Project Manager - Young Writers (Contract)
Bradford, West Yorkshire

Do you have experience of working with young people? Want to support the success of projects that are inspiring young people to utilise their creativity and tell their own stories? If so, you may be the Project Manager we’re looking for.

About Us

The National Literacy Trust is a national charity dedicated to raising literacy levels in the UK. One person in six in the UK has poor literacy skills that impact on every area of their life. A child without good reading, writing and communication skills can’t succeed at school, and as an adult they could be locked out of the job market. Poverty doubles the likelihood that, by the age of five, a child’s literacy skills will be below average.

Now, we’re looking for a Project Manager to join us on a 12 month fixed-term contract and facilitate the delivery of projects that support young people's understanding and enjoyment of writing.

The Benefits

- Salary of £28,500 per annum
- Pension (8% employer contribution)
- A generous annual leave allowance totalling 39 days per annum (including Bank Holidays and office closure between Christmas and New Year)
- Cycle to work scheme
- The chance to lead projects that will have an impact on young people

We believe that the ability to communicate is a fundamental right and that society will only be fair when everyone has the reading, writing, speaking and listening skills they need to fulfil their potential.

By working with us, you can help to transform lives through literacy.

In this fast-paced and exciting role, you’ll have the opportunity to oversee projects that will make a positive difference to young people and nurture their passion for the written word.

Your Role

As the Project Manager, you’ll support the success of our Young Writers programme in Bradford and two other locations, which finds creative ways to engage disadvantaged young people in writing and poetry.

Joining the School Programmes Team, you will deliver a range of poetry and writing projects for primary and secondary school pupils.

Specifically, you will:

- Oversee project logistics, safeguarding, risk management, QA, event management and training
- Identify and recruit schools to take part in projects
- Deliver high-quality training sessions and workshops
- Present the work of the programme to a range of audiences, including teachers and businesses
- Help to manage and track project spend
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of the programme, including designing and delivering content

About You

To join us as a Project Manager, you’ll need:

- Experience of working with young people
- Previous experience of working in, or with, the education sector
- Exceptional communication skills
- A proactive approach

Experience of working with culture or heritage sector organisations or with professional writers would be beneficial to your application.

Other organisations may call this role Project Manager, Education Project Manager, Education Programme Manager, Writing Programme Manager, or Project Delivery Manager.

The closing date for applications is 10am on the 2nd December 2019.

The National Literacy Trust is committed to being an equal opportunities employer and aims to ensure that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, disability, age, ethnicity or religion.

So, if you’re seeking the chance to make a real difference as a Project Manager, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

Working hours: 35 hours per week

Location: At our Harrogate (HG1 5LX) office and in Ripon (multiple outreach locations)

Hours: 

• Harrogate: 30 hours per week (4 days)
• Ripon: 18.5 hours per week (2.5 days)
• Adviceline (in Harrogate): 22.5 hours per week (3 days)

Citizens Advice offers confidential advice online, over the phone, and in person, for free. We give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem.  We help with everything from money issues to problems at work, housing to consumer rights.

We are looking for someone who has good organisation and administration skills to support the services delivered by volunteers in our busy office.

The Advice Co-ordinator, reporting to an Operations Support Manager, is responsible for the day to day delivery of the General Advice Service to clients, whether that be face to face, by phone or email. Each Advice Co-ordinator will be predominately based in one location but will be required to travel to the other locations to assist with cover and other related activities.
This role is focused on the integrity and quality of advice delivered at the front line. The role will be the focal point for determining the desired atmosphere of professionalism and warmth within each location and will be expected to manage the vast majority of issues that arise on any particular day at the office. The role will also supervise, manage, quality check and appraise any volunteers involved in delivering the General Advice Service.

Funding: These roles are funded from our core funding from North Yorkshire County Council and Harrogate Borough Council

Application Closing Date: 12 noon on 9th December 2019

Interview Date: To Be Arranged, provisionally late Dec 2019 or early Jan 2020

For more information and to apply, please click on the Apply button.

Would you like to join one of North Leeds’ most established Social Care charities which positively changes lives and helps hundreds of people each year? 

Applications are welcome from candidates who have the appropriate skills in a Health and Social Care setting and have knowledge of Health and Social Care. You will be passionate about delivering the highest level of training to learners and you will have a real commitment to passing on your skills and expertise to the next generation of healthcare staff or improving the skills of existing staff, enabling them to progress and inspire others.

The role will also include assessment of competence within the workplace and supporting learners to collect evidence for the achievement of the Care Certificate.

You will have Level 3 Qualification or above in Health & Social Care and Level 3 Award in Education & Training (PTLLS) or equivalent or a willingness to undertake this. You will also have excellent time management and communication skills to enable you to support learners

CV’s are accepted however please ensure that you request a job specification to be able to evidence the essential criteria for the role.

For further information please call 0113-218-5899. 

The closing date for applications is 22 November 2019 or earlier if a suitable candidate is sourced.

Interviews will take place on 3 December 2019.

If you are shortlisted you will be contacted directly, if you do not hear from us within 3 weeks of the closing date, it can be assumed that unfortunately, your application was unsuccessful on this occasion.

LJWB is looking for a Finnace Assistant to join friendly team and great organization. 

As part of a small but highly motivated Finance Team you will support the recording and retrieval of financial transactions through the maintenance of records including but not limited to, asset management, investment reconciliations, sales & purchase ledger processing, petty cash and cash handling.

As someone looking to develop their financial skills and or studying towards a financial qualification you will support the Management Accountant in the production of monthly accounts utilising SAGE 50 and special care services software, preparing sales invoices, payroll data and balance sheet reconciliations.

You will be the first point of contact for all customers wishing to use our cash office facilities at the Community Centre and will assist in dealing with cash and online payments for sales invoicing, petty cash reimbursements, client account cash transactions etc. Experience and cash handling skills are essential.

This is a busy but rewarding environment which offers an excellent opportunity to become involved in and develop a full range of financial skills and experience.

Essential Skills:

Finance & reconciliations skills

Cash handling

Experience in customer service and dealing with the general public

Possess excellent interpersonal & communication skills

The ability to work individually or part of a team

Reading, Writing & Mathematics Skills

Excellent IT Skills

LJWB supports positive mantal health in the workplace. 

Community Engagement Specialist, UK

Hope for Justice is seeking a multilingual Community Engagement Specialist, to be based at our West Yorkshire Hub, to work with at-risk communities, law enforcement and business to develop an effective community-based approach to address modern day slavery, while developing effective networks and building trust with victims to help them escape their traffickers.

The role will depend on using local and cultural knowledge and language skills to engage effectively with potential victims and with key stakeholders in these communities.

The ideal candidate will have fantastic communication skills and well-developed emotional intelligence. They will be a confident self-starter, able to work unsupervised and with an understanding of the sensitivities and discretion required when working with vulnerable people.

This is an outstanding opportunity for anyone seeking to develop skills in community-based work while making a profound difference to the lives of people trapped in modern slavery.

More detail about the requirements of this role can be found in the Role Profile, attached

Location: West Yorkshire, UK

Salary: Competitive and negotiable based on experience

Full time

Closing Date: Friday, 29th November 2019 (Note: Early applications are welcomed, as preliminary interviews may be conducted throughout the process.)

To apply: Please visit our website

Team Leader - Leeds Service (full-time at 35 hours, Office Based, UK)

£28,000 - £33,000

GamCare is the leading national provider of information, advice and support for the treatment for anyone affected by problem gambling. In September 2019 we were delighted to open a brand-new service, the Leeds Community Gambling Service, with our regional Partner NECA. This service is integrated with the new NHS gambling provision for the North of England.

The Leeds Community Gambling Service is seeking a full time Team Leader to manage the treatment provision within the service.  As the Team Leader you will directly line manage the treatment practitioners to ensure the model of care is delivered safely and effectively.

You will be a self-starter, flexible, with a passion for delivering innovative, quality services, and a collaborative style. You will have experience of working in the addictions field and managing staff. We also expect an assertive approach to ensuring the safety and wellbeing of all children, young people and adults. Applicants will need to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to best safeguarding practice.

A full job description and application form is available on the GamCare website.

This role will require an enhanced DBS check

To apply, please complete the following application form and Equal Opportunities Monitoring Survey, please go onto our website for further information.

Please note we do not accept CVs

GamCare is committed to processing your personal data fairly, lawfully and transparently in line with GDPR. For further information on GamCare’s recruitment privacy notice please refer to our website.

If you would like acknowledgement that your application has been received, please ensure the application is attached and put the following subject in your email:

Job application: <name of vacancy>

Please note that if the subject is not correct, you may not receive a confirmation.

Previous applicants need not apply

For further information please contact Charlie Plücker, please go onto our website for further information.

This recruitment is on an ongoing rolling basis, applications will be reviewed regularly until the post is filled.

We are looking for a permanent Weddings and Functions Manager role (W&FM) to develop the wedding business and to develop and grow the events business at East Riddlesden Hall. One of the most important parts of this role is have the couples and clients at the heart of what we do. It is essential we have a robust customer journey and that everyone receives an exceptional level of service. The National Trust is a charity and we run the commercial business to support to conservation work we do. It is a really important part of our work.

What it's like to work here

East Riddlesden Hall is a tranquil 17th century house, formerly owned by a cloth merchant. With the atmospheric exterior and the friendly interior, this house is home to a wonderful array of seventeenth century needlework and original exquisite plasterwork ceilings, created by local craftsmen. The intimate gardens, with an ever-changing palette of colour, offer a peaceful space to relax and unwind. There is a mud pie kitchen and a hobbit house.

What you'll be doing

The role has come about due to an internal restructure change so that we can have someone to lead the team, lead the business and work with the wider property team to achieve more commercial revenue for the site whilst providing exceptional visitor experience.

The role will predominantly support the weddings and events in a coordinator capacity working through the full event cycle through to delivery. The rest of role will importantly manage the bar plus staff and a wedding co-ordinator plus a growing volunteer team. You’ll also be part of the budget process and have a good handle on the figures, ensuring reporting is timely and that we are meeting our budget requirements.

Who we're looking for

To be successful in this role you'll need to able to have/be;

• Exceptional customer service skills
• Line management experience or able to manage a strong team of staff and volunteers
• Ability or experience to build to strong relationships with internal and external suppliers
• Flexible to working requirements of business needs from midweek, weekends and evenings
• Able to grow and deliver a commercial business within a charity setting

Benefits

Benefits include flexible working whenever possible plus free parking at most locations. You’ll be entitled to discounts in high street stores and cinemas, National Trust shops and NT cafes, and have free entry to NT properties for you, a guest and your children (under 18).

Your health and wellbeing is important to us and is supported through generous annual leave and the option to buy additional days (minimum contract length applies), a cycle to work scheme, subsidised health cash plan, a loan towards rental deposits and confidential access to a free support service 24 hours a day should you need it.

Your future financial health is helped by an employer matched - up to 10% of basic salary - contributory pension scheme and you can further your career with training and development tailored to you.

All of this and the opportunity to give something back to your community with up to 5 days of paid volunteering per year!

Closing date: December 1st 2019

You’re an exceptional leader with experience of delivering services in social care/housing/health. All you need is the perfect environment to put your skills to great use. Welcome to Richmond Fellowship as Head of Continuous Improvement.

Right now, we’re looking for a resourceful and resilient individual to lead on a programme of continuous improvement involving quality assurance, quality reviews and quality improvement. Among your many challenges will be the need to implement a framework that ensures operational delivery is based on recovery, coproduction and best practice principles. We’ll also rely on you to inspire and provide the direction, drive and ownership and engagement it takes to deliver a Group Strategy. Providing operational quality assurance across the group structure to ensure adherence to the policy, regulatory and legislative requirements of our sector will be important too. And, when it comes to establishing and embedding a quality improvement culture across the Group by developing the expertise of leaders and teams throughout the group’s partner organisations, again, we’ll count on you to deliver. In short, you’ll make a telling contribution to the work of the Senior Leadership Team.

As well as a relevant professional qualification (e.g. RMN/Dip Soc Work/NVQ minimum level 4), you’ll need a good understanding of mental health, domestic violence, drug and alcohol issues and practice. You’ll also need in-depth knowledge of quality assurance frameworks, operational governance and the legal, regulatory and policy framework that underpins our operational delivery. A highly effective people manager, you have a proven ability to develop and implement new service models too. What’s more, you’re adept at building working relationships with a variety of stakeholders to enable continuous improvement, as well as delivering quality review programmes and overseeing investigations. Last but not least, you have a flair for analysing and using management information to monitor adherence to quality standards, a proactive, outcome and solutions focused approach and a flexible attitude to working hours.

The successful candidate can be based at offices in either Liverpool or West Yorkshire, or be home-based.

The closing date for this post is 26th November 2019

Interviews will be held on 5th December 2019

So, are you ready to take on this rewarding role that comes with some really great benefits? Then apply now via our website.

Richmond Fellowship is part of Recovery Focus, a national group of charities highly experienced in providing specialist support services to individuals and families living with the effects of mental ill health, drug and alcohol use, gambling and domestic violence. We know that recovery can look and feel very different to each and every one of us. But we also know that if we provide the right support, at the right time, we can inspire recovery nationwide and that recovery is possible for everyone.

Full time (37.5) 12 month fixed term contract in the first instance / Part-time (30hrs) working considered

The JU:MP Campaign Manager role is an exciting opportunity to join the Magpie team and to be part of a once in a life-time initiative which will have a real and lasting impact on the health and wellbeing of children, young people and families in some of the most deprived communities in the country.

Magpie is helping to create healthier and happier communities one person; one campaign, one community at a time and creating behaviour change campaigns that transform lives and tackle important social issues.

At Magpie we are on a mission to create campaigns which have a positive impact on the communities around us. We call this The Great Campaign.

Working as a Campaign Manager representing Magpie and based primarily within the JU:MP team. JU:MP (Join Us: Move Play) is an important social movement gaining momentum within the North Bradford area.

JU:MP is a National Lottery funded Sport England initiative. Part of Active Bradford, JU:MP works with families and communities in North Bradford to inspire, energise and support children to be active.

Magpie has been chosen to deliver innovative behaviour change solutions which make it easier for communities to access sport and physical activity. 

The role:

The JU:MP campaign manager will play a pivotal role within the programme, implementing marketing strategy, building strong client and community relationships.

Experienced in campaign and project management and in delivering multi-faceted marketing campaigns you will be comfortable in taking an overarching client strategy and turning it in to marketing implementation strategies, initiatives, and campaign briefs.

You will have an eye for detail and with your meticulous project planning and excellent communication skills you will be excited by this opportunity and ready to embrace the challenge.

Leading on the creation and getting stuck in with the hands-on delivery of the JU:MP campaign, you will be expected to deliver successfully on the strategy which aims to increase the physical activity of young people in the following areas of Bradford:

1. Allerton, Lower Grange and Fairweather Green
2. Manningham, Toller, Girlington
3. Eccleshill, Undercliffe, Thorpe Edge, Windhill and Wrose

In this role we expect that you will be a self-starter who has the ability to take initiative and make things happen.

Job Dimensions and scope

You will be responsible for delivering the strategy of the JU:MP social movement, contributing to the measurable behaviour change through the JU:MP social marketing and communications campaigns.

You will be expected to be self-motivated and able to take on and manage all aspects of campaign management, leading the campaign independently. Working directly with the client team and the Director of Impact at Magpie directing and managing campaigns and activity and liaising with all stakeholders, suppliers and partners throughout.

JU:MP is being evaluated by academic researchers so you will be expected to support the evaluation where necessary, including the provision of fortnightly reflections about your approach to the project.

You will be based in split locations sharing time with the Magpie team in Leeds and the JU:MP team in Bradford.

Key Responsibilities

Client Service

Representing Magpie within our clients’ environment, bringing marketing expertise to their team. Independent project direction, always achieving the very best outcome for our client.

Regular and effective communication and liaison with both JU:MP and Magpie to provide timely updates on project progress and to ensure that the client receives the very best of Magpie and our experience in delivering behaviour change campaigns.

Closely linked to Magpie and embracing the purpose, culture and approach of our unique behaviour change campaigns agency.

The clear interpretation and organisation of client feedback.

Campaign Strategy

Working closely with the client and Director of Impact at Magpie you will be responsible for overseeing and developing sub-strategies for areas such as: insight; brand; partnerships; social media; digital and events.

Creating implementation plans, scopes, delivery plans and schedules and determining approval milestones and practices which ensure that delivery is smooth and standards are high at every touch point through all campaigns.

You will be an experienced campaign manager with the ability to keep all projects on track whilst ensuring that communication with all key stakeholders and in particular the client and Director of Impact at Magpie.

You will embrace our behaviour change approach and the co-creation and collaboration embedded within the Magpie way.

As a part of this:

Collaborating with the JU:MP Community Engagement Managers to devise a comprehensive community engagement plan and maximise the success of the campaign.

Gaining insight in to the three community areas, working alongside Community Engagement Managers to ensure that we provide campaign information, engagement and materials in the most appropriate way.

Co-creating with the community members in an open and inclusive way and adapting the strategy and approach to meet the needs of the community.

Selecting and managing relationships with partners and suppliers.

Working alongside the JU:MP Communications Officer to ensure the campaign fits in to the wider programme communications strategy.

Providing hands-on marketing as and when needed - capturing and creating social content, managing emails/database, promoting events and activities, writing press releases.

Organisation and administration

You will be experienced in managing all aspects of budget control, administration and organisation and the communication of all aspects of campaign management in order to deliver in the most appropriate way, on-brand, on-brief on-time and on-budget.

You will be capable managing a high volume of information about stakeholders, their organisations and activities.

Essential Experience and Skills:

We are looking for an experienced team member who can hit the ground running and who will embrace the challenge. Self-motivated and confident, you will work on your own initiative.

• A solid background in creative or marketing environments, with a proven ability to manage a brief
• The ability to plan and manage social marketing campaigns at a strategic / senior level, including time/delivery management and budget management
• Significant experience in relationship management, with the ability to exercise sound judgement, sensitivity and political awareness in working with multiple stakeholders and interested groups
• Proven experience and the ability to work with a wider Magpie team – including campaign management, creative, digital and content producers plus any key suppliers in order to deliver impactful high-quality campaigns
• Experience of working collaboratively with a range of partners and proven experience of shaping partnership opportunities within communities to maximise campaign success

• A strong track record in meticulous project planning
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Effective team management and leadership capabilities
• A keen attention to detail and budgetary constraints
• Full awareness of creative processes and techniques – including digital platforms
• Innovative thinker, with proven ability to problem solve
• Self-motivation with confidence and ability to work on own initiative

Desirable

• A knowledge and understanding of the communities that the JU:MP campaign is targeting
• To be able to speak one or more of the following languages: Punjabi, Urdu, Polish, Bengali 

Background Information

Magpie

Magpie is a cause–led marketing agency placing behaviour change science at the heart of what we do. Our purpose is to help create healthier and happier communities; one person, one campaign at a time.

Born in Bradford

Born in Bradford (BIB) is an internationally acclaimed applied research programme which aims to improve health and wellbeing through the development and evaluation of interventions to promote health, and the application of research into practice.

BIB is experienced in delivering complex evaluations in real life settings and hosts a skilled staff set with expertise in qualitative and quantitive evaluation methods, routine data linkage, community engagement and dissemination.

Bradford Institute for Health Research

The Bradford Institute for Health Research aims to become a national centre for excellence in health research and to forge unique research collaboration between the people of Bradford, the NHS community and the Universities of Leeds Bradford and York.

Active Bradford

Active Bradford is a newly registered company made up of six member organisations who are committed to working together to increase the number of people being active and playing sport in Bradford. These six members are The University of Bradford, Bradford Metropolitan District Council, Bradford College, Bradford Teaching Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust (Born in Bradford), Yorkshire Sport Foundation and One in a Million.

Closing date – 1st December 2019

Friends of the Earth is a leading environmental NGO, campaigning to solve the major environmental problems of our time. We are in the midst of a climate crisis, and the natural world around us is in decline. We need a Senior Lawyer to join our team to help save the planet and support communities get active too.

The Friends of the Earth legal team is a cross-cutting team providing expert support and intellectual leadership in our campaigning. We need a lawyer with a depth of experience in the environmental sector and a good understanding of using the law in campaigning.

As Senior Lawyer you will provide Friends of the Earth with legal advice and representation in support of our overall aims and objectives, including to: inform and/or develop campaign strategy or tactics, identify and develop litigation opportunities, and to help win campaigns. A core focus of the role is to defend and extend environmental justice.

You must be a qualified Solicitor or Barrister with a current practicing certificate in England and Wales. You will have proven experience of working in UK public law, and with expertise in the environmental and/or planning sectors.

Litigation experience is important, and you will have had conduct of environmental or planning cases. As a creative and strategic thinker you will add value to campaigns by identifying legal opportunities that have impact.

Being able to work under pressure and to present complex legal information clearly and concisely to non-lawyers is an essential part of the job, and you will also be able to communicate effectively and confidently to a range of audiences and at significant public events.

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate managerial skills and the ability to work with a range of different people, and to value and respect that diversity.

A strong team orientated work ethic is a must, along with a demonstrable understanding and commitment to environmental and/or social justice, including how law can effect positive change.

The Legal Team sits within the ‘Political Legal Planning’ unit, which is a cross-cutting team providing specialist advice and support to the rest of the organisation.

Lawyers support Friends of the Earth’s campaigns adding an extra edge, and work with other PLP members to uphold environmental, planning and civil society rights related to the overall objectives of the organisation. An aspect of our work that PLP leads.

Currently the Legal Team consists of: Head of Legal, Lawyer, 2x paid Legal Interns. The Senior Lawyer post represents an important addition to the team.

Closing date: Tuesday 19th November 2019

For more information please visit our website.

We offer a competitive range of benefits, good work/life balance, excellent learning and development opportunities and a vibrant organisational culture.

We are an equal opportunities employer and are especially keen to encourage applications from people currently under-represented in the environment movement.

Friends of the Earth is an international community dedicated to protecting the natural world and the wellbeing of everyone in it. We lead campaigns, provide resources and information, and drive real solutions to the environmental problems facing us all.

Calderdale is part of the NHS England initiative to expand access to employment for people living with serious mental health conditions. The Individual Placement Support (IPS) model of employment support is an innovative and evidence based way of working and we are currently seeking an Employment Specialist work in line with IPS. 

This is a full time 37.5 hour post, and is a fixed term or secondment opportunity, until March 2021, with any continuation of this being subject to funding after March 2021. 

This is an exciting opportunity to be at the forefront of widening access to employment for people with mental health conditions while working for South West Yorkshire Partnership Foundation Trust. The post will be based in Calderdale within Community mental health teams where you will deliver employment support to individuals with severe mental health conditions across Calderdale and be a highly valued member of a team of mental health professionals, which includes psychiatrists, social workers, occupational therapists, nurses and psychologists. 

90% of people with severe mental illness say they want to work, but currently only 8% are in work. Getting into employment can be a critical part of a recovery journey, so as an employment specialist you will focus on providing motivational, supportive and person-centred advice to enable service users to secure paid employment. You will work as a member of the multi-disciplinary Core and Enhanced mental health teams in the community pathway in Calderdale and carry a caseload of 20-25 people. You will help to raise expectations around the ability of service users to access paid employment and support people into paid employment related to their preferences and skills. 

You will be passionate about joining us in this exciting new role, and be willing both to help to develop the service and transform lives through enabling people to gain paid employment. You will need a good understanding of people and of mental health conditions, along with experience of local networking and partnership work such as with the DWP. This is a dynamic and diverse role where no day is ever the same – determination and strong listening skills are essential as is being able to take initiative. Working positively with local employers and negotiating job opportunities is a key part of what you will be doing. 

You will be part of a small IPS team within the Calderdale mental health teams while having support and supervision with the IPS Team leader. Full specialist training is funded for this role. 

The Role:

The postholder will manage a caseload of up to 20-30 service users in specialist mental health services using the principles of the Individual Placement and Support model to enable people to gain paid employment. The Employment specialist will work according to the Individual Placement and Support Model (IPS) under the direction of the IPS Team Manager to deliver a holistic recovery plan for mental health service users in secondary care. Training in IPS will be provided.

The role is to work directly with all relevant stakeholders; including, service users, mental health staff in community teams, Vocational team and local partner agencies. A key part of the role is to actively engage with employers to enable service users to gain paid employment and to sustain this with ongoing support within employment as required.

Care/service/function provision: To ensure that all service users who say they want to gain paid employment are successful in accessing/gaining and retaining paid employment.

Core duties and responsibilities

1. To work directly with mental health teams in Calderdale to generate referrals for IPS and assess service users who want paid employment using vocational profiling and an employment action plan according to their strengths and choices.
2. To work directly with all relevant stakeholders and external agencies to ensure that the  service users meet their employment goals. This includes mental health teams, employers, local DWP, the Council Business and Economy and other Council teams.
3. Spend time getting to know local employers in order to negotiate job opportunities that meet each individual’s strengths, needs, abilities and preferences.
4. To ensure that service users support needs are identified in terms of barriers to employment, disclosure with the agreement of the individual and reasonable adjustments.
5. To ensure as much as possible that the quality of work environments is explored including potential for workplace adjustments to accommodate individual strengths, skills and coping strategies.
6. To support service users to training and education courses as appropriate.
7. To support service users to access work placements as appropriate towards the employment goals.
8. To provide support with CV’s, interviews, rapid job searching, and applications for employment as required.
9. To provide the individual and employer with individualised support in work on an ongoing basis and help the person sustain employment as agreed with the individual.
10. To maintain and update accurate records within the required IT systems to ensure prompt communication with the Multi-disciplinary team around progress, change or adverse events.
11. To work flexibly, as required by the individual, to gain paid employment.
12. To adhere to administrative, monitoring and evaluation systems requirements for IPS.
13. To undertake mandatory training as required including in the IPS model.
14. To provide and seek benefit advice for service users seeking paid employment
15. To provide employment specialist caseload cover.

For the full job description and person specification, please see the 2 attached documents.

As part of the successful NHS England IPS bid, this full-time post is initially a fixed term contract until March 2021 with any continuation of this being subject to funding. 

We are also able to consider this post as a secondment opportunity until March 2021. For secondment, approval from your manager as to whether you would be able to take up a secondment is required before applying for the post. 

Find out more about how IPS can make a difference to people’s lives at our recruitment information session on Monday 18th November at 3.00pm at Hope Street Resource Centre, Hope Street, Halifax, HX1 5DW

Post closes on Thursday 21st November. 

For further information about the post, please see the how to apply document, job description and the person specification.

Events Officer
Harrogate, North Yorkshire (office based, with some travel to event locations)

About Us

Yorkshire Cancer Research is one of the most exciting and innovative charities in the UK. The charity is a leading funder of cancer research in the region and has a track record of supporting ground-breaking projects and clinical trials to help prevent cancer and increase survival. We are working to save an extra 2,000 lives a year in Yorkshire.

Yorkshire Cancer Research is entering an exciting period in its development. As part of this we are expanding our team at our Head Office and a number of new roles are being created. We are currently looking for an Events Officer to join our events team with a particular focus on generating income and increasing our reach by delivering a range of events across Yorkshire.

The Benefits

- Salary of £24,000 - £27,000 DOE
- Pension scheme
- Private medical insurance
- 25 days’ holiday plus Bank Holidays
- Offices within walking distance of the train station/free onsite parking

If you are an events management professional with experience of developing and implementing fundraising opportunities and planning events, then this is an excellent opportunity to continue developing your career in events management.

We’ve got a strong set of values that inform everything we do and we’re looking for people who are aligned with these. As our Events Officer, you will strive for excellence in everything you do, have integrity, champion expertise through improvement and innovation and be a great team player.

The Role

As Events Officer, you will help progress Yorkshire Cancer Research’s strategic aims to increase the charity’s reach by building a portfolio of events.

Working with other teams, you will ensure events communications are aligned with our tone of voice while being empathetic towards, and able to anticipate, customer needs.

Reporting to the Events Manager, you will:

- Support the delivery of events and take ownership of smaller-scale events
- Provide first rate supporter care for all those who take part in our events
- Research events across Yorkshire to identify where we would benefit from having a presence
- Research and develop charity-owned fundraising event proposals
- Develop business cases to illustrate costs and predicted return on investment
- Monitor and report on financial performance and post-event learnings

About You

To join us as an Events Officer, you will need:

- To be educated to degree level or equivalent in an Events, Business or Marketing related course
- At least two years’ experience in an events management role
- Experience of delivering income generative events
- Experience in providing support for event participants
- Line management experience and experience of leading teams of volunteers
- A track record of leading volunteers and helping them to support events
- Excellent planning and organisational skills
- Experience of using a CRM or fundraising database

Other organisations may call this role Fundraising Events Officer, Assistant Fundraising Events Officer, Fundraising Assistant, Events Officer, Assistant Fundraiser or Marketing & Events Officer.

The closing date for applications is 22nd November 2019 with first stage interviews to be held between 29th November 2019 and 2nd December 2019.

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Working hours: 37 hours per week, including some evening and weekend work

Department: Business Development

Contract Duration: 6 months

Citizens Advice offers confidential advice online, over the phone, and in person, for free. Through our national network of charities, we give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem.

Citizens Advice is a leading provider of debt advice and financial capability services across England and Wales.  In the last year, we helped 380,000 clients with 916,000 debt issues through our local network and had 3.2m page views of our debt content on the Citizens Advice Website.

To support this work, Citizens Advice has a team focused on money advice development team covering debt and energy advice alongside financial capability. Reporting to the Head of Money advice, this role is responsible for the development and delivery of the programmes of work under the debt and financial capability strategies.

We are seeking an exceptional candidate with significant experience of debt advice and financial capability work whilst the current postholder is on secondment.

It is crucial that the successful candidate has highly developed project management and strategic thinking skills and has significant experience of managing effective organisational design and change, particularly where there is a high level of public interest in the outcome.  The successful candidate will be experienced in using their analytical and judgement skills, with the ability to develop and compare alternative courses of action and arrive at well-reasoned recommendations.

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 profiles.

Interview date: 2nd December 2019

£19,847 - £23,349 p/a (please note successful candidates should expect to be appointed at the starting point of the salary scale and consideration will be given to a higher salary depending on the experience of the individual)

35 hrs p/w - Fixed-term until December 2020 (with a possibility of extending)

HMP Wealstun

Ref: RCY-193

Are you compassionate and proactive with a natural approach with people? Do you have a passion for helping vulnerable people? If so, St Giles Trust is looking for a highly motivated Resettlement Caseworker to join our dynamic team and provide a full resettlement service to prisoners within a custodial setting.

About St Giles Trust

An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need.  Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others. 

About this exciting opportunity

To provide a comprehensive resettlement planning service, you will manage and maintain systems effectively and review resettlement plans at agreed stages of a prisoner’s sentence, providing information and assistance based on individual needs. You will also take the lead on the delivery of resettlement plan interventions and provide casework support, supervision and coaching to the Peer Advisors.

Negotiating and working closely with departments and external organisations is a key element of the role, as is delivering resettlement courses on a rolling basis and supporting Peer Advisors to deliver resettlement courses.

What we are looking for:

• Excellent listening skills, with the capacity to develop a constructive relationship with ex-offenders
• An understanding of issues facing individuals with multiple and complex needs, in prison and on release
• An awareness of accessing substance misuse services
• First-class time-management and work prioritisation skills, and the ability to work on your own initiative
• Professional, flexible and able to work in a prison environment
• Strong IT skills, especially MS Office, plus the ability to work with case databases on a daily basis
• Sympathy with the aims and ethos of St Giles as an organisation

In return, you can expect a competitive salary and generous leave allowance, staff pension scheme, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, season ticket loan and much more besides.

For further information, or to apply, please visit our website.

Closing date: 11pm, 18th November 2019

Interview date: 6th December 2019