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The Hepatitis C Trust (HCT) is the UK patient-led charity for hepatitis C. The arrival of highly effective drugs allows us to cure almost everyone who has access to them. We now have an unprecedented opportunity to eliminate hepatitis C by 2030.

We are looking for a passionate and skilled manager who has excellent communication and organisational skills. Working under the guidance of the Southern Regional Manager, you will oversee a staff team and an expanding network of peer programs across Surrey.

Experience of working with disadvantaged groups and an understanding of providing services to vulnerable people is essential, alongside an understanding of how lived experience can support this work.

Your work will involve maintaining and monitoring our existing HCT peer projects across Surrey. This will involve providing support and supervision to existing staff, managing operational issues on a day-to-day basis and overseeing the management of local projects. 

This post also involves regular liaison with external partners across the region, including key stakeholders and NHS colleagues at the Surrey Operational Delivery Network (ODN), alongside drug and alcohol services, hostels, outreach services etc.

Are you passionate about reducing health inequalities and supporting some of the most marginalised people in our communities?

We are recruiting for a compassionate, organised and proactive Mobile Outreach Coordinator to support our hepatitis C peer project in the Oxford & Thames Valley area. Peers use their lived experience to raise awareness of hepatitis C, reduce stigma, and help people access testing and treatment.

Working alongside healthcare professionals, peer volunteers, pharmacies and community organisations, you will drive the outreach van, and coordinate and deliver our mobile outreach service, bringing hepatitis C testing, harm reduction advice and healthcare support directly into local communities.

This is a varied and rewarding community-based role involving significant travel across the Oxford & Thames Valley region.

About the role

You will:

• Coordinate and deliver mobile outreach work activity across Oxford & Thames Valley
• Provide hepatitis C testing, harm reduction advice and Needle and Syringe Provision (NSP)
• Support people to access treatment, healthcare appointments and ongoing care
• Build partnerships with NHS teams, pharmacies, drug and alcohol services, homelessness services and other community organisations
• Recruit, supervise and support peer volunteers with lived experience
• Manage the day-to-day operation of the outreach van, including stock, equipment and session logistics
• Promote the service and help increase awareness of hepatitis C across local communities

About you

You will have:

• The confidence to drive a van and travel long distances
• The ability to engage with marginalised people in a respectful, non-judgemental way
• Good communication and relationship building skills
• Experience supporting people with complex or multiple needs
• The confidence to work independently and manage your own workload
• The ability to build effective relationships with partner organisations and services
• The ability to support, motivate and provide leadership to volunteers
• A full UK driving licence (essential)

We welcome applications from people with either lived experience or professional experience relevant to the role. This may include hepatitis C, drug or alcohol use, homelessness, the criminal justice system, or supporting people facing similar challenges.

Why join us?

The Hepatitis C Trust is a national, patient-led charity committed to eliminating hepatitis C and improving access to harm reduction services across the UK. We are proud to be a Living Wage Employer and are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion.

This is a unique opportunity for a committed individual to develop their experience and expertise within an evolving regional charity. The ideal candidate will have relevant qualifications and/or equivalent experience and demonstrate a commitment to continuous learning and professional development.

The post-holder will be responsible for providing outreach, support, advocacy and intensive support to people living with HIV across the Liverpool City Region (excluding Wirral), ensuring they have access to essential services, resources and community networks to enhance their wellbeing, independence and engagement in care.

The role will comprise approximately 50% delivery of the Liverpool HIV Intensive Support Service and 50% delivery of the HIV Outreach & Support Service.

The role of HIV Peer Support Worker has been developed specifically for people who have lived experience of recovery after their own HIV diagnosis. It is essential that Peer Support workers demonstrate a willingness to professionally use their lived experience to support the recovery journey of others and as such should be comfortable to share their status with clients, colleagues and external agencies.

Spectra’s HIV Peer Support Worker will facilitate and support promotion of HIV peer support in commissioned London boroughs. The postholder will deliver HIV support programming, providing knowledge and skills, and empowering individuals to access the support that they need.

Because this is a peer-focused service, we particularly value applicants who bring relevant lived experience, or strong understanding of the issues and barriers faced by the communities this role supports.

We are looking for a compassionate, committed and motivated person with lived experience of HIV to provide peer support to people living with HIV across South London hospital HIV services.

This role will support people who are newly diagnosed through Emergency Department opt-out testing, people who are returning to HIV care, and people who may need extra support to stay connected to treatment and services. You will offer a safe, respectful and non-judgemental space where people can talk openly about their experiences, build confidence, and feel less alone.

Using your own lived experience in a thoughtful and boundaried way, you will support people to understand their diagnosis, navigate HIV care, and identify what matters most to them. You will work alongside each person to understand their needs, develop a support plan, and help them access the right practical, emotional and specialist support.

You will work closely with HIV clinic teams, peer support colleagues, advice and advocacy services, and other partners to make sure people living with HIV receive timely, inclusive and culturally competent support that helps them feel informed, empowered and able to live well.

We are looking for a compassionate, committed and motivated person with lived experience of HIV to provide peer support to people living with HIV across South London hospital HIV services.

This role will support people who are newly diagnosed through Emergency Department opt-out testing, people who are returning to HIV care, and people who may need extra support to stay connected to treatment and services. You will offer a safe, respectful and non-judgemental space where people can talk openly about their experiences, build confidence, and feel less alone.

Using your own lived experience in a thoughtful and boundaried way, you will support people to understand their diagnosis, navigate HIV care, and identify what matters most to them. You will work alongside each person to understand their needs, develop a support plan, and help them access the right practical, emotional and specialist support.

You will work closely with HIV clinic teams, peer support colleagues, advice and advocacy services, and other partners to make sure people living with HIV receive timely, inclusive and culturally competent support that helps them feel informed, empowered and able to live well.

Chiva is looking for a compassionate and experienced Specialist Support Officer to provide emotional support, advocacy, and practical guidance to children, young people, and families affected by HIV across London.

About Chiva

Chiva is a charity in the UK whose mission is to ensure that children, young people and young adults growing up with HIV become healthier, happier and more in control of their own futures. Chiva works to ensure that young people living with HIV have the treatment and care, knowledge, understanding, skills and wider support needed to live well and achieve their greatest potential.

What You’ll Do

• Provide one-to-one and family support
• Advocate for young people across health, education, and social care services
• Work alongside NHS multidisciplinary teams
• Deliver engaging peer support events and group activities
• Help young people navigate their journey into adult healthcare services 

Who We’re Looking For

You will be a qualified social worker or registered health and social care professional with experience of supporting children, young people and families with complex needs. A passion for empowering young people and promoting inclusive, person-centred support is essential. 

Join Chiva and become part of a dedicated team making a real impact every day.

Please note that we are only able to accept applications submitted on our branded application form. We cannot accept CVs in respect of this post.

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification on the Chiva website for full details.

Deadline for applications: Thursday 9th July 2026.

Interviews to take place on: Monday 20th & Tuesday 21st July.

We are looking for an experienced peer support worker to join our team as part of Chelsea & Westminster NHS Foundation Trust HIV services in Hertfordshire. This is a new role based at clinic locations in Stevenage, Hatfield and Watford where the post holder will work as part of the clinic team to support people living with HIV.

The successful candidate will have a flexible approach to delivering peer support taking a hybrid approach working in-clinic and remotely at home. The role requires one evening session each week and the occasional weekend clinic as required.

Are you passionate about reducing health inequalities and supporting some of the most marginalised people in our communities?

The Hepatitis C Trust is recruiting a Harm Reduction Outreach Worker to join our innovative mobile outreach service across Birmingham. Working alongside peer workers and healthcare professionals, you will engage with people who use drugs, people experiencing homelessness, and others at risk of drug-related harm, helping them access harm reduction support, healthcare, testing, treatment, and wider services.  

About the role

You will:

• Deliver harm reduction interventions and needle and syringe provision
• Distribute naloxone and provide overdose awareness support
• Promote hepatitis C, hepatitis B and HIV testing
• Build trusted, non-judgemental relationships with service users
• Provide trauma-informed support and practical guidance
• Facilitate referrals into treatment, healthcare, housing and community services
• Work closely with local partners to improve access to care

About you

You will have:

• Experience working with vulnerable or marginalised communities
• Knowledge of harm reduction and substance use issues
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
• A compassionate, person-centred and non-judgemental approach
• A commitment to equality, inclusion and reducing stigma
• A full UK driving licence

Lived experience of substance use and/or recovery and experience of outreach or peer support work are welcomed.  

Why join us?

The Hepatitis C Trust is a national, patient-led charity committed to eliminating hepatitis C and improving access to harm reduction services across the UK. We are proud to be a Living Wage Employer and are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion.  

(we would welcome part time and/or job share for this application)

If you’re ready to make a real difference in Birmingham’s communities, we’d love to hear from you. 

The Hepatitis C Trust runs national peer-led projects using lived experience of drug use and hepatitis C to educate service users and staff in drug, alcohol, homeless and allied services, to increase hepatitis C awareness, and access to testing and treatment for people living with hepatitis C.

We’re looking for a passionate and skilled Peer Lead with strong communication and organisational skills, particularly someone with experience working with marginalised communities and supporting volunteers. We particularly encourage applications from people with lived or living experience of drug use and hepatitis C.

As part of our Birmingham and West Midlands Follow Me peer project, the role involves close working with hepatitis C clinical teams, recruiting and supporting volunteers, delivering workshops, coordinating testing, delivering harm reduction interventions ensuring that service users are referred and supported through hepatitis C treatment and care. Extensive travel is required, and applicants must have a clean driving license and their own vehicle.

The organisation offers benefits such as generous leave entitlements, extensive training opportunities including a generous annual training allowance, a pension scheme, and employee support programs including financial and wellbeing advice.

(we would welcome part time and/or job share for this application)

About the role 
We are recruiting a Van Peer Coordinator to support our Hepatitis C peer project in the Oxford & Thames Valley area. This role involves driving a van across the region and working with people affected by substance use and hepatitis C. 

Peers use their lived experience to raise awareness of hepatitis C, reduce stigma, and help people access testing and treatment. 

About you 
You will: 

• Be confident driving a van and travelling long distances 

• Have experience working with people affected by substance misuse 

• Have lived experience of hepatitis C, or experience supporting someone who has 

• Be reliable, compassionate, and well organised 

• Have good communication skills 

• Hold a clean driving licence (essential) 

What you’ll do 

• Recruit and support volunteer peers 

• Work with NHS hepatitis C teams, drug and alcohol services, and homelessness services 

• Coordinate education sessions and community-based hepatitis C testing 

• Support people into hepatitis C treatment and ongoing care 

This role requires regular travel across Oxford & Thames Valley. 

How to apply 
The closing date for applications is midnight, 7th June 2026. 

This is a unique opportunity for a committed individual to further develop their experience and expertise within an evolving regional charity as our Income Generation Manager. The ideal candidate will have relevant qualifications and/or equivalent experience and demonstrate a commitment to continuous learning and professional development.

The post-holder will be responsible for:

• Taking a lead within our income generation function and working in close collaboration with our CEO to manage/deliver our fundraising strategy.
• Maintaining a portfolio of corporate donors/strategic partners to meet annual income goals
• Serving as a member of Sahir's Senior Leadership Team, contributing to strategic planning and decision-making processes to enhance the overall impact and effectiveness of our services.

We recommend applying early as interviews may be conducted on a rolling basis.

Contract: Full-time , London 

Salary: £37,221 - £41,740 per annum

Closing Date: Monday 29th June 2026

Interviews will be held w/c Monday 6th July

Centrepoint, the UK’s leading youth homelessness charity, is looking for Sleep Out Senior Officer to join our Mass Participation & Events team based in London.

About us

We help vulnerable young people by giving them the practical and emotional support they need to find a job and live independently. Centrepoint provides homeless young people with accommodation, health support and life skills in order to get them back into education, training and employment. We want to end youth homelessness by 2037.

Together with our partners, we support over 16,000 young people each year.

The Senior Officer plays a vital role in delivering our flagship fundraising event, Sleep Out. It is an exciting time to join the team, thanks to increased investment from our headline sponsor, Nationwide Building Society. This investment has enabled us to develop and deliver a new strategy, and we anticipate significant growth over the coming years.

About you

• Ambitious and organised individual with experience delivering successful marketing campaigns and mass participation fundraising events.
• An excellent communicator with strong copywriting, supporter stewardship and relationship management skills.
• Skilled at motivating supporters and delivering outstanding participant experiences.
• Confident managing multiple priorities, projects and deadlines across different teams.
• A collaborative team player who can also work independently and use initiative.
• Proactive, adaptable and confident using IT systems and databases.
   

What you’ll be doing

• Responsibility for the successful delivery and growth of our public Sleep Out events in London and Manchester and our ‘Host Your Own Sleep Out’ product.
• Support the Sleep Out Manager in delivering the Corporate Sleep Out event by taking on responsibilities such as volunteer management and notes taking at project meetings.
• Support the Sleep Out Manager with annual planning and budgeting for the Sleep Out portfolio, including tracking against financial targets and managing our administrative and financial processes.
• Support the Events Manager to implement a strategy that maximises the income potential of the Sleep Out portfolio.
• Line manage, motivate and develop the Sleep Out Officer to empower them to achieve their best.

Why join Centrepoint?

In return for your efforts you’ll receive a competitive salary, excellent training and development, and a host of staff benefits including:

• 25 days of annual leave per year, rising by one day per year to a maximum of 27 days
• Healthcare cash plan (Cover the costs of a wide range of medical treatment including Dental, Optical, Complementary and Alternative therapies).
• Private Medical insurance
• Income protection
• Employer pension contributions of 5%
• Access to Cycle 2 Work loan scheme
• An interest-free travel loan

At Centrepoint we challenge the discrimination within society that contributes to youth homelessness, and we are just as committed to fairness and equality within Centrepoint itself. We are passionate about ensuring all of our colleagues are made to feel included in the work we do and that we value the rich diversity within the organization.

We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications regardless of sex, gender, race, age, belief in any religion and none, gender identity, ethnic origin, class, sexuality, nationality, appearance, unrelated criminal activities, disability, responsibility for dependents, part time or shift workers, being HIV positive or living with AIDS, lived experience of homelessness or using young people’s services and any other matter which causes a person to be treated with injustice.

Centrepoint’s policy is to recruit, employ and promote people on the basis of their suitability for the work to be performed, and to this end, our aim is to ensure that all applicants, employees and volunteers receive equal treatment.

Our approach to applications

We recognise that candidates may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support their applications. While this is absolutely fine, all examples and statements included must be truthful, accurate and based on your own experience.

We’re keen to understand your individual skills, experience and motivations, so please ensure your application reflects your own voice.

Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to join our team as a Senior Event Officer click ‘Apply’ now!

Contract: Full-time, London (9-month contract)

Salary: £29,849-£35,493 per annum

Closing Date: Monday 29th June 2026

Interviews will be held w/c Monday 6th July

Centrepoint, the UK’s leading youth homelessness charity, is looking for Sleep Out Officer to join our Mass Participation & Events team based in London.

About us

We help vulnerable young people by giving them the practical and emotional support they need to find a job and live independently. Centrepoint provides homeless young people with accommodation, health support and life skills in order to get them back into education, training and employment. We want to end youth homelessness by 2037.

Together with our partners, we support over 16,000 young people each year.

The Events Officer plays a vital role in delivering our flagship fundraising event, Sleep Out. It is an exciting time to join the team, thanks to increased investment from our headline sponsor, Nationwide Building Society. This investment has enabled us to develop and deliver a new strategy, and we anticipate significant growth over the coming years.

About you

You will be an energetic and personable individual with:

• Proven experience of working in a supporter or customer-facing role.
• Excellent communication and relationship building skills, confident in communicating with varied audiences.
• Excellent copy-writing skills for supporter communications and an interest in marketing.
• Strong organisation and multi-tasking skills, in order to ensure Sleep Out events run smoothly.
• Proactive and ambitious, always looking for creative ways of working.
   

What you’ll be doing

• Support the successful delivery and growth of our public Sleep Out events in London and Manchester and our ‘Host Your Own Sleep Out’ product.
• Engage and steward all Sleep Out event participants, supporting them with their fundraising, answering queries and building strong relationships.
• Support the implementation of marketing plans that recruit participants.
• Support the Event Manager in managing the partnership with NBS to maximise the impact of the partnership and strive for long-term growth.
• Responsible for administrative processes for the Sleep Out team including donor and financial records, monitoring and creating resources and materials.

Why join Centrepoint?

In return for your efforts you’ll receive a competitive salary, excellent training and development, and a host of staff benefits including:

• 25 days of annual leave per year, rising by one day per year to a maximum of 27 days
• Healthcare cash plan (Cover the costs of a wide range of medical treatment including Dental, Optical, Complementary and Alternative therapies).
• Private Medical insurance
• Income protection
• Employer pension contributions of 5%
• Access to Cycle 2 Work loan scheme
• An interest-free travel loan

At Centrepoint we challenge the discrimination within society that contributes to youth homelessness, and we are just as committed to fairness and equality within Centrepoint itself. We are passionate about ensuring all of our colleagues are made to feel included in the work we do and that we value the rich diversity within the organization.

We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications regardless of sex, gender, race, age, belief in any religion and none, gender identity, ethnic origin, class, sexuality, nationality, appearance, unrelated criminal activities, disability, responsibility for dependents, part time or shift workers, being HIV positive or living with AIDS, lived experience of homelessness or using young people’s services and any other matter which causes a person to be treated with injustice.

Centrepoint’s policy is to recruit, employ and promote people on the basis of their suitability for the work to be performed, and to this end, our aim is to ensure that all applicants, employees and volunteers receive equal treatment.

Our approach to applications

We recognise that candidates may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support their applications. While this is absolutely fine, all examples and statements included must be truthful, accurate and based on your own experience.

We’re keen to understand your individual skills, experience and motivations, so please ensure your application reflects your own voice.

Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to join our team as a Event Officer click ‘Apply’ now!