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.

Belong is a values-based organisation and provides everyone with the opportunity to make a positive impact, promoting active lifestyles, independence and wellbeing for older people.

Belong Chester, our latest state-of-the-art village due to open in Spring 2022, will provide a range of care, housing and support options for older people, plus a village centre with bistro, hair salon, gym and art studio. As a pioneering concept, the village will also have an intergenerational nursery, designed to offer shared learning experiences and opportunities for children, families and older people.

This is an exciting opportunity to be involved from the start and help to develop the Belong Nursery into a blueprint for intergenerational practice. We’re looking for someone who will be an expert in the field of intergenerational practice, to lead, create and drive intergenerational strategy across the organisation, with responsibility for:

• Creating an authentic intergenerational community across all ages, which supports good mental health and wellbeing and establishes healthier places to live.

• Leading, developing and promoting intergenerational links with the wider community.

• Promoting a culture of organisational learning in which best practices are shared and disseminated both externally and internally across Belong villages.

• Effective and efficient intergenerational budget managements and coordinated grant applications.

• Being a positive role model for excellent person-centred customer support and practice and an ambassador for intergenerational care working.

  As well as being someone who is able to take the initiative, create momentum and engender enthusiasm and focus within the intergenerational work at Belong, there’s a few other qualities we’re looking for:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to produce papers and reports to academic standards and deliver presentations to professionals.

• Ability to recognise the aims and objectives for intergenerational activities in adults with dementia specifically.

• Strong people engagement skills, including coaching and public relations.

• A customer care focus, with experience in delivering quality outcomes.

• Experience of creating and leading on new initiatives.

  You should be educated to graduate level and a Diploma/NVQ in Early Years is preferred, although not essential.

  Our benefits package has been developed to help us attract, motivate and retain the best people, including everything you’d expect from an award winning employer, such as:

• Competitive rates of pay & flexible working

  Pension & benefits schemes.

• Staff discounts on village facilities.

• Awards and a culture of celebrating our people.

• Extensive training and development opportunities for our people.

As an inclusive organisation we welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. 

The role is to work within two projects in the Crosby Methodist Circuit. The first is a community garden, where members of the local community can grow food together, whilst sharing community, building relationships and exploring spirituality. The second is a community family project, where families can engage in activities together, be supported in their wellbeing and have opportunities to encounter faith.

There will be general responsibilities that are relevant to both projects as well as those unique to each setting.

General responsibilities will include:

• Building relationships with those involved in and connected to the projects, including the team, members, local organisations, schools and businesses.
• Offering safe spaces to talk
• Sharing personal faith as appropriate
• Planning, delivering and evaluating sessions
• Leading devotional and spiritual activities as appropriate and required
• Community Chaplaincy and networking

Moor Lane Community Garden:

• Gardening
• Developing the garden space to encourage and develop spirituality and wellness
• Exploring other creative uses for the garden space to engage and bless the wider community

The Waterloo Project:

• Family work within the context of the project
• Developing wellness activities for families within the sessions and for use at home
• Exploring the development of a worshipping community within this context

About You

You will be a confident Christian with an active faith and a desire for others to come to know Jesus. The successful candidate will be able to use their initiative, contribute to the projects development and work independently where required, whilst also being committed to collaborative ministry as part of a team.

Key Requirements (qualifications and skills)

• Confidence in personal Christian faith, willingness and ability to share that with others
• Able to make connections, listen to others and build relationships with a range of people from all walks of life
• Able to plan and lead group activities, within a gardening and family work setting
• Able to lead spiritual and faith based activities
• Able to hold in tension the wide range of faith perspectives, theologies and ideologies of others, creating space for people to explore and question in their own time
• Experience in family, community or missional work is advantageous but not essential

In return, we offer an exceptional pension scheme, generous annual leave entitlement (plus an extra 3 days’ leave granted over Christmas/New Year), TOIL, Flexi-leave and in-house Wellbeing Advisers.

An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for this role, the cost of which will be incurred by the Methodist Church.

For an informal discussion with a member of the team please see our website for contact details.

Click Apply to be redirected to our website to complete an online application form.

Interviews will be held via zoom on Monday 1st November 2021

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.