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This is a Qualified position so you must hold the qualification ‘Habilitation and Disabilities of Sight Graduate Diploma – IOE’ or equivalent.
The Habilitation Specialist helps people with sight loss to live the life they choose by delivering specialist services that enable blind and partially-sighted children and young people to become more mobile and independent.
This role is preferably 21 hours per week (there is some flexibility around this), preferably worked as 3 full days a week within Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm (some flexibility may be needed here), with 26 days paid holiday pro rata (excluding bank holidays) a year. As a charity, we’re always keen to support flexible working as best we can. We offer a generous pension scheme, life assurance and enhanced pay for parenting and sickness leave. In addition, we provide an Employee Assistance Programme, flexible benefits package and discounts and cashback scheme to care for our people.
More details about this role, the Organisation and the recruitment process can be found in the attached candidate pack and job description.
We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date.
Candidate requirements
To be able to fulfil this role, the skills and experience we are looking for in a potential candidate include;
Essential
• Habilitation and Disabilities of Sight Graduate Diploma – IOE
• Knowledge of child development and evidence of continued professional development to maintain current knowledge and experience within the field
• Experience of teaching mobility and independence skills to children and young people with a visual impairment in home, school and community settings
• Experience in sensory training
• Experience of carrying out access and environmental audits
• Experience of working with children with complex needs
• Experience of working with pre-school children
• Demonstrable post qualifying experience in statutory or voluntary sector
Desirable
• Understanding of legislation relating to children and to disability
• Experience of training or making presentations to groups
For the complete list of essential and desirable criteria necessary to be successful in this role please see the Person Specification within the Job Description below. The candidate pack contains more information about this role & the recruitment process at Guide Dogs.
If you are successful you will need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. We cannot provide sponsorship for this role.
How to apply
Applications need to be made using the online application form, accessed using the ‘apply’ button above.
As part of your application ensure you provide to evidence and examples of how your skills & experience meet the criteria as set out in the attached job description.
The system has a one-hour time limit. We would advise you to complete your answers separately and copy and paste into the online form once finalised.
If any mandatory fields are missed, a pop-up box will appear at the top of the page advising which sections require completion.
Please note that you’ll have to upload a CV as this is a mandatory requirement as part of our Safer Recruitment Policy.
Guide Dogs follow Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding the vulnerable people we work with. As part of this, we require a full work history with any gaps accounted for & a minimum of 2 professional referee details fully covering the past 5 years. If there is not enough space in your application form to provide this information, please ensure you upload additional documentation containing the additional detail.
Diversity
Guide Dogs welcomes applications from all sections of the community and actively encourages diversity to maximise achievements, creativity and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability or nationality. We encourage applications from people with disabilities as they are currently under-represented in the organisation and guarantee an invitation to interview for all applicants with disabilities who demonstrate, within their application form, sufficient evidence to meet the essential criteria for the job.
Safeguarding
Guide Dogs is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk of harm with whom we work. We expect all our employees and volunteers to fully share this commitment.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you ready for a rewarding opportunity to apply your extensive Salesforce knowledge to make a real difference to homeless people’s lives?
About the role
CHAIN is a multi-agency database recording information about people sleeping rough and the wider street population in London. The system, which is commissioned and funded by the Greater London Authority (GLA) and managed by St Mungo's, allows users to share information about work done with rough sleepers and about their needs, ensuring that they receive the most appropriate support. CHAIN represents the UK’s most detailed and comprehensive source of information about rough sleeping, and our work provides a significant evidence base for the development of rough sleeping strategy and policy, both in London and at national level.
In this role, you will play a key part in a major project to review and update the CHAIN database. The programme will pave the way for future developments to the system and have a high impact on its 1200 users, who work for outreach teams, assessment hubs and hostels in every London borough.
Working with the CHAIN System Development Lead, you will:
- Implement the migration of the CHAIN database from Salesforce Classic and Partner Portal to Salesforce Lightning and Partner Central Community.
- Analyse and document key elements of the existing system and formulate solutions to streamline and standardise these
- Develop customised solutions within the CHAIN Salesforce platform
- Work with system users to understand user journeys, gather feedback, and coordinate user experience testing.
- Support testing and deployment of technical developments
About you
We’re looking for someone with a track record in Salesforce administration, ideally with a customised version of Salesforce. You will have experience of gathering and analysing system requirements, and turning these into workable solutions, together with the ability to analyse and report on complex datasets. You will be solution-focused, with a proven ability to learn and adapt quickly, and will be able to demonstrate a high level of IT skills, including Excel, Access and/or SQL.
What we offer
Excellent Development and Growth Opportunities
- We hold Investors in People Gold accreditation – one of just 3% of Housing Associations to achieve this. 82% of staff who took part in the survey say St Mungo’s is a great place to work.
- We are committed to developing all of our staff via routes such as secondments, transfers and promotion. In 2019 35% of our vacancies were filled by internal promotions.
A Diverse and Inclusive Work Place
- Equality, diversity and inclusion are central to the organisation's values and how we work.
- We are proud of our commitment to diversity and inclusion and have 8 great Diversity Networks to support clients and staff from different backgrounds so they are able to be their best selves.
Flexible Working and Pension
- We are committed to maintaining your work/life balance. We offer 25 days annual leave, and operate a very popular Flexi Time scheme, which allows you to supplement your annual leave entitlement. After 5 years, staff annual leave entitlement increases to 28 days.
- St Mungo’s contribute 4% of your gross annual salary, and you are able to enrol in the Defined Contribution scheme following a successful probationary period in which the employer contribution is 6%.
What we do
At St Mungo’s our vision is that everyone has a place to call home and can fulfil their hopes and ambitions. As a homelessness charity and housing association, our clients are at the heart of what we do, and in 2019 – 2020 we supported 32,800 people across all of our services. Our staff are crucial to making this happen.
How to apply
To find out more and apply please go to the St Mungo’s careers page on our website.
To view the job description and guidance on completing your application form, please click on the ‘document available’ tab at the top of the advert page on our website.
Closing date: 10am on 24 May 2021
Interview and assessments on: 2 June 2021, to take place via video call
Please be advised that all appointments will be made on St Mungo’s current standard Terms and Conditions (T&Cs); this also applies to any internal candidates.
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This is a really exciting time to join Third Age Trust, as they have recently undergone a restructure of the organisation and are looking to recruit an experienced Data Systems Officer to join their fantastic team.
Third Age Trust are a brilliant national charity, who promote lifelong learning to people who are no longer in full time employment or raising a family, through locally run interest groups covering a wide range of topics and activities.
Hours: 21-35 hours per week.
Contract: 1 year with possible extension.
Salary: £35,000 per annum (FTE)
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The charity's Head Offices are based in Southwark; however, they are really flexible with the location.
If you are interested in this new role, please email your most recent CV to Neil Hogan at Charity People.
Closing: Tuesday 1st June at 12 noon
Interview Dates: 7th, 8th and 10th June (TBC)
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It is a permanent full time role. It is currently remote but as restrictions lift the role will move to hybrid working, requiring some weekly attendance to our Westminster office.
Please send your CV together with a covering letter explaining your suitability for the role, and your interest in joining our team through Charityjob. Please include the details of your referees in your cover letter, which should be no more than 2 sides of A4.
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Job Title: Management Accountant & Finance Business Partner
Location Nottingham City, but travel to other Framework sites may be required. Some home working is an option.
Salary: FRWK14 £27,689 to £30,421
Status & Hours: Permanent, 37 hours per week
Do you want to work for an organisation where 96% of staff, in the last staff survey, said that they enjoy their work?
We are looking for a Management Accountant & Finance Business Partner to join our enthusiastic and busy Finance team. Reporting to the Head of Finance, you will join a team of 8 and work closely with our Operations Managers to monitor the financial performance of services.
What we offer: Life Assurance, Pension (up to 4% matched by FHA), Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Benefits, Additional Annual Leave Purchase Scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, Learning programmes tailored to suit different roles and services, Health Cash Plan.
Framework supports all employees to achieve a better work/life balance. Should you wish us to consider flexible working or job share as part of your application please state this on your application in the supporting statement section.
To protect the health & wellbeing of those receiving support from Framework and the wider community, any job offer is conditional upon the prospective post-holder having been vaccinated against Covid-19, or agreeing to do so during their six month probation period, except where such a requirement would be unreasonable in the circumstances.
97% of the workforce in a recent staff survey said they were proud to work for Framework.
Framework is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Registered charity No: 1060941.
As a Disability Confident employer we warmly encourage job applications from people with disabilities. Framework is committed to offering opportunities to people from diverse communities. If you have specific requirements or adjustments please let us know if there is anything we can do to support your application
NO AGENCIES PLEASE.
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