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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.

Groundwork is the community charity with a green heart.  We believe that big global issues – the economy, the environment – have a big local impact.  Groundwork operates throughout the UK helping communities find practical solutions to the challenges they face.

Our project portfolio in Cambridgeshire is expanding quickly and we are seeking a highly motivated individual to help drive the programme forward.  Through your own delivery and managing a small team this is an exciting opportunity to deliver environmental education and community themed projects. As Senior Project Officer you will have proven experience of successfully managing and delivering multiple projects independently from initiation to completion (particularly adult education projects), on time and within budget.  You will also have proven line management experience to inspire, lead, support and grow our small team of Project Officers

We work with adults, families and the wider community in a variety environmental, community, educational and engaging projects.  Whether you are delivering one of our acclaimed “wild play” projects, or working with adults to support their health, wellbeing and skills development or leading volunteer tasks in the outdoors your work will reflect the creativity and enthusiasm that’s key to everything we do.

This post represents a fantastic opportunity to work within formal and informal settings with great flexibility in the projects we offer local communities.  You will also have ample scope for innovation and we’ll make sure you’re given all the support and guidance you need to really take your career forward. With experience in a community or education setting, as well as the ability to engage people in exciting projects, you’ll have the flair to deliver relevant and engaging projects and manage a small team that makes a difference to peoples’ surroundings and the global environment.  

The post is subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check. 

To apply, please download and application pack from our website. Please note: CVs are not accepted.

Closing date: Midday Monday 17 August 2020

Interview date: Monday 24 or Tuesday 25 August 2020 (via Teams or Zoom video call)

Schools Liaison Officer
Salary: £24,808 per annum
Hours: 35 hours per week (exclusive of meal breaks)
Contract Type: Due to funding restrictions, this post is Fixed Term, initially for a period of one year, with an option to extend for a further year
Location: Cambridge

Selwyn College is looking for a good communicator, with an outgoing personality who will raise the profile of the College and University with suitably qualified students, especially those from areas and groups currently under—represented in Cambridge.

Educated to degree level, the successful candidate will understand the style of teaching and types of courses offered in Cambridge, and have a good knowledge of the UK secondary education system.

Closing date: Friday 28 August 2020.
Interviews: Early September 2020.

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the button to be directed to our website to download the further particulars and application form.

We are committed to equal opportunities and positively welcome applications for the position of School Liaison Officer from all sections and backgrounds in society as this helps us to maintain a diverse academic community and foster an environment that is truly dynamic and engaging for all.

Applicants should note that an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service will be required before the successful applicant is appointed.

No agencies please.

Here at Eden Brown I am delighted to be working in partnership with an incredible Charity to find them their next Service and Development Manager in Cambridge. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a Charity where helping young people is at the forefront.

In this role youll be working to make a difference to the lives of others by working closely with the Mental Health Clinical Leads and Gp's s to ensure that the Charity is able to offer impacftful and effective wellbeing services to young people . You will also manage and be working closely with the funding partners, therefore experience in building relationships with key stakeholders is key to this role.

You will be line managing staff and volunteers at the Charity and creating a warm culture is key. You will also take responsibility for managing the budgets for each service.

You will have had experience of leading a team and also have had experience of writing and securing funding from a variety of different funders. Experience of managing and evaluating services is also essential for this role. You will have worked with a young persons service at an operational level and you must be a car driver. You will be based in the services however there is some flexibility for home working also.

For more information on this fantastic role please email [email protected] The closing date is the 14th August.

Eden Brown is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Eden Brown Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

The Service and Development Manager will lead the development of Centre 33’s emotional wellbeing offer for young people, maintain the existing services and grow and diversify this offer further.

You will be an experienced leader, with a strong background working in service and development management.  

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.

This post is subject to a DBS check and references.

Applications must be received by 9am, on 14th August 2020 with virtual interviews to take place on the 18th and 20th of August 2020.

Centre 33 strives to be an equal opportunities employer.

We welcome discussions about part time and flexible working arrangements.

Future Gifts Officer
Location: Cambridge / Home Working
Hours: 20 hours p/w (flexible)
Salary: £28,000 - £32,000 per annum, pro rata
Contract: Permanent

Arthur Rank Hospice Charity has an outstanding reputation for excellence in palliative and end of life care. We support people in Cambridgeshire, who are living with life-limiting illnesses and advance conditions. Our positive and practical services deliver care, counselling and education, helping patients to live well and their families to live on.

We are seeking to appoint a Future Gifts Officer within our high performing Fundraising and Communications team.

This role traditionally called Gifts in Wills Officer has been reshaped in order to respond to the constant evolution of the Charity and it desire to be forward looking. The successful applicant will be responsible for developing our pipeline for gifts pledged in people’s wills to help secure the financial sustainability of the charity into the future.  The newly appointed Future Gifts Officer will be building on a great track record of legacy fundraising and bring about even more impact for our community.

Can you see yourself as being part of #TeamArthur?

You will be a motivated and driven individual with patience, compassion, and empathy.  You will have a confident and professional nature, who can communicate effectively with anyone you meet.

You will be able to demonstrate your ability to successfully inform, inspire and influence a variety of people by different methods and types of communications. You will be highly organised and like working as a part of a team.

Deadline for applications is midnight on 13th August.
Interviews: 25th &26th August

To Apply and for More Information:

If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the apply button to be directed to our website. 

No agencies please. 

Hours: 22.5 (3 days) per week. Specific days to be confirmed.
Location: East of the UK (this includes North East London, into broader regions of East Anglia. This role may suit someone living in or close to Postcodes NR, IP, CB, CO, CM, SS and North East London).
Interviews: Initial interviews on 24th September. Final interviews on 1st October.

TLG Volunteer Programmes are available for churches who have a heart for the struggling children and families in their communities. For Early Intervention (EI), we train, equip and support volunteers to coach children for an hour a week in school. For Make Lunch (ML), we train and support volunteers to provide nutritious meals and activities during the school holidays.

The TLG Regional Leader role offers a unique opportunity to manage a cluster of EI Centres and ML clubs within the Eastern areas of the UK (including North East London, into broader regions of East Anglia). The ideal candidate will be a very organised, strong relationship builder with a vibrant Christian faith.

This key role involves training, leading and supporting new and established TLG EI and ML Programmes, working mainly with the Volunteer Coordinators who are leading their team of volunteers. The Regional Leader will be required to support progress against set key performance indicators to ensure the best possible support is given for thriving programmes.

TLG is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and their families and expects all staff including volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check. The role will require you to travel. You will also be expected to attend events & meetings during the year as required along with visits to National Support.

We would welcome applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds to enable us to better reflect the needs of the communities we serve.