
line out of hours service.

- Respond flexibly to provide cover for all other operational activities.

- Keep up to date with legislation and the impact it may have on service users.

- Undertake any other duties which may be assigned from time to time and may include cover for other funded projects e.g. Supporting Victims of Human Trafficking and anti-human trafficking operations etc.

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Migrant Help is committed to safeguarding those we provide a service to, applicants will have to undergo strict vetting procedures throughout different stages of the recruitment process.  

- This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check (England only)

- This post is subject to a PVG check (Scotland only)

- This post is subject to Counter Terrorist Check (CTC)

- Suitable candidate must be OISC registered or have the willingness to work towards OISC qualification. 

Therefore the applicant must:

• Be able to provide documents to show their right to work in the UK ie valid passport or other right to work documents such as work visa, settled status document, certificate of registration, naturalization as a British citizen, Biometric Residence Permit etc. 

• Be able to provide continuous UK address history for the previous 5 years.

• Provide full employment history for the previous 3 years and/or suitable documentation to cover any gaps in employment

​​We encourage applications from disabled people by offering them an interview if they meet the minimum criteria for the job.

Centre / Hub Manager

Liverpool

£42,013 per annum

Hours per week: 40

Employment type: Permanent

Our client is an ambitious and well-established housing group with deep roots in their three heartlands of Liverpool, St Helens and Warrington.

Their charitable arm is committed in supporting the development of stronger communities; creating connected, independent and sustainable neighbourhoods, through empowering people to achieve their full potential. Dedicated to their staff, families and communities, striving for happy and healthy lives for all. 

The Foundation has distinct programmes to support employment and skills, health and wellbeing, financial and digital inclusion, and young people. They are expanding their programmes and are recruiting across all disciplines. 

They are looking for dynamic and compassionate workers who enjoy developing their own skills alongside enabling their clients to grow, achieve and succeed. Are you a team player who would thrive within this inclusive culture? If yes, they want to hear from you.

About the role:

Their Hub is a state-of-the-art youth and community hub, delivering a range of youth work programmes and interventions, alongside a vibrant commercial adult health and wellbeing offer.

Your main responsibilities will include:

• To manage the day-to-day operations of the Hub, providing leadership and support to operational managers.

• To deliver continued sustainable growth and income through Hub’s Commercial Growth and Income Plan.

• To develop and implement a strategy for the long term commercial viability of the Hub.

• To ensure youth work activities are delivered in line with their Foundation Outcomes Framework for young people.

• To ensure that relevant Health and Safety and Safeguarding policies and procedures are adhered to and embedded to deliver effective and safe services and operations.

To be successful in this role you will have:

• HND/Degree/Management qualification to Level 7 or appropriate experience.

• Demonstrates a track record of generating income through attracting external funding, in kind support and match funding.

• Track record of managing youth and community focussed programmes and initiatives.

• Experienced in stakeholder management including funding bodies and social investment partners.

• Be passionate, committed and self-motivated to inspire others to change. 

*Due to the nature of this role, any offers made will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. 

What they offer:

In return for your hard work, they can offer you a modern workplace that is challenging, supportive and gives you room to grow your skills along with:

• 22 days holiday rising to 25 plus bank holidays (pro rata)

• Holiday purchase scheme

• Company Pension Scheme – Employer contribution of 6%

• Company life assurance