Reporting to: CEO until March and then Director of Programmes and Innovation

Location:London Office based with travel across the region and occasional national travel (ccurrently remote working due to Covid-19)

Hours: Part time at 80% ( Mondays, Thursdays Fridays mandatory). Some evening and weekend work required. Further hours may be available based on funding.
 

MORE ABOUT THIS ROLE

This is a unique role at an exciting and pivotal time of growth for The Sophie Hayes Foundation based in our largest delivery location. 

The successful candidate will work with our London team to manage and deliver remote, 1-to-1 and group employability support service by coaching survivors of trafficking to: grow in confidence, develop employability skills and to access vocational placement opportunities such as training, education, work experience and volunteering.  

This is a role designed for someone who is people focused, has an eye to detail and is: encouraging, insightful, creative, organised and willing to tailor 1-to-1 sessions, to adapt to the changing lives of those you are supporting.Have perseverance, a high level of flexibility and emotional intelligence.You will be quick to listen, understand and lead women forward as they navigate a challenging transition in their lives. You will have initiative with an ability to adapt ideas into action, alongside strong partnership skills as you build relationships with referral partners across businesses, social enterprises and colleges across London and the South.

REQUIRED MINIMUM OF 3- 5 YEARS EXPERIENCE

Essential:

1. Experience of either teaching, coaching, training or support work: 
   1. Helping people access work, training and education, and understanding the commercial workplace
   2. Experience of helping people develop CVs, interview skills and career plans.
   3. Bringing out the best in those around you.
   4. Curious, insightful and committed to the growth of everyone you work with.
2. Forming partnerships: Creating and building alignment with diverse partners over a shared agenda.
   1.  Experience in influencing others for a common goal and managing complex stakeholder relationships.
3. Support work: Supporting vulnerable individuals on a remote, group and 1-to-1 basis to overcome challenges, advocating for them, following up and breaking down barriers to progress.

Technical Essential

1. Database proficient (Blackbaud preferred)
2. Microsoft Suite 
3. Advanced level of report writing and english proficiency

CORE ACCOUNTABILITIES

1. Employability Support Work – Deliver remote, group and 1-to-1 support to survivors of trafficking, with a focus on identifying strengths, purpose and career plans, in a manner and approach consistent with our Employability Programme (focus on identity, hope and empowerment).  
2. Provide insight and input into all aspects of the Employability Programme.
3. Identifying and matching individuals on volunteer placements, training or work shadowing opportunities
4. Working in collaboration with NGO partner case workers to support the activation of longer-term training plans in a suitable location for the individual.

Partnership Creation and Management

1. Build and maintain relationships with employability and training partners across London and the South (and elsewhere in the UK as defined through the programme delivery).
2. Identify suitable placement or training experiences that will further the career path for participant survivors. Continue to review the success of placement providers, resolving any issues as they emerge and working to continually enhance the experience and outcomes for all parties involved.
3. Create and maintain training partnerships available for Employability Programme graduates across London & South
4. Ensure ALL compliance with our safeguarding principles, policies and procedures  
5. Work closely with the other Employability Coaching Coordinators to ensure growth and develoment of all programme participants.

Monitoring, Reporting, Evaluation

1. Ensure delivery of funder KPI’s and terms of grant related to the support work component of the programme.
2. Collate qualitative and quantitative data and stories for use in ongoing funding reports and future funding bids
3. Support monthly trustee reporting and annual report requirements as required
4. Continually enhance and improve the support service based on a formal process of review and implementation

Supporting the wider organisation

1. Delivering regular and effective communications for the wider team regarding the overall programme and employability support work progress.  
2. All other duties as assigned.

The people that we work with come from all over the world and have a wide variety of beliefs, experiences, backgrounds. We are committed to sharing and reflecting this rich diversity amongst our staff, volunteers and trustees and would strongly encourage applicants from minority and under-represented groups

Please note: We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

However, this post is open to female applicants only as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 20

Our new Community Partnerships Team is growing and we are looking to appoint a new Job Coach who will have an important role in ensuring that our residents have access to high quality job coaching support, thus enabling them to learn the required skills and secure paid employment. 

About the role

The Job Coach will be responsible for providing job coaching support and securing placements on the programme, suited to the requirements of each resident. The Job Coach will also be responsible for facilitating and developing excellent working relationships with colleagues and partners, including local employers, to broker job opportunities for the different resident groups.

About you

We would like to hear from you if you have experience providing personalised coaching and support to individuals facing homelessness or other forms of social exclusion and managing a large client caseload. The successful candidate will also need to have both excellent communication skills, the capacity to be self-sufficient while acting under your own initiative and also being productive within a team. It would be an advantage if you have Eastern European language skills.

Please see attached a Job description and submit your most recent CV with a Covering Letter. 

Morgan Hunt are currently looking for a Mental Health Advocate to work from home on a one month placement with a well-known Mental Health Charity.

You will provide advocacy ensuring that service user's wishes feelings belief needs and values are taken into account leading to strong outcomes for the individual.

Helping service users to understand what is being considered around their care, treatment and support you will explain to the service users their options and rights, supporting them so they can fully participate in decisions affecting them.

The role is Monday to Friday 9-5 and requires someone with previous advocacy experience either volunteering or employed. You do not have to be a qualified advocate to apply but experience within advocacy is necessary. The role will primarily be via Zoom or telephone.

Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment Business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to temporary vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer, job suitability are assessed on merit in accordance with their skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.

Job Title: DFN-MoveForward Progression Coach
Reporting To: Head of Programmes, DFN-MoveForward
Location: London, Islington
Contract: Permanent, full time (37.5hrs per week)
Starting salary: £35,045
Start Date: Late February, early March 2021

Interested applicants are invited to apply by 10th February with your CV and covering letter outlining your experience and suitability for the role.  Early applications are encouraged as we are keen to recruit into this role within the next few weeks.  

Overview of ThinkForward: 

ThinkForward is a breakthrough coaching programme that ensures young people who are disengaged from or underperforming at school receive support to transition into sustained employment. Young people are identified for the programme aged 13 based on risk factors known to increase their chances of future unemployment. They are offered one-to-one support from a progression coach who builds a trusted and long-term relationship over five years, helping them to overcome challenges in and out of school and linking them to ready for work activities provided by a community of businesses. By the end of the programme young people develop the aspirations, skills and mindsets needed to thrive and sustain employment. MoveForward is our programme designed specifically to work with young people who have mild to moderate learning disabilities.

Purpose of the Role:

To support x45 14-24 year-olds with moderate cognitive and/or communication learning difficulties across the region, to gain the skills and experiences necessary to transition to paid employment, and ensuring the quality and impact of the programme is delivered

Key Responsibilities:

With young people – to build and maintain relationships with young people and ensure that the ThinkForward programme has impact

• Work with school/college staff to ensure participants are engaged in the MoveForward programme
• Assess the needs of the young people, using data to design tailored action plans
• Provide one-to-one coaching for young people as well as group work sessions, both around building work readiness
• Support young people to engage with opportunities provided by third parties including employers and partner charities
• Ensure that young people meet the required outcomes and make a sustained transition to further paid employment, continually driving their work readiness
• Adhere to all relevant policies (safeguarding, health and safety, etc) when delivering activities with young people
• Collaborate with the school/college to safeguard young people
• Document and evidence all work and use data to provide the most effective support with young people

With special schools/colleges – accountable for day-to-day relationship management of partnerships

• Liaise with senior staff in a special school and college to establish and manage the relationship between the education provider and MoveForward
• Represent MoveForward at the senior leadership team and governor meetings
• Train and support school/college staff in a variety of activities and methodologies to support young people with LDs into employment 
• Build an extensive knowledge of the support available to the cohort of young people
• Establish a coordinated platform which enables schools and colleges to share learning, contacts and volunteering/placement/work exposure opportunities for young people
• Work with data managers for regular access to required data
• Produce and communicate termly reports to demonstrate impact
• Review quality and impact on a termly basis

With business partners

• Broker new business partnerships for the school/college you support, building on existing business partnerships already existing at the school/college
• Support with the training and supervision of business volunteers in mentoring, work exposure and work placements for young people with LDs
• Plan and lead session content and communicate with the business in advance of sessions
• Conduct review with the business during and after the activities

With parents of young people

• Together with the school/college, actively engage with parents, carers, guardians etc of the young people, in the journey the young person is taking into employment and help them to build their aspirations and support for their child, regarding employment. 

With colleagues - share knowledge and experience with colleagues to improve effectiveness of the programme

• Help to establish the curricula, tools and methodologies for the programme
• Feed into the design and evaluation of the programme
• Report risks to relevant member of staff
• Participate in peer quality assurance processes

Programme quality & standards – to ensure that delivery of the MoveForward programme meets the required standards

• Perform a termly review and plan of the MoveForward programme
• Ensure that the programme specification is met i.e. 1-2-1 coaching, group work, ready for work activities and parental engagement
• Activities are planned according to need and in line with budget
• Ensure that all interventions are logged on database
• Work in adherence to organisational policies
• Actively participate in QA process linked to quality and standards

Person Specification:

ThinkForward’s staff competency framework informs our recruitment and performance management of staff. The following behaviours for each competency define the expectations for this position:

Communication

• Ability to communicate with staff at all levels from a variety of different stakeholders
• Approachable, open and transparent with young people, stakeholders and colleagues
• Ability to deliver messages in an interesting and stimulating style, appropriate to each audience

Planning and Organising

• Self-motivated, able to work independently and proactively
• Strong organisational and project management skills, including use of appropriate tools and systems
• Excellent computer literacy

Teamwork

• Working in a team ideally in a fast pace environment, working collaboratively to achieve goals
• Building lasting relationships with different stakeholders for example schools, colleges, other charities, alternative education providers and employers

Impact and Quality Focused

• Comfortable working to targeted outcomes/goals for young people within the boundaries of a programme
• While working to targeted outcomes, ability to keep young people at the heart of what you do
• Knowledge of how to support young people with learning disabilities to become more job ready
• Driven by excellent standards and high quality
• Use of data to inform delivery and improve provision

Professional Expertise

• Three years direct experience of working with vulnerable young people, ideally in school and with learning disabilities
• An understanding of the complex barriers that young people with learning disabilities face and the services available for them
• Ability to support young people in both a one-to-one setting and by running group work
• Knowledge of careers and employment IAG and the importance of tailored progression planning for vulnerable young people
• Persistence, patience and empathy in challenging difficult individuals
• A professional qualification related to work with young people, or relevant experience

Unfortunately, due to the high volume of applications we receive, we will only be able to contact successful applicants.

ThinkForward is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and post holders to share this commitment.

ThinkForward are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

As a registered Disability Confident employer, ThinkForward has an accessible recruitment process. We offer interviews to all applicants who meet the job requirements and who declare themselves as having a disability. If you need support, such as materials in larger print, dyslexic-friendly fonts or adjustments for yourself of your PA for the interview, please contact us and we will ensure you have what you require to successfully complete this process.

Internews are exclusively partnering with Robertson Bell to recruit their Finance Coordinator role on a permanent basis.

Following a recent period of rapid growth and expansion, Internews are now looking to recruit this key role.

The Finance Coordinator will be responsible for a variety of tasks across team including ensuring smooth operations between Internews Europe and its Related parties. The role will support both Corporate and Project finance tasks, as well as assume responsibility for key areas of Corporate reporting.

About Internews

Internews is an international non-profit organisation whose mission is to empower local information providers worldwide to give people the news and information they need, the ability to connect and the means to make their voices heard.

Internews provides communities the resources to produce local news and information with integrity and independence. With global expertise and reach, Internews trains both media professionals and citizen journalists, supports business development strategies for the sector and helps establish policies needed for open access to information. Internews programmes create platforms for dialogue and enable informed debate, which bring about social and economic progress.

Internews’ commitment to research and evaluation creates effective and sustainable programs, even in the most challenging environments. Internews operates internationally, with administrative centres in Arcata, California; Washington DC; and London, UK; as well as regional hubs in Bangkok and Nairobi.

Formed in 1982, Internews has worked in more than 90 countries, and currently has offices in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and North America.

Our commitment to a culture of belonging

Internews is passionate about our core values and about supporting positive change in the world. We pride ourselves on our commitment to innovation and flexibility. We believe that diverse teams are strong teams, and work to support an ethic of belonging, dignity, and justice for all people. Our current team includes a mix of genders, parents and non-parents, the self-taught, and people of multiple races, nationalities, ages, sexual orientations, and socio-economic backgrounds. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourage candidates of all races, genders, ages, abilities, orientations, ethnicities, and national origins to apply, and actively welcome those with alternative backgrounds and experiences.

The key responsibilities are as follows:

• Monthly review of financial records, ensuring the completeness of records and reconciled balances:
  • Balance Sheet reconciliations
  • Partner/Sub-grantee reconciliations
  • Regular Balance sheet reconciliations
• Supervision and management of organisational timesheets.
• Oversight for Internews Europe’s key financial relationships with its sister companies, including preparing monthly reconciliations and allocations, providing financial accounting support and regularly liaising with key stakeholders to manage relationships.
• Work closely with the Audit Manager to provide support in funder audits as required.
• Provide efficient delivery and support of periodical assignments such as annual budgeting, cashflow reporting and year-end statutory tasks.
• Provide invaluable support in the creation of new policies.
• Play a significant role in supporting the migration from Quick Books to Unit 4 ERP. 

The successful candidate will have:

• Made significant progress on working towards a professional accountancy qualification (ACCA/CIMA/CIPFA).
• A minimum of five years’ experience of working in a fast-paced finance department.
• Strong experience preparing balance sheet reconciliations.
• Ideally, previous experience working within an NGO. However, candidates without this are still strongly encouraged to apply.
• Previous experience assisting on management and/or financial accounts.
• Good Excel skills, including vlookups, SUMIFS and Pivot Tables.
• Proven experience in working across diverse teams and multi-cultural environments.
• Good understanding of other Microsoft Windows applications.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proven multi-tasking skills.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

CVs are being reviewed on a daily basis with first stage screening interviews commencing as early as 14th January. Please submit your application ASAP with our exclusive agent Robertson Bell to avoid disappointment.

Farm Africa are partnering exclusively with Robertson Bell to recruit to a Director of Finance role on a permanent, full time basis. For more than 35 years Farm Africa has worked with farmers, helping them to increase their harvests, build their incomes and sustain their natural resources. They do this by working closely with local communities, partnering with governments and the private sector to find effective ways to fight poverty.

Farm Africa are now seeking an exceptional Director of Finance to provide outstanding leadership and expertise to strategically manage finance and other control functions. This role also plays a vital role providing broader leadership in the delivery of the ambitious strategy, and is a crucial business partner to the CEO, the SMT, and the board treasurer.

The key responsibilities will be:

• Responsible for accounting including the production of the annual accounts for the Charity & its subsidiaries, financial planning, the production of management accounts and all banking & cash management.
• Provide strategic input to the development of the organisation’s strategy and future growth plans, thinking beyond own direct areas of responsibility.
• Together with the Chief Executive, develop annual and medium-term financial plans for Farm Africa ensuring the longer term financial sustainability of the organisation.
• Set the strategic direction and annual objectives for the finance function, covering UK head office and Africa-based teams.
• Line manage the Head of Finance, and support Country Directors in their line management of country Finance leads.
• Ensure that financial risks throughout Farm Africa’s activities are identified and ensure that appropriate processes are in place to monitor and mitigate them.
• Act as the key staff contact for the Finance, Risk and Audit committee (FRAC), ensuring (together with the Treasurer) that meetings take place regularly, agendas are appropriate and that the committee discharges its devolved responsibilities on behalf of the board.
• Ensure all financial activity is compliant with relevant charity and statutory legislation and donor / contractual requirements.

The organisation:

Farm Africa operates in East Africa, with offices in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, with a Head Office in London.  There is a finance team of four based in the UK, with other finance staff dispersed around the organisation, including country offices and field offices.

Farm Africa is embarking on a new five year strategy and is recruiting for a new Director of Finance to lead the financial management of the organisation through a period of growth. Building on foundation of strong financial planning and control and of exceptional audit compliance they are seeking an experienced and dynamic new Director to join their team. 

Essential requirements:

The successful candidate will have a recognised accountancy qualification, in-depth understanding of financial management in a complex grant-dependant organisation, experience of strategic planning and an aptitude for controls such as governance, risk management and the charity legal environment.

Farm Africa’s UK office is based in central London, however, we are flexible on working location and will consider substantial home working.

The closing date for applications is 9:00am on Monday 15th February 2021. Applications will be under constant review before the closing date so please submit your application to our retained search agent Robertson Bell. Apply now to be considered!

Are you looking for a dynamic and rewarding role working in an organisation with the feminist agenda at the core of its ethos? Do you believe in our values; to listen and support, to empower and respect, collaborate, innovate, and take accountability?

Then Advance could be the career choice for you!

WE ARE LOOKING FOR AN EXPERIENCED MANAGER TO JOIN OUR MINERVA TEAM AND LEAD OUR WOMEN’S CENTRES AND INTERVENTIONS PROGRAMME.

Job Title: WrapAround Interventions and Centres Manager

Responsible to: Senior Services Manager

Salary: £31,000 - £34,000 dependent on experience

Pension: Workplace pension

Working Hours: 35 hours per week

Work Location: Based at the two London Regional Women’s Centres (West/Hammersmith or North/East) London boroughs, with some travel across London boroughs required.

This post is open to female applicants only as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010. 

Advance is committed to equality and diversity and strongly encourages applications from women with disabilities, from BME backgrounds and the LBT community, and with personal experience of the criminal justice system.

What we do:

Advance is an award-winning and innovative women-only organisation, established in 1998, providing emotional and practical support to women and girls who are survivors of domestic abuse and supporting women with short-term sentences to reduce offending.  We believe in empowering women and girls to lead safe, non-violent, equal lives so that they can flourish and contribute to the community.

We specialise in a range of services which support women and girl survivors of domestic abuse, through our Hammersmith offices and at co-located services across five London boroughs. A vital part of our support and advocacy work is crisis intervention for women requiring often urgent help to be safe, as well as longer term trauma-informed support to address the long-lasting effects of abuse. Over 9 years ago we expanded our services to support women across London with short-term offences, many of whom are also survivors of domestic abuse, to reduce or end offending. Our goal is to divert women from the Criminal Justice System at the earliest opportunity and prevent families breaking down as a result.

The role:

This position is a diverse and exciting opportunity for a manager experienced in delivering services to women in the criminal justice system and with a passion for empowering women to regain control of their lives.

You will: -

• Manage the west London and north east London women’s centres and key pan London elements of the service, working closely with partners to implement the WrapAround Service model approach.
• Work in partnership with the Senior Services Manager to develop and implement the specialist programme of workshops and groups, to be delivered locally and at the women’s centres, as well as other specialist services, in partnership with 10 voluntary sector organisations, and the statutory agencies of each borough.
• Support and line-manage the Young Women’s Keyworkers and develop the young women’s service, to ensure that young women are offered support around the nine pathways to offending.
• Provide matrix management for specialist workers who are employed by our partners and are co-located in the Minerva WrapAround team.
• Develop and manage operational partnerships to deliver the services in line with women’s needs, developing, establishing and managing partnership relationships as required to ensure this is achieved.
• Monitor and evaluate data, identify learnings and issues and implement action plans where necessary, to ensure that the delivery of the service requirements, targets and outcomes, as well as any internal and funder monitoring requirements are achieved.
• Ensure delivery of quality systems, ensuring quality of service and safeguarding standards.
• Work closely with our voluntary and community sector partners and local borough partners to build strong working relationships for referral pathways and holistic support for the women.

What you will bring:

The successful candidate for this role will have an in-depth knowledge of issues facing women offenders and those at risk of offending; both in and out of the criminal justice system and the ability to see how violence against women and girls interlinks to women in the criminal justice system.

In short, you will have: -

• Experience of working in the criminal justice system, for example within or in partnership with Probation services or similar offender services
• Strong experience of supervision of staff or volunteers, particularly co-located staff, including managing performance and achieving targets through review of individual and team practice
• Practical experience of working directly with women presenting complex needs related to offending (e.g. substance misuse, homelessness, poor mental health)
• A strong working knowledge of risk management, needs assessment, safety and support planning, particularly with clients with complex/multiple needs.
• A proven track record of building and maintaining networks and working with partner agencies and other stakeholders to develop and deliver services.
• Leadership experience, including building a strong team, and maintaining their motivation, particularly through periods of change.

What we offer:

• 30 days holiday plus public holidays pro rata, and a day off for International Women’s Day
• Pension scheme
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Staff away days

In addition to the great benefits listed above, you will have 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.

For the full job description and person specification please click attached.

Applications close on Monday 25th January 2021.

Interviews will be conducted on Monday 1st and Tuesday 2nd February.

To apply: Please send your CV along with a supporting statement addressing your suitability for and interest in the role, paying particular attention to the essential criteria in the person specification and indicating where you first saw this role advertised, your notice period and salary expectations.

Please note that any offer of employment will be made subject to references and confirmation of the right to work in the UK and satisfactory enhanced DBS check.

Exciting opportunity for a trained and qualified counsellor to take over the running of an established prison counselling project and drive it forward into its next phase of growth. This is a chance to make a difference in a dynamic and growing charity, working with some of the most marginalised and deprived women in our communities. Choices is looking for a qualified counsellor who blends warmth and being a people-person with a proactive, can-do attitude, strong project management experience and confidence working with a variety of different stakeholders.

About Choices

Choice4Change is an established service, offering counselling in HMPs Bronzefield and Downview for pregnancy loss and child separation issues. Choice4Change is provided by Choices, a high-impact charity offering practical and therapeutic support to women in London facing pregnancy crises, both in and following the perinatal period. Choices is a faith-based charity operating with a Christian ethos committed to providing compassionate and constructive, non-directive support. 

Choices creates a warm and supportive working environment; we recognise that our staff are our most valuable asset and are committed to supporting each other and our own professional development. We offer 25 days holiday pro rata, as well as bank holidays, and one week of office closure over Christmas.

The Role

As the Prison Counselling Manager, you have responsibility for delivering and developing Choices’ prison counselling service, Choice4Change. This includes overseeing all operational aspects of the Prison Counselling Project; with clinical responsibility for seeing clients in two prisons, managing counselling volunteers and staff, and liaising with partners in the prisons (eg Mental Health Team within the prison).

Your main place of work is shared between the prisons, and the Choices offices near Kings Cross/flexibly at home. The Prison Counselling Manager works at two different prisons during the week and a day from home/the Choices office. Choices is a faith-based organisation and requires key staff to be practising Christians, able to subscribe to the organisation’s Christian ethos and values and to participate in weekly prayer meetings. The Prison Counselling Manager has the following specific responsibilities:

Job Description:

1. Clinical client work

● Attend the weekly Mental Health Team referrals meeting at each prison to process Choice4Change referrals and manage complex cases

● Assess clients for counselling work and match with counselling team

● Provide counselling to individual clients (up to a max of three - four clients per prison)

● Oversee the clinical work of the team and ensure the quality of the Choice4Change service, maintaining best practice in all Choice4Change’s counselling, in accordance with BACP guidelines and the BACP ethical framework and Choices’ Christian ethos

● Attend monthly supervision with Choices’ qualified supervisor

● Provide discretionary advocacy for existing clients strictly on a needs basis

● Take responsibility for maintaining and updating personal counselling skills, as well as knowledge updates eg re abortion law and procedures; adoption law; changes in the prison service etc and disseminating to the team

2. Liaison with CNWL NHS Mental Health Teams

● Liaise with the Mental Health Team manager about the service; maintain good relationships as a voluntary agency working alongside prison staff and healthcare workers

● Monitor and renew Choice4Change’s three yearly Service Level Agreement with CNWL NHS Foundation Trust.

● Negotiate funding for the counselling service with senior staff of the Mental Health teams

● Ensure C4C is adequately publicized at the prisons

3. Management of Prison Counselling Team

● Manage a team of two staff members providing counselling across three prisons

● Recruit and line manage a volunteer team (between 6-8) of counsellors (usually on placement for their training institutions) using a standardized application form and procedure

● Support the counselling team:

o Organise formal monthly, group supervision with a qualified supervisor and monthly team meetings

o Organise the required training (prison induction, computer and data management systems etc) for new volunteers and ensure they attend all necessary prison training, are kept informed of changes in the prison service and are offered skills update sessions

o Organise and provide training for volunteer counsellors in using the ‘Time to Heal’ counselling material

● Ensure all personal data is managed in line with data protection legislation

4. Reports and statistics

● Maintain up to date data on prison counselling client numbers and service evaluations on Choices’ database (Salesforce) and on prison NHS database

● Create procedures where necessary to ensure all volunteers are maintaining up to date records

● Provide annual whole project report for CNWL NHS Trust line manager at each of the prisons

● Provide annual update and statistics on C4C for Choices’ Annual Report

● Write quarterly reports for CNWL NHS Trust for the Quarterly Contract Review

5. Operations

● Finance: work with the Executive Director to:

o Feed in to budget setting and manage annual spend of the prison counselling budget

o Contribute to allocation of restricted funds

o Write grant fund reports as required

● Policies: contribute to all policies relating to the Prison Counselling Project (eg safeguarding, client protection, confidentiality, data protection) in conjunction with the ED and the Board

● Fundraising:

o As required, contribute statistics and case studies to bids for new grant applications for the prison counselling work where appropriate and compile grant reports as required by funders

o Contribute to other Choices fundraising initiatives and events along with other members of the management team, where appropriate

Person specification

● Qualified and preferably registered counsellor or therapist within any orientation

● Proven project management experience including: team management (including volunteers), budgets, monitoring and evaluation

● Highly organised and self-motivated

● Strong administrational skills and experienced in use of databases and online administration/project management software, confident with MS Office and word processing etc

● Confident communicator with written and oral skills – including ability to work with internal and external stakeholders

● Passionate about supporting women within the criminal justice system - preferably previous experience with this client group or similar

● Experience of working in prisons

● Work well and proactively on your own and in multidisciplinary teams

● Ability to work under pressure and flexibly within the confines of a restrictive institution

● Preferably has a car – able to travel to Surrey prison(s)

● Practising Christian and able to subscribe to Choices’ Christian ethos statement

(As this post entails managerial responsibilities, an Occupational Requirement is applied which requires the post holder to be a practising Christian who is comfortable attending and leading prayer meetings.)

Using the person specification and job description for this post please explain in your covering letter how your experience and achievements to date qualify you for this role. Please illustrate your skills and knowledge with specific examples from your education and employment (paid or unpaid) so far.

Please supply the names and contact details of two referees, one of which should be a previous employer and one a senior leader in your church. Neither should be related to you. References will not be taken up prior to interview.

If you have an up to date DBS and/or have already been cleared to work in prisons, state this in your application. Please also confirm that you have the right to work in the UK.

PLEASE NOTE: This job description gives a broad overview of the types of responsibilities but is subject to change in discussion with the line manager/trustees based on needs/demands in the work of Choices.