RFEA and Walking With the Wounded (WWTW) are looking for a highly motivated self-starter with knowledge of the Armed Forces and Ex-Services charity network and the ability to understand the challenges more vulnerable veterans must overcome, particularly those who have entered the Criminal Justice System. This person will be home based travelling extensively around the Cambridgeshire region to provide face to face support to veterans within their home locations and partner organisations premises.
Project Nova is a support programme for Veterans primarily identified in Police Custody but also with referrals from core police and partner organisations from within the community, it is focussed on early intervention, support and diversion at point of contact with the Police or partner organisation in order to prevent re-offending and a potential prison sentence. Project Nova is jointly delivered by RFEA and WWTW and working in partnership with the NHS Liaison and Diversion Teams, Police custody suites, Police response officers, HMPPS and partners within the community.
The successful applicant for this role will have a track record of delivering high quality results, with a strong beneficiary focus and be capable of working independently to targets and deadlines. Strong communication, IT and organisational skills are essential along with mentoring and coaching. Experience & knowledge of the criminal justice system, local government agencies and the ability to develop a network of contacts are also required, along with a clean driving licence. NVQ Level 4 in Advice and Guidance (Or willingness to work towards) along with a good understanding of the employment market and vocational training are highly desirable, but not essential as training will be given.
Specific Responsibilities
Engagement
- Support the National Nova Manager to create and maintain strong working relationships with referring organisations in the Cambridgeshire Area, including the Police and NHS Liaison and Diversion.
- Receive details of referrals from the Nova Client Advisors, or directly. If referrals are received directly share information with the Nova Client Advisors.
- Engage with veterans face-to-face for the initial visit and as necessary throughout their engagement with Project Nova, following the Case Management Guidance, RFEA Policies and the Project Nova Procedures.
- Register each Nova Veteran’s details on the CRM and obtain consent to share their data with organisations in the support network and any further information required by the Project Nova registration.
- Undertake a comprehensive needs assessment with each Nova Veteran.
Case Management
- Provide emotional support to veterans through regular contact whilst they are engaged with Project Nova.
- Establish a care coordination plan with each Nova Veteran that provides for support from within RFEA and Walking with the Wounded and with the organisations in the Nova area support Network.
- Work with families to ensure their effective participation in the Criminal Justice System, with other statutory services and with the support network.
- Keep clear records for each case on the CRM.
- Record the veteran’s journey on Outcome Star
- Ensure confidentiality, the family is a separate case to the veteran, who is also supported by Project Nova.
- When the Nova Veteran is ready, develop their employability and suitable opportunities for employment either, directly using RFEA employability tools and working with local employers or, through the wider RFEA or Walking With The Wounded.
- Project Nova is an active intervention. Close cases once the progress of Nova Veterans has reached its full potential, identifying long term social contact, formal or informal, in every case.
Person Specification
Essential Competencies
- Highly motivated and independent, capable of working remotely across a wide geographical area.
- Resilient and able to work with individuals with complex needs and cope with the rigors that arise from working with veterans in the criminal justice system.
- Commitment to working with each veteran without prejudice and in an equitable manner, including those who are arrested for violent or sexual offences.
- Experience of working with people using a mentoring or coaching approach to engage and support the individuals we work with to change their lives.
- Highly organised with strong IT skills and experience of using CRM systems.
- Strong communicators with veterans, referring organisations and within the Project Nova Team sharing information on cases with Team Leaders and Nova Client Advisors.
- Excellent team players who will contribute to a diverse and dedicated team.
- Driving licence and use of own car.
- Be able to pass NPPV Level 2 Police vetting and Enhanced DBS
- Provide presentations to Cambridgeshire NHS Liaison & Diversion service Police and Partners when required.
Desirable Competencies
- NVQ Level 4 Advice & Guidance or willingness to work towards this at charity expense
- Experience of working with the Criminal Justice System.
- Experience of working with the Armed Forces community
This role is 'Home Based' around the Cambridge area and is offered initially on a one year fixed term contract, 35 hours per week with a starting salary of £26,000 rising to £27,500 after six months plus additional employee benefits.
To apply please submit a covering letter and applicable CV. The closing date is Wednesday 29th July 2020. Interviews will take place in August for immediate start depending upon required notice periods.
Applicants will be required to undertake an Enhance DBS Disclosure and Police Vetting.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Intranet Content Strategist
Our client is an internationally renowned publisher of high quality chemical science knowledge and the professional body for chemists in the UK, with a thriving international community of over 50,000 members in 125 countries and over 600 staff. As a not-for-profit organisation, they reinvest all of their income to achieve their charitable objectives to support the chemical sciences community and advance chemistry.
Position: Intranet Content Strategist
Location: Cambridge (Commutable from Alconbury, Bedford, Bury St Edmunds, Cambridgeshire, Cambridge North, Cherry Hinton, Chesterton, Ely, Fen Drayton, Fenstanton, Histon & Impington, Hitchin, Huntingdon, Longstanton, Milton, Newmarket, Northstowe, Oakington, Orchard-Park, Royston, Saffron Walden, Somersham, St Ives, St Neots, Stevenage, Swavesey, Waterbeach, Wyton and surrounding areas)
Job type: Full Time, Temporary (14 months)
Hours: 35 hours per week
Salary: £40,828 - £49,899 per annum
Benefits: Excellent contributory pension scheme, generous paid holidays, learning and career development, subsidised staff restaurant (Cambridge office), staff sports and social club, free private healthcare plan, income protection scheme, critical illness insurance, life assurance, free on-site parking (Cambridge office), season ticket, car / motor cycle and cycle to work schemes, membership subscription, employee assistance programme, eye-care at work scheme, wellness initiatives, flexible work environment, employee recognition, long service awards, membership subscription to professional body, two discounted staff flats on-site (Cambridge office), Litmus reward gateway benefits and more.
Closing Date: 19 July 2020
About the role:
Our client has an exciting opportunity to join our multi-award winning communications team to help shape the content of their new digital workplace platform. This opportunity is based at their Cambridge office and is available on a temporary (14 month) full-time (35 hours per week) basis.
Join over 600 of their employees worldwide and help them advance excellence in chemical sciences.
As an Intranet Content Strategist, you will work with our Communications and Technology teams to shape a new intranet content strategy that aligns to our goals and brand values. You will carry out a detailed audit and analysis of the current intranet content and user experience to provide their employees with an exceptional experience. A true expert, you will share content architecture and strategy best practice with internal stakeholders, and lead focus groups to test proposals. You will ensure that content is fresh, inspiring, accurate, relevant, well-organised and accessible.
Knowledge and skills required in this role:
• Demonstrable experience working in content strategy and of having successfully delivered similar projects in the past.
• Degree in a communications’ related field or equivalent experience demonstrating a knowledge of Content Strategy as a discipline and of best practice.
• Evidence of developing and delivering a content strategy that reflects an organisations brand values.
• Knowledge and experience of strategic and tactical communications planning.
• Demonstrable and outstanding project management skills.
• Awareness of the importance of good UX design in the development of websites and intranets.
• Experience working in a complex organisation highly preferred.
• Highly organised and deadline driven with a proven track-record of working strategically and delivering to tight deadlines.
• Creative skills through a range of media.
• Exemplary verbal and written communications skills.
• Proactive and problem solving with a can-do attitude.
• Critical judgement, resilience, and composure under pressure.
• Experience at managing conflicting requests and priorities, as well as setting and delivering to realistic
deadlines.
• A desire to promote and enable the positive impact of chemistry, and science generally, on social, political,and economic issues.
If you are interested in this opportunity, apply now.
You may have experience of the following: Marketing Executive, Marketing Assistant, Marketing Campaigns, Email Marketing, Marketing Communications, Internal Communications, Marketing Administrator, Communications Executive, Communications Assistant, Communications Officer, Communications Administrator, Events Management, Digital Marketing, Social Media, etc.
Are you a compassionate and dedicated leader? Can you inspire a culture of performance, creativity and teamwork? Do you want the satisfaction of knowing you are making a difference? If so, read on...
We have a new opportunity for a Head of Care to join our team based within Cambridgeshire or Norfolk. The position includes homeworking, with regular travel to our St Ives and Swaffham locations. In return, you will receive a competitive salary of £45,000 - £48,000 per annum depending on experience plus excellent benefits.
Who are we?
Caring Together is an ambitious regional charity that provides emotional and practical support, advice and guidance to carers of all ages and their families, as well as opportunities to take a break from their caring role.
We are proud to support over 12,000 carers and their families every year. Our vision is of a world where carers have choices.
About the Head of Care role:
It is an exciting time to consider being part of our Caring Together team. The role is hugely varied, one minute you may be in a board meeting reviewing results and influencing strategy the next you may be motivating your team to help grow our organisation.
The Head of Care will work as part of the executive management team with a requirement to be the registered manager, organisation’s safeguarding lead and member of the quality and service delivery sub-committee of the board of trustees and senior leadership team.
What will you be responsible for?
- Provision and growth of high-quality cost-effective homecare services and supporting the delivery of responsive, tailored family support
- Effective management of the operations managers, their performance and development, supporting them and their teams to deliver ‘outstanding’ care services across their areas
- Ensuring compliance with all regulatory guidelines and regulations seeking continuous improvement in CQC ratings
- Strategic planning and leadership of the homecare service
What makes you our ideal Head of Care?
- Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the CQC regulatory framework, safeguarding procedures and best practice in homecare provision
- NVQ Level 5 diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care or equivalent desirable or willing to work towards
- Experience of engaging with a diverse range of users and stakeholders with excellent customer service ethos
- An experienced registered manager who can demonstrate with comprehensive knowledge and leadership and 3-5 years’ experience of leading a CQC good/outstanding service within a healthcare or domiciliary care setting
- Able to work under pressure and cope with change and conflicting priorities
- Willingness to travel across our region
The benefits!
- Opportunity to experience working in a charity that makes caring rewarding
- Flexible working including homeworking but with regular travel to our St Ives and Swaffham locations
- Comprehensive induction and ongoing development
- 25 days annual leave plus statutory holidays (eight days). Option to buy annual leave in accordance with our terms and conditions
- Pension scheme
- Long service awards
- Refer a friend bonus
- Enhanced disclosure
Closing date for applications: 3 July 2020
Interviews: w/c 13 July 2020
Start date: from 1 September 2020
If you would like to join our team as our Head of Care, then please click ‘apply’ today – we’d love to hear from you!
Caring Together is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and children and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are inclusive. We celebrate multiple approaches and points of view. We are an equal opportunities employer and expect staff to respect the personal choice and lifestyles of colleagues, carers, and people with care needs.
This position is subject to an enhance disclosure.
We have some new exciting opportunities for careers in mental health.
Title: Peripatetic Crisis Recovery Worker
Location: 1 post in Cambridge & 1 post in Peterborough
Hours: 20 hours per week, 6pm-11pm evenings and weekends
Salary: NJC Salary Scale Point 19 - £24,800 per annum (FTE)
Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and South Lincolnshire (CPSL) Mind is a progressive and expanding mental health charity. Our vision is a society in which everyone has positive mental health and feels part of a connected community.
We are seeking candidates who have proven experience of supporting individuals through a mental health crisis. Using a strengths based approach, support is provided on a one to one basis, either face to face or via the telephone, ensuring a person-centred approach is maintained at all times.
You will be required to work 6pm to 11pm, during the week or at weekends on a shift basis, with occasional travel across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
The successful post holder will have a non-judgement approach, be flexible to service needs as well as the individuals accessing it, and be able to manage clear boundaries. You will also have a proven background in crisis recovery work. These roles form part of the award winning work implemented by the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Crisis Care Concordat and the Urgent & Emergency Care Vanguard Project.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
Closing date: Monday 13th July 2020, 09:00 hours
Interviews (on Zoom): Wednesday 22th July 2020
TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION
Please download and complete the application pack, we will not accept CVs.
Charity number: 265087
Company number: 1082980
Department: Witness Service - National
Employment type: Maternity Cover
Contract Duration: 6 months
Citizens Advice won a grant from the Ministry of Justice to run the Witness Service from April 2015. The Witness Service has nearly 300 staff and 3000 volunteers and offers free, independent, impartial and confidential support and information to 15,000 witnesses each month to give evidence in every criminal court in England and Wales.
Citizens Advice provide free, independent and impartial advice and information to help people resolve their legal, money and other problems. In the past year we have helped over 2.5 million people solve over 6.2 million problems. Our national network delivers services from over 3,000 locations in England and Wales. In 2015 we won Charity Times Charity of the Year for our work. Now we want to do even more.
The role
Our trained Outreach Volunteers provide practical and emotional support and information to defence and prosecution witnesses away from courts.
We are looking for someone with an excellent understanding of the voluntary sector and experience in managing volunteers to support our Outreach service.
The Team Leader (Outreach Services) is responsible for the delivery of a pre-trial Outreach Support Service to Vulnerable and Intimidated Witnesses in a defined geographical area. This involves coordinating the work of Outreach Volunteers to meet witness needs.
The role will also support the Team Leaders (Court Services) and Team Leaders (Volunteer Development) in stakeholder engagement with Witness Care Unit in the allocated geographical area.
We are seeking candidates with the ability to develop and motivate volunteers and with experience of building effective relationships and creating partnerships with key organisations and other stakeholders. The role also requires knowledge of lone working policies and safeguarding procedures and will require occasional travel.
Citizens Advice values diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented throughout Citizens Advice. We are a member of the race equality campaign at Business in the Community, the Prince’s responsible business network and are committed to improving employment opportunities for ethnic minorities across the UK. We also welcome applications from, LGB and Trans and non-binary candidates.
We have made a positive commitment to employing disabled people and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role as set out in role profile.
We are looking to recruit an experienced Mental Health Development Manager
The Mental Health Development Manager will lead the development of Centre 33’s Mental Health offer for young people, maintaining the existing services and growing and diversifying this offer further.
You will be an experienced leader, with a strong background working with young people and mental health services for young people.
You will work from one of our hubs in Cambridgeshire, preferably Peterborough. There could be some capacity to work from home and in other hubs if preferred. Some travel around the county will be required.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Robertson Bell are pleased to be partnering with one of Cambridge's largest employers whilst they recruit for a permanent Financial Accountant. Reporting into the Financial Controller you will manage one Assistant Financial Accountant. Duties include but will not be limited to:
* Work closely with the Financial Controller to produce the statutory accounts.
* Prepare VAT returns and act as the main point of contact for any VAT related queries.
* Oversee the financial ledgers ensuring integrity and compliance with policies and procedures.
* Lead on bank reconciliations and work closely with the management accounts team to ensure deadlines are met.
* Oversee bank transfers including foreign payments.
* Help the accounts payable and receivables teams with any payment queries.
* Process creditor payments and if necessary, post cash receipts and payments.
* Lead on all banking administration and take sole responsibility for the chart of accounts.
This Financial Accountant role is a great opportunity for someone with several years finance experience now looking for a step up in their career. The role comes with a generous employee benefits package and an increase in salary with every year of service.
This successful candidate will be:
* AAT level 4 qualified or studying towards a CCAB qualification.
* Experienced in financial accounts.
* Confident using Excels to an intermediate level.
* A good problem solver with excellent communication skills.
* Confident carrying out reconciliations.
* Experienced carrying out VAT related responsibilities.
If interested, please do not delay in applying as CV's will be reviewed daily.
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URGENT - Labourers needed in Lakenheath (Suffolk) - Must have UK Passport and CSCS Card
CSCS Labourer
Lakenheath (Suffolk)
We are looking for reliable and hard working labourers to start on a long term project in Lakenheath
This project is running on an RAF Lakenheath Base
Approx 12 months
Working hours are 7.45am - 4.15pm (8 Hrs per day).
You will need to be physically able to carry heavy tools and materials around site safely.
For this role you will need:
- Valid CSCS Card
- Valid UK Passport
- Valid Drivers License / live locally
Weekly payments (PAYE)
If you are interested in this role please call Ben at Hays on 01473 261900
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Cook (Neurorehabilitation Centre)
You will join them as a Chef to plan and provide cooked nutritious meals for service users on a daily basis ensuring food is fresh and purchased within budget.
Cook (Neurorehabilitation Centre) Responsibilities:
• Plan and prepare a varied choice of menus, ensuring properly balanced and nutritious meals are provided, taking into account any special dietary requirements and service user preferences
• Follow any dietary or food preparation guidelines as provided in service user care plans and guidance by health care professionals
• Ensure that the storage, preparation and cooking of all food is carried out using the highest standards of hygiene
• Be responsible for catering and cleaning budgetary control and purchasing, alongside service manager
• Oversee all stock ordered is of high quality and consistent with planned menus that reflect choice and preference, maintaining stock control
• Ensure high standards of food management within current Food Hygiene regulations and policies and procedures
• Use electrical and mechanical catering equipment as appropriate
Cook (Neurorehabilitation Centre) Requirements:
• Food Hygiene Certificate
• Experience of catering within a commercial or care setting
• Awareness/knowledge of Health and Safety relevant to catering, COSHH requirements, moving and handling
• Experience of managing a catering budget
• Ability to provide supervision to kitchen assistant staff
• Ability to work flexible hours on occasion
About the company:
Our client is a leading national charity providing specialist community-based and residential support for adults with acquired brain injury, complex physical or learning disabilities and for people with autism, including education.
Working in partnership with the people they support, their families and friends, local authorities, health authorities, housing associations and other organisations, They have an established track record of delivering leading-edge services that meet the needs of individuals with complex and challenging disabilities.
Location: Fen House, Ely, CB6 1SD
Job type: Full Time, Permanent
Salary: £9.62 per hour
You may have experience of the following: Chef, Sous Chef, Kitchen Assistant Manager, Cook, Catering Manager, Kitchen Porter, Line Chef, Kitchen Assistant, Chef de Partie, Kitchen Manager, Commis Chef, Catering Assistant etc.
Ref: 93187