As Head of Programmes you will be leading the team that works with young people and partners to plan and deliver engagement opportunities that enable young people to find their collective voice and use it for social and political change.

As the national youth council of the UK, we bring young people together through our membership network and a range of partner programmes to advocate with and for young people. We are a small but ambitious charity working across the UK to empower young people and to use our national mandate to influence UK Parliament and the Government.

You will be an experienced leader with experience of working with young people, ideally within a youth participation setting. You will bring your passion for youth work and youth engagement to help the British Youth Council to increase our reach and impact, ensuring that all our activity is delivered in a way that is equitable and inclusive, and that puts young people front and centre.

As part of the leadeship team you will be shaping the charity and working closely with our Board who are all young people.  As Head of Programmes you will also be the lead for safeguarding within the charity.

The British Youth Council is committed to safeguarding and protecting the young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safe recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working across our services.

The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT) is seeking a Head of People and Operations who will lead the Trust’s human resources strategy, culture and policy work, as well as ensuring the effective running of our operations, including our IT and grant administration systems and premises. The role will suit an experienced leader who brings a passion for both people and systems, and who is committed to creating a culture and infrastructure that enables teams and work to flourish.

JRCT is a grant-making Quaker Trust that supports people who are passionate about making a positive difference; whether they are advocating for some of the most vulnerable people in our society, promoting nonviolent responses to conflict, or taking steps towards an environmentally sustainable future. Every year JRCT makes about 100 grants for all kinds of charitable work, from grassroots community groups to well-established charities working to build a peaceful and just world. 

Following an increase in our grant-making budget, we are in a process of growing both our programmes and our staff team in response to this commitment. The Trust employs 22 staff, as well as contracting a range of external service providers and consultants. Most staff work from our office in York, but a significant number work remotely.

About the Role

As Head of People and Operations, you will have a personal commitment to the mission and values of the Trust. You will use your experience to shape the development of JRCT’s human resources strategy, policy and practice, and lead of process of culture change that centres equity, inclusion, wellbeing and belonging. You will also lead the internal processes of the Trust, to ensure the effective running of our operations, including our grant administration systems and processes, IT and data management, and premises.

Wiltshire Wildlife Trust is one of the top environmental charities in the UK.  We have a reputation for innovation in both nature conservation and creating new ways for people to benefit from engaging with the natural world.

As Head of Fundraising and Communications you will develop, lead and drive forward a successful income generation strategy for Wiltshire Wildlife Trust.  The Trust is looking for a dynamic, innovative individual who wants to embrace the challenge of securing a better future for the wildlife and people of Wiltshire and Swindon.

You will be responsible for growing the Trust’s financial resources; increasing membership and raising the Trust’s profile.  You will lead on the development and delivery of a three year integrated Fundraising, Marketing and Communication strategy, while providing support and guidance to your staff, enabling them to maximise opportunities to increase income.

You will bring new insights, techniques and breadth to our income generation.  Your ability and understanding of success in recruiting, retaining and increasing members will play a key role in developing a wider and stronger membership base for the organisation.

You will be an excellent networker and motivator, with the ability to build good relationships with key funders, stakeholders, and partner organisations including regional and national Wildlife Trust staff.   

As a member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) you will support the Chief Executive by taking collective responsibility for the management of the Trust and delivery of the Strategic Plan.  You will share in our success and achievements and help to formulate policy and strategy to guide the Trust’s development. 

East London Dance is hiring

East London Dance is an arts charity dedicated to championing and growing the east London dance scene. Having just completed our capital project to refit a historic warehouse and create a pioneering new dance and music hub, The Talent House, we are seeking to appoint a Head of Development.

Head of Development

Salary: £35,000 - £37,000

Full-time, permanent

The Head of Development will lead our fundraising strategy with the Creative Director & Chief Executives and work alongside the wider team to cultivate and maintain a diverse range of partnerships for the organisation. You would be joining at a really exciting period as we move into a new home, providing many new opportunities to engage supporters in our work. The role will have the ability to shape our long term development, at a pivotal moment alongside the newly announced Creative Director & Chief Executive job share partnership of Kate Scanlan and Tia Hassan.

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You will be an insightful manager with at least three-year’s experience of working within the cultural, charity and/or social enterprise sectors. You will have a proven track record of successful fundraising and cultivating and maintaining a range of supporters for the arts. You will be a confident, persuasive and concise communicator, able to articulate values and beliefs, with a confidence in networking.

Deadline to apply: Monday 25 October 2021, 12noon

For more information on how to apply and a job pack please visit our website.

Work with us

The Vegan Society is an anagram of The Nicest Voyage. Quite fitting, we think, as for many people veganism is a journey – and a pretty remarkable one at that. Regardless of where you are on your vegan journey, our staff are on hand to make it easier, healthier and more fun. If you think you’d be great at helping others with this, read on, as this may be right up your street.

The Vegan Society makes veganism more accessible and an easily adopted approach by supporting individuals, policy and decision makers, caterers, manufacturers, health care professionals and the media.

Who we’re looking for

Are you passionate about changing the way we treat animals? Do you want to help reduce damage to our environment? Do you want to encourage people to enjoy healthy vegan food that looks good and tastes great? We’re looking for a strategic leader who can help to drive both individual behaviour change and system change, to support a vegan future.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

The Vegan Society as an organisation values equality, diversity, and inclusion. We want to be an organisation that tackles any structural discrimination or prejudice. We are actively trying to increase diversity in our organisation and encourage applications from all sections of the community. We will offer an automatic interview to all candidates who meet our essential criteria and who identify as from an under-represented race or ethnicity or as deaf, neurodiverse, or living with disability.

The role

Due to internal promotion, the Head of Campaigns, Policy and Research role has become available. This is an exciting opportunity for someone whose values and beliefs align with The Vegan Society, and who is ready to seize opportunities to take veganism to the next level.

Reporting to the CEO, the Head of Campaigns, Policy and Research will lead and manage our Campaigns, Policy and Research team providing strategic direction, motivation and creative ideas.

The successful candidate will build relationships with influential audiences across the vegan, food and environment sectors – engaging with individuals, groups and the government in order to provide vegan solutions to many of the problems our society currently faces.

As Head of Campaigns, Policy and Research you will engage with political audiences and public institutions at high level to meet the Society’s campaigning objectives.

You will build credibility and relationships with Parliamentarians and work in collaboration with organisations with similar goals.

As Head of Campaigns, Policy, Research you will:

• Devise and develop campaigns, policy and research activity that promotes the benefits of veganism; supports new and existing vegans; and encourages more vegan-friendly policy.
• Lead and oversee a team including campaigns, policy and research staff along with the organisation’s senior dietitian and fundraiser
• Develop and monitor the CPR strategy, setting KPIs and evaluating impact
• Produce and monitor the CPR budget
• Oversee delivery of high profile, high impact campaigns
• Build relationships with other organisations to raise the profile of The Vegan Society across a variety of sectors
• Act as spokesperson across a variety of issues, actively seeking opportunities to get your voice heard
• Collaborate with teams across the organisation to offer and enlist support
• Be part of the Senior Management Team, driving the organisation forward to meet the organisation’s strategic objectives

To be considered as our Head of Campaigns, Policy, Research you must have:

• Experience running public facing, ideally behaviour-change, campaigns
• Experience in developing policy and liaising with policy-makers and politicians
• A good understanding of the political landscape in the UK and beyond
• Demonstrable leadership skills and experience
• Strong project planning experience
• Experience in strategy development
• Experience of budget planning and management
• Experience of public speaking and influencing at a high level
• A creative, solutions-based approach

What we offer

• A fun and supportive team
• A solution-focused atmosphere and hard-working environment
• Flexible working hours
• Employee Assistance Programme and health cash-back scheme
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Childcare vouchers scheme
• Animal companion compassionate leave
• Ethical pension scheme (5-7% employer contribution)
• Death in service benefit
• 28 Days leave + 8 Bank Holidays (25 days annual leave & 3 closure days)
• Central Birmingham office location. Some home-working may be considered, but the role must be office-based for at least 2 days per week.

Additional information

This is full time (37.5 hours per week) role with a salary of £40,876 - £44,514 per annum.

The application deadline is 9am on Friday 29th October, however we will be reviewing applications as received and may end the application stage early if we get enough candidates.

Interviews date TBC.

Find out more about what it is like to work for The Vegan Society by reading our recruitment pack.

The Girls' Network are looking for a new Head of Programmes, to join the small Senior Team running this award-winning national charity. We are looking for someone experienced in leading programme delivery, to start as soon as possible, and help lead our bold vision for a world where no girls' future is limited. The role is home based, but ideally in one of our existing programme locations (London, Sussex, Portsmouth, West Midlands, Newcastle, Liverpool, Manchester) as there is a requirement to travel to meet the programme team. 

The main purpose of this role is to lead Muscular Dystrophy UK’s (MDUK) policy and campaigning activity, focusing primarily on health policy and new treatment approval activities.

You will lead our work to influence national policy development and implementation to improve health services for people living with a muscle-wasting condition, their carers and families, including influencing for new treatments approvals and managing MDUK’s responses to treatment approval consultations.

You will set the strategy for policy prioritisation within the context of our organisation’s ambitions. You will oversee a programme of policy work including ensuring the delivery of high-quality consultation responses, policy positions and reports.

Applicants

The successful candidate should have:

• Thorough understanding of and proven experience of campaigning and influencing government, decision makers and public policy in the health and social care sector at every level
• Thorough understanding and knowledge of the health landscape and commissioning structures in the NHS (particularly specialised and community based care), with working knowledge of health structures in the 3 devolved nations.
• Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of the drug approval pathways in the UK

Expectations in the role

• To ensure MDUK is driving the specialist commissioning agenda; with neuromuscular services adequately funded and embedded within the commissioning infrastructure; leading a constructive relationship with NHS England, devolved bodies and commissioners across the United Kingdom
• To oversee the development of Managed Clinical Networks and Neuromuscular Forums across the United Kingdom, involving patients, local and regional commissioners, as well as health professionals
• To lead MDUK’s relationships with the specialist neuromuscular clinical community, including the maintaining of tools for health professionals such as MDUK’s online training modules and the delivery of MDUK’s flagship professional development conferences

Please download the job description to see full role responsibilities.

About us

Muscular Dystrophy UK is the charity bringing individuals, families and professionals together to fight muscle-wasting conditions. We bring together more than 60 rare and very rare progressive muscle-weakening and wasting conditions, affecting around 70,000 children and adults in the UK.

Benefits

We appreciate the range of skills and experience our staff have to offer. In return for your enthusiasm and commitment we commit to actively developing and supporting you. We also offer a range of benefits including pension, life assurance, season ticket loan, ride to work scheme, health cash plan, and an employee assistance programme.

Location

This role is based at our office in Southwark, London with flexibility for home working. It is within a short walking distance of Southwark and Borough Tube stations. It is also a short distance from Waterloo Station, London Bridge Station and Blackfriars Station. We are also a 5 minute walk from the Tate Modern and Southbank, perfect place to go for lunch during the warm summer months.

In order to apply, please click on the Apply Now button and send your CV with a covering letter detailing why you are best suited for the role.

Please note interviews likely to be held w/c 1 November 2021.

*Unfortunately due to the high volume of applications we receive we will only contact candidates that are shortlisted for interview. Therefore if you do not hear from us within 2 weeks of the closing date please note your application has been unsuccessful.

The Girls' Network are looking for a new Head of Fundraising & Communications, to join the small Senior Team running this award-winning national charity. We are looking for someone experienced in leading either or both areas, who is keen to work in both, to start as soon as possible, and help lead our bold vision for a world where no girls' future is limited.  You will be based from home, but ideally in one of the regions in which we operate (Sussex, South Coast, London, West Midlands, North East, North West).

Starting Salary: £49,194 - £51,162 (depending on experience)

Contract: Fixed Term – 2 years

Location: London

This role will be recruited for on a rolling basis and we reserve the right to close it prior to the closing date. Previous candidates need not apply.

Position Description

The post holder will provide strategic leadership on effective development, coordination and delivery of Integral Ecology Programme Model – CAFOD’s organisational approach to how International Programmes will contribute to achieving the vision, mission, and commitments of Our Common Home - CAFOD’s new strategic framework. The post holder is a member of the International Programmes Management Team (IPMT) and will work closely with colleagues across International Programmes, Advocacy and Education Group (AEG), Organisational Performance and Governance Team and Safeguarding Team.

Structure/Scope:

The Programme Quality & Support Team is a newly established team with a remit to support international programme teams to increase the impact of our partners work through: 

• provision of technical support and accompaniment (short-term and long-term) to programme teams and partners – to develop, implement, and monitor effective, safe, dignified, and inclusive programmes.
• develop and manage a functional knowledge management system and ensure sharing and utilization of knowledge and evidence to facilitate learning and innovation, enhance decision-making and improve programme effectiveness. 

This post sits within International Programmes Group and reports directly to the Head of Humanitarian Programmes and Partner Support. The post holder manages (1) Programme Quality Lead, (2) International Programme Accompanier, (3) Sustainability Technical Lead, (4) Capacity Strengthening Advisor (5) Inclusion & Gender Advisor and (6) Data Quality & Evidencing Officer (7) Humanitarian Capacity Strengthening – Project Manager.

To read more and apply, please visit CAFOD website to begin filling the application process.

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.

Are you a talented and experienced leader of programmes for young people? Do you have the skills to work with young refugees and asylum seekers, placing their talents and aspirations at the heart of all that you do?

CARAS is seeking a new Head of Service to lead our pioneering Youth Team.

All services are currently being delivered as a hybrid offer- some are face to face and some are online. However this is subject to change. The successful candidate will need to be able to work in Tooting and the south London area.

About the organisation

CARAS is a registered charity providing holistic support to people in south London and beyond who have an asylum seeking or refugee background. Our values are:

Kindness. CARAS will nurture all who are part of our community, helping everyone to develop their skills, talents and interests. 

Justice. CARAS will strive for social justice following a rights-based approach in all of our work and challenging instances when rights are not upheld in wider society. 

Empowerment. CARAS works alongside people, recognising and respecting their skills and strengths and striving together for better outcomes. 

‘With’ not ‘for’. CARAS will put the voices, opinions, experiences and needs of its beneficiaries at the heart of all that we do. 

About Youth Services at CARAS

Our Youth Service is award winning. We are one of only 16 youth organisations to hold a London Youth Gold Quality Mark due to our commitment to ensuring young people are at the heart of our work and the decisions which affect them.

For many years, we have run groups to support asylum seeking and refugee young people, especially separated children, developing a thriving community with people who might otherwise experience isolation and exclusion from their new communities.

Our youth programme works with young refugees, paying close attention to their wishes, needs and ambitions. CARAS offers a holistic educational, social and practical programme for young people. This includes sports programmes, study support groups, youth clubs and wellbeing groups as well as practical learning workshops and individual wellbeing check-ins.

We are seeking an ambitious individual with a clear vision that places young people’s participation at the heart of everything, working towards young people leading and co-delivering wherever possible. The successful applicant will need to prioritise work that boosts young people’s skills, confidence and opportunities to actively participate in changing the world around them, demonstrating skills in strategic planning and an abilityto work collaboratively. Flexibility, creativity, ambition and a willingness to learn with young people are vital assets.

The role has line management responsibility of a small staff team of up to two people, as well as an expectation that all Heads of Service regularly collaborate with each other to deliver a consistently excellent service across the whole organisation. In addition to providing strategic leadership, the role also includes some service delivery.

CARAS is a thriving organisation with a highly motivated, friendly and experienced staff team, bolstered by the generous support of equally skilled volunteers and trustees who come from many walks of life. The successful candidate will be working with a range of stakeholders and will be able to input into work across the organisation, develop partnerships, welcome volunteers, and of course, be welcomed and supported by us all. 

Additional benefits

CARAS offers 28 days’ annual leave per year, plus public holidays. CARAS also pays into a workplace pension with employers’ contributions currently at 4%. We are a proud member of the Living Wage Foundation, ensuring that all employees at every level are remunerated fairly.

All front-line staff are offered monthly clinical supervision with a qualified and experienced psychologist, allowing for exploration within a confidential space of challenges that arise, and for mitigation of vicarious harm.

About the role

The main purpose of the role will be to oversee the day-to-day running of our work with young people, focusing on delivering on our long- term strategic aims as set out in our five-year plan. You will be accountable to your line manager, CARAS’ strategic goals, the Board of Trustees and to relevant funders. All of your work must be in service of the best interests of our community members. 

You will be supported through regular line management and clinical supervision, working alongside colleagues from our welcoming and supportive youth and adult teams. There are opportunities to access relevant training and support for this role.

Main activities

• Strategic oversight of CARAS Youth Services
• Liaison and collaboration with CARAS’ Heads of Service team 
• Line management of staff in your team, ensuring that they are supported, guided and appropriately challenged
• maintain an outreach and engagement strategy to reach new beneficiaries
• Manage systems for new intakes and build relationships with new service users and referral partners
• Manage waiting lists if required
• Together with your team, ensure that all young people within CARAS are signposted to the best support to meet their needs, within CARAS and in partnership with other organisations
• maintain a blended delivery programme that combines online activities and face to face delivery
• Develop and refine models of best practice for working with refugees and asylum seekers 
• think holistically about people’s needs, designing services that promote learning, skills, health and wellbeing
• Lead on consultation with community members to ensure that services are designed with their needs at the heart 
• lead on partnership development, disseminating tried and tested models of best practice to other relevant organisations and colleagues in the sector 
• Together with senior leadership, develop an annual budget and work to this throughout the year
•  Quality control of the service, ensuring that high standards are met 
• liaise with other providers to ensure that the needs of refugees and asylum seekers are being met
• Where appropriate, contribute to advocacy and campaigns which improve the lives of refugees and people seeking asylum 
• Lead a ‘Youth Team Meeting’ ensuring that there is strong collaboration with all relevant CARAS staff
• Attend and contribute to relevant partnership meetings and policy networks
• participate in referral, team and other meetings as required
• Together with the Volunteer Development Lead, develop and deliver relevant and up to date training for your staff and volunteer teams
• ensure that all safeguarding concerns are reported to the safeguarding lead
• Occasional service delivery where coordinators and volunteers need support 
•  Evaluation and reporting, both internally against CARAS strategic goals and externally to funders 
• Represent your area of work to trustees where necessary, including occasional attendance at trustee meetings 

Person specification

CARAS is an equal opportunities employer. We are keen to hear from people who are underrepresented in our management level staff and are particularly keen to hear from applicants with lived experience of being a refugee or an asylum seeker.

Essential criteria:

• at least 2 years’ experience of managing others, being a team leader or similar
• strategic vision and planning skills
• a creative and participatory approach to learning
• Experience of collaboratively designing a service with its users
• ability to communicate clearly with people from diverse backgrounds
• ability to motivate and engage young people and adults, listening to others and working in a non-judgemental way that develops trust
• friendly, warm and patient manner
• good organisational and administrative skills
• good budgeting skills
• good IT skills
• a thoughtful and empathetic approach to working with migrant groups
• a strong understanding of safeguarding procedures

Desirable criteria:

• knowledge of one or more community languages (including but not limited to Arabic, Somali, Tigrinya, Amharic, Pashto, Dari, Farsi and Kurdish)
• experience of working with adult or youth refugee and asylum-seeking groups
• understanding of gendered experiences of forced migration
• experience of working in partnership with other organisations
• knowledge of the statutory services that support young people
• experience using a Data Management System for recording and reporting on work
• experience of working with migrants and/or refugees, or lived experience of forced migration
• deep knowledge of issues facing refugee and asylum-seeker groups, including an understanding of possible mental health outcomes
• experience of managing complex funding streams

To apply, please email your completed application form by 9am on the 8th of November 2021. Late applications will not be considered. CVs and covering letters are not accepted. Your application must be saved as a word document.

Interviews will take place on 11th and 12th November.

We are looking to bring someone into the role as soon as possible.

Please note that we may extend the submission deadline and interview dates depending on volume of applications.

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The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament is looking for a Peace Education Officer to take the lead in the development of CND Peace Education work. We need a passionate and highly-organised person to flexibly and responsively manage the CND Peace Education programme and develop the overall CND Peace Education strategy.

The successful candidate will support the successful School Speaker Network working in schools across England, and further develop resources available via the CND Peace Education website for remote learning.

They will have experience of working in an educational environment and of recruiting and coordinating volunteers. A good working knowledge of the English education system and national curriculum is essential – the programme does not run in the other nations of the UK.Experience of delivering training and teaching or running educational workshops is highly desirable. They will be committed to cooperative and active learning, as well as the overall aims and objectives of CND. 

The job will involve remote working, with attendance at the office roughly monthly for those living outside of London (for which travel expenses would be paid). Applicants should note that the role will involve regular travel throughout England. This is a part-time post (14 hours per week) with a salary of £28,492 pro rata per annum (plus a London weighting for residents of the capital) and 28 days of holiday pro rata, plus pro rata bank holidays, and a contributory pension scheme. This is a contracted position of 18 months, with the possibility of extension, and will be subject to a 3-month probationary period.

The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament is committed to welcoming people from the widest possible diversity of background, culture and experience. Please contact us to discuss any accessibility requirements you may have.

Please read the full job description and return the application form by 5pm on Wednesday 20 October. We intend to hold interviews in the week commencing 25 October.

Sebastian's Action Trust is a registered charity providing specialist respite holidays and practical and emotional support to seriously-ill children and their families.  We walk alongside families of life-limited and seriously-ill children from diagnosis, through treatment and beyond.

The charity was formed in 2004 to fulfil the last wish of nine-year-old Sebastian Gates to build a holiday home that would give other children a chance to enjoy precious time with their families.  Our respite holiday house, The Bluebells, opened in July 2011and is now welcoming families with very sick children from all over the country. Although The Bluebells remains at the core of our charitable activity, since 2004 we have developed an outreach service across Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Surrey, which is supported by additional specialists in childcare, finance and welfare, wellbeing and bereavement. Ever increasing demand for our services has led us to replicate our model in Berkshire, where we are currently completing a second outreach/respite centre, called The Woodlands.

We are also committed to a programme of practical support, helping families in the community in a variety of different ways; including transportation to and from specialist hospitals, equipment provision, well-being therapies for parents and support for siblings.

Job Purpose and Context

The successful post holder will have overall strategic responsibility for the Family Services team, working to ensure our professionals delivering vital frontline services to families in need do so within our social palliative care model.  The post holder will also take responsibility for monitoring and evaluating our impact, implementing systems and processes, engaging service-user consultation and developing a framework to ensure that the charity is appropriately communicating the outcomes of its work. 

Areas of Responsibility

• Direct line management of two Family Service managers and the Impact Administrator

• Responsible for ensuring targets are set, monitored and achieved across the department in line with annual business plans and strategic development

• Responsible for ensuring the team operate in a safe, health and safety compliant working environment

• Responsible for working with the Trust and Foundations Manager to initiate and execute project applications for funding, managing their implementation and evaluating their impact

• Supporting HR with recruitment, induction and performance management of departmental staff in line with procedures and continuous professional development

• As a member of the Senior Management Team, contribute to the formulation of annual business plans and engage in regular review with the Board of Trustees

• As the lead in Family Services, liaise with the Trust’s strategic advisory board to ensure regular dialogue and consultation in respect of service delivery 

• As the lead in Family Services, ensure services are delivered in line with relevant regulatory bodies and seek further engagement with potential funding opportunities

• As the lead in Family Services, advocate for the Trust in internal and external campaigns, sharing networks and platforms relating to service delivery and our model of care.

• As the lead in Family Services, manage and direct the written and oral narrative encompassing our model of care.

Operational and Project Planning

• To lead the monthly Family Services meetings

• Monitor service delivery and keep the Senior Management Team abreast of key developments ensuring that funded projects are running in line with application

• Assist in shaping budget based on team and beneficiary feedback

• Keep abreast of changes in policies that may impact Family Services

• Take individual responsibility for agreed objectives and targets

• Ensure collaterals received by families are up-to-date and accurate including; leaflets, new referral packs, website and the Trust’s app.

Working with Beneficiaries and Service Delivery

• Support initial family needs assessment and oversee annual assessment of need

• Attend relevant professional meetings and maintain effective relationships with referrers and other health professionals

• Work within the Sebastian’s Action Trust safeguarding policy

• Work with other health, education and social care professionals and significant others providing services to the families

• Ensure prompt responses to requests for information and action from service users and other stakeholders

• Relay information and supporter contact to appropriate internal and external contacts 

• Consult with families for feedback

Developing, Maintaining Systems and Procedures

• Ensure spend is kept in line with budget

• Help to inform Family Services strategy

• Ensure accurate records of service delivered and service outcomes according to Sebastian’s Action Trust policies

• Ensure that data relevant to areas of responsibility and activity is adequately and safely recorded and stored

• Effectively use care database Evide and the suite of MS Office products to keep team records current, complete and accurate

• Responsible for strategic service delivery policy and practices

Team Working and Collaboration

• Senior Management team fortnightly meeting

• Monthly Trusts & Grants meeting 

• Host an annual professionals day

• Monthly meetings with identified hospital representative to discuss referrals in conjunction with the Family Services Managers

• Promote Sebastian’s Action Trust to other organisations through key talks/networking 

• Monthly meeting with PR & Communications

Special Conditions

• The post holder will be expected to work flexibly across our two sites, The Bluebells and The Woodlands, with occasional visits to a range of venues, including families' homes, hospitals and other community-based locations

• This role may occasionally involve driving significant distances and as a member of the Senior Management Team there is an expectation of evening and weekend work on occasions

• Full driver’s licence required

• This is not a complete list of the duties and responsibilities of the post, which may change dependent on the needs of the service, following discussion with the post holder

Benefits

21 days’ holiday pro rata, plus Christmas shutdown (4 days) in addition to bank holidays.  Training budget provided for continual professional development and uniform.  Upon successful completion of 6 month probation the post holder will receive pension and death in service benefits

We are looking for a creative and proactive individual who has experience of supporting high-risk survivors of domestic abuse. Working with survivors of domestic abuse as an Independent Domestic Violence Advocate (IDVA) you will play a crucial role in advocacy, risk assessment and risk management, safety planning and empowerment.

As part of our passionate and committed team of approximately 35 staff, our aspiration is that you will thrive and develop in this varied role. You will be contributing to the invaluable work of the Rising Sun and making a lasting difference to the lives of those who are impacted by domestic abuse. 

JOB PURPOSE

• To provide practical and emotional support to survivors of domestic abuse, including crisis intervention, risk assessment and safety planning.
• To develop individual support plans, which address the risk of harm and offer information, advocacy, advice and signposting to survivors, underpinned by individual risk and need.
• To empower survivors, thereby increasing self- esteem, reducing isolation and helping survivors to keep safe.
• To provide survivors with information relating to their rights and ensuring survivors are empowered to make decisions based on their options.
• To work in collaboration with partner agencies and survivors and attend MARAC (Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conference)

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide high quality case work support and information to victims/survivors who have experienced domestic and/ or sexual violence who are considered high risk
• Support those who are experiencing domestic and sexual abuse to access services to keep themselves (and their children) safe
• Identify and assess the needs of domestic abuse victims using an evidence-based risk identification checklist while taking a trauma informed approach
• Provide 1:1 casework support to women within the Ashford, Canterbury and Folkestone and Hythe districts, either over the phone, in community venues or at Rising Sun officesManage a caseload in accordance with organisational policies and procedures and adhere to confidentiality
• Maintain up to date and accurate records
• Attend case review meetings and work as part of a team, supporting colleagues and building positive working-relationships with team members
• Attend regular supervision and appraisals with line-manager
• Hold weekly information and advice drop in sessions and facilitate relevant programmes when required i.e. Phoenix Programme
• Advocate for high risk victims with agencies who can help to address the domestic abuse by:
  • Understanding the role of all relevant statutory and non-statutory services available to domestic abuse victims and how your role fits into them.
  • Providing advocacy, emotional and practical support and information to survivors including in relation to legal options, housing, health and finance. 
  • Effective partnership working with all key agency partners (including housing and other specialist services, such as drug and alcohol support) to address the safety of high risk victims and ensuring that their safety plans are coordinated particularly through the MARAC (multi-agency risk assessment conference).

• Identify training opportunities and feed in to this where appropriate
• Work with volunteers (where appropriate) to enhance the capacity of the service
• Attend wider team meetings to share learning and feed into organisational developments
• Ensure that the service user is at the heart of all service delivery by encouraging participation in service development and reporting on their recommendations and complaints
• Be willing and available to work occasional evenings and weekends to support wider team activities such as representing Rising Sun at events (time off in lieu can be taken)
• Ensure publicity materials are effectively distributed as well as contributing to the development of literature

WE ARE RECRUITING IRIS ADVOCATE/EDUCATORS TO WORK AS PART OF A PAN-LONDON PROJECT

Role:            IRIS Advocate/Educator

Salary:     £28,785 pa (including London Weighting)

Location: Advance Head Office in Hammersmith with extensive travel across assigned boroughs to GP surgeries and partners as required. 

Contract:   Contract until 31st March 2022; in line with current funding

Posts:          2

Hours:         35 hours per week 

Closing Date: 24th October 2021

Shortlisting: Will take place week commencing 25th October

Interviews: Scheduled for 29th October, 3rd and 4th November

About Advance

Advance is a well-respected charity established in 1998 to support women to cope and recover from experiences of domestic abuse and those who are at risk of offending or with short term sentences to reduce offending. At Advance we work alongside partner agencies to provide a dynamic response to survivors of Domestic Abuse. 

The IRISi Project

IRISi has been commissioned by The Mayor of London’s Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) to work with partners in the health and specialist Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) sector to rollout the IRIS programme in seven London Boroughs. Advance is working as one of the partners on this exciting new project.

The objective of the project is to improve the quality of life of patients by raising awareness of domestic abuse with GPs and improve the domestic abuse response and the provision of holistic care for patients by GP services. The project also aims to help families know how to identify issues and concerns and know where to access support, as well as offering them the opportunity to participate in the development of violence reduction solutions.

We currently cover Ealing, Brent, Hammersmith and Fulham, and Westminster where we work in partnership with GP surgeries to target and engage survivors from a diverse range of ethnic backgrounds who may not have access to mainstream domestic abuse services. 

Currently based in our Head Office in Hammersmith, the two vacancies will geographically focus on Hammersmith & Fulham/Westminster and Brent/Ealing; providing an excellent opportunity for career development within the field of Domestic Abuse. The successful applicant will receive specific IRISi training to deliver this programme.

The role

You will be supporting and providing on-going training for health professionals in general practice to help them understand and respond to domestic violence and abuse (DVA) and encouraging health professionals to ask women about their experience of abuse and respond, record, safety check and refer. 

A focus of this role is around building and maintaining effective relationships with general practice teams and providing individual needs-led information, support and advocacy (including signposting) for women who disclose their past or current experiences of DVA. 

Advance works with a diverse range of women across London and are committed to our staff workforce reflecting the women we support. If you have any additional language skills, please let us know in your application as they will be highly regarded.  

What you will bring:

•  An excellent understanding of the dynamics of domestic abuse and the impact especially in relation to survivor’s health and that of their children. 

•  Experience of working within a domestic abuse service ideally as an IDVA is required for this role. 

•  Confidence in advocating for the rights of survivors with professionals and effectively managing partner relationships. 

Previous IRISi experieince/training will be highly regarded. 

What we offer:

•  30 days holiday plus public holidays, and a day off for International Women’s Day (pro-rata for part time role)

•  Pension scheme 

•  Access to our Employee Assistance Programme

•  Various forms of wellbeing support 

•  Organisation wide away days

•  The opportunity to work in a flexible, supportive environment with a team of committed, inspiring women and we will support you as you to continue to build your skills and experience and grow your career

To apply: Please submit your CV along with a supporting statement setting out how you meet the criteria for the role. Please specify if you have a geographical preference for either Hammersmith and Fulham/Westminster or Brent/Ealing in your cover letter.