It is an exciting time to be a part of Team Toybox as we continue to build our organisation and support our ambitious vision of a just and fair world with no street children.

Our strategy, quite simply, for the next three years to make the world a better place for street children. Despite the many challenges of Covid-19, we are on track to grow this financial year enabling us to do this vital work.

This role is critical to our future success and will therefore be hands on, operating within a busy and collaborative team and has the potential for the right person to add real value to our Marketing and Fundraising activities. As well as providing the opportunity to learn and develop a variety of skills and knowledge of Marketing and Fundraising activities from acquisition and retention to donor stewardship. 

The role will focus, on supporting the Individual Giving Team to maximise supporters’ engagement, retention and giving levels through carefully designed propositions. As well as supporting the management of High Net Worth donors as well as new business opportunities and assisting with funding applications to these donors and managing reporting back to donors after a gift has been secured.

When applying please ensure you submit a full CV and a covering note of not more than two pages summarising why you want to work for Toybox, your proven ability related to the job description and the person specification. 

We have a fantastic opportunity for a hands on Finance Lead to join the team at Talkback, at an exciting time of growth.

Are you a person with a passion to help people? If so, would you like to use your skills and work alongside like-minded, committed colleagues to enable people with a learning disability to increase their self-esteem, have more say, and control over their lives. Talkback has worked for over 20 years in a person-centred way with over 1000 people with learning needs and/or autism.

Position: Finance Lead

Location: The role is office and home based with a requirement to work in the South Bucks office at least 2 days a week and travel across Buckinghamshire, as required, to visit our teams

Salary: £28,000 - £38,000 per annum pro rata depending on skill levels

Hours:  Full and Part Time considered - a minimum of 3 days per week.

Benefits:

Holidays: 23 – 27 days per year, dependent upon length of service and days worked

Pension: A Workplace Pension scheme, where both the employer and employee contribute

Family Friendly Benefits: We are committed to supporting staff in achieving a sensible work-life balance.

Employee Assistance Programme: staff have access to the support line 24/7

Parking: Free parking available on site

As Finance Lead you will be responsible for managing the financial assets of the charity and supporting its long-term future through effective and responsive controls, reporting and planning.

You will support the CEO, advise the Board of Trustees and be part of the senior leadership team, providing timely and insightful forecasting, maintaining effective financial control and supporting the CEO in developing business plans and analysis. You will also be handling transactions when required, as it’s a hands on approach we need.

Having had experience of working in an SME or Charity environment you will use your experience and knowledge, outside Finance, for the benefit of the people that we support and will be willing to provide hands on support, when required.

About You:

To be successful in the role you will need the following skills/experience:

• Fully qualified – ACCA or equivalent
• All round experience of working in an SME with excellent operational knowledge
• Experience of working within the Charity sector essential
• Proven ability to support change management processes with financial data
• Strong IT knowledge including advanced knowledge of MS Excel
• An excellent communicator with strong interpersonal skills
• The ability to work on a range of projects
• Collaborative and hands-on style of working
• Contract management experience preferred

Other roles you may have experience of could include Charity Finance Manager, Head of Finance, Finance Team Leader, Finance Analyst, Senior Finance Manager, Interim Finance Manager, Financial Accounting Manager, Finance Manger etc.

Fundraising Officer
Location: Milton Keynes (flexible home-based working available during pandemic, but due to the nature of the role we’d give preference to those living within commutable distance to our office in Milton Keynes).
Salary: £25,000 per annum
Hours: Full Time / 37.5 hours per week split between the Trust and Individual Giving team
Annual Leave: 25 days annual leave per leave year increasing to 28 days after three years’ service and to 30 days after five years’ service.
Other: Access to group pension scheme (6% employer contribution).

The support of individuals is the lifeblood of our charity and we value every donation that we receive. The delivery of our vital services for spinal cord injured people is only possible because of the income we receive from sources including Trusts, fundraising appeals, in memory donations, in celebration gifts, regular donations, major donors, legacies and the sale of our Christmas cards.

With strong connections to a range of sports including horseracing, rugby and F1, we are well positioned to build our networks further and expand our community of supporters. With the support of our Patron, HRH The Princess Royal, as well as our President, Vice Presidents and Ambassadors, SIA has enormous potential to grow and diversify our fundraising income.

As Fundraising Officer, you will report to the Donor Development Coordinator to support SIA’s individual giving and charitable trust fundraising activities, as well as help establish a new major donor fundraising programme. Our ideal candidate will have at least one year’s experience in a paid or voluntary fundraising role – we will also consider applications outside of the Charity sector.

You will also have experience in building relationships and achieving financial or non-financial goals. To be successful in this role, you will need attention to detail, strong communication, administrative and organisational skills, as well as a high degree of tact and diplomacy. If this is you, please get in touch.

The deadline for applications is 28th February 2021 and interviews will be held on Monday 8th March either virtually or at SIA House, Milton Keynes.

To Apply and for More Information:

If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website where you can complete your application for this position. 

The Spinal Injuries Association is fully committed to the promotion of equality and diversity within our organisation. We are a Disability Confident Employer. 

No agencies please.

Charity People are delighted to be partnering exclusively with Autism Early Support Trust (AES), to find their new CEO to lead the organisation in the exciting next stages of the charity’s development.

Job Title: CEO
Salary: £50k-£60k per annum
Contract: Full time, Permanent. Part-time (4 days per week) may be considered
Location: Winslow, Buckinghamshire

Established in 2001 as The Puzzle Centre, AES has a growing reputation for leading the development of ‘best practice’ in education and intervention for young children with autism and operates a specialist nursery, named Circle Centre. Due to increasing demand for specialist therapy for young children with autism, AES are expanding their operations and developing crucial Outreach services to support more families and practitioners.

About the Role

As CEO, you will be working closely with the Senior Management Team and the Trustee Board of AES, to set the strategic direction of the organisation, as well as being responsible for all charity operations and activity. Furthermore, you will be leading on budget, marketing and communications strategy and helping to support internal teams to meet targets and drive opportunities to increase and diversify revenue streams.

About You

Already operating as a CEO of a smaller charity or Director of a multi-discipline team, you will have extensive experience of managing the operations of a charity. You will be passionate, confident and engaging, with a truly collaborative leadership style. You will have direct experience of fundraising and finance in the non-profit sector, as well as having excellent people management skills and an inclusive, empowering approach. You will be emotionally intelligent and have an empathy and sensitivity for the cause, and the complexities of working in a special-needs education environment.

To succeed in this role, you will be able to demonstrate:

• inspirational leadership skills, ideally gained at an organisation of comparable scale and complexity
• a proven track record of successful income generation
• strong financial management skills and the ability to manage a budget
• excellent communication skills with the ability to nurture relationships with key partners, motivate the dedicated staff and volunteers and persuade others of the need to support the cause
• an understanding of the particular challenges of autism, especially in younger children. A specialist knowledge of autism would be an advantage but is not a pre-requisite
• The ambition and energy to drive forward the plans for expansion of Outreach services

To Apply

Please share your CV in the first instance with Philippa at Charity People.

If your experience is suitable, we will send you the full candidate pack and will arrange for a call and/or Zoom meeting to brief you on the role. Following this conversation, you will have everything you need to apply formally.

We look forward to hearing from you and sharing details about this wonderful leadership opportunity with a small charity that makes a huge difference to the children and families it supports.

Please note, the closing date for applications is mid-day on 22 February
Initial interviews with Charity People 23-25 February
First round interviews w/c 1 March
Second round interviews w/c 8 March

Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities with which we work.

Citizens Advice Bedford (CAB) is recruiting for a Recruitment Coordinator to support the implementation and coordination of our volunteering programme. The successful candidate will work closely and collaboratively with both our Training Coordinator and CAB leadership team.
Volunteers are essential to CAB operations performing many advice deliverable roles to the public. Backed up by a staff team, our volunteers are incredible who give their time for free to help people in need. Advice volunteering can be demanding with a detailed and lengthy training package to complete.
Our whole volunteer programme starts with the position of Recruitment Coordinator - being personable and professional is critical, as is promoting and engaging with potential volunteers and external stakeholders by utilising digital channels, and traditional marketing routes encouraging high quality applicants.
You will be accountable for the recruitment process and outputs ensuring volunteers are scrutinised and suitably selected at which point you’ll recommend candidates to start training under the guidance of the Training Coordinator. As CAB operational requirements change, so will your output ensuring constant and effective contribution to our organisational demands.
Part of your role will be collecting valuable data that will be used to report on, adjust and refine our recruitment process ensuring maximum efficiency and identification of leakage points.

Job Summary

Job Title: Operational Manager

Location: Leicestershire & Northamptonshire (Including Loughborough, Duston, Wellingborough, Kettering, Corby, Irthlingborough and Northampton)

Contract: Full Time

Hours: 39 hours per week

Salary: Up to £39,502.35

Contact: Cecilia Parfitt

Information: Driver, full UK driving licence, is essential

Interview date:               Wednesday 20th January 2021

Who are Thera Group?

Thera Group are a charity that support people with a learning disability. We want to demonstrate that people with a learning disability can be leaders in society but we can’t do this without you! We need an Operational Manager in Leicestershire & Northamptonshire to make our vision a reality.

What does an Operational Manager do?

The Camden Society is looking for a full time Operational Manager. The Operational Manager will be responsible for managing a number of teams providing support to people with a learning disability.

The Operational Manager will ensure the quality of support by leading, mentoring, auditing, developing, training and guiding diverse staff teams. The Operational Manager will monitor and audit the supports, supervise the CLS’s, manage projects and work as a senior manager of the organisation.

What experience do I need?

To be an Operational Manager you will need to have previous experience in the supported living industry as well as knowledge of CQC.

You’ll need great communication skills and be able manage a team by leading by example. You’ll be computer literate, show initiative and be comfortable when it comes to making difficult decisions.

What are the Benefits?

• 25 days holiday + 8 days bank holiday

• Employee support line to support you and your family

• Continuous on the job training is provided

• Contributory Pension Plan

• Occupational Maternity Pay

• NVQ Funding

• DBS paid for by Thera

• Career progression

We also offer an employee benefits scheme, which includes:

• Cycle to Work Scheme

• Health Cash Plan

• Access to Thousands of Retail Discounts

We reserve the right to close this advert before the closing deadline if we interview and offer the right candidate. Apply now to avoid disappointment.

Role – Hub Co-Ordinator – Attain & Aspire Project (Young People Leaving Care/At Risk Of Offending)

Salary - £20,450 - £22,035 – Full-Time

Location – Central Bedfordshire (Working from home with meetings in the Luton office a few times a month)

Interview Date – Thursday 14th January 2021
Closing Date – Wednesday 7th January 2021 @ 5PM

Our client is looking for an enthusiastic individual to join their growing team. Following project restructuring and Charity expansion, this person will co-ordinate 2 new hubs in Central Bedfordshire. One hub is for young people leaving care (Attain project), the other is for young people at risk of Offending (Aspire project). Aspire & Attain have been running for a number of years in adjoining counties.

They are an exciting, growing charity currently working across Herts, Beds, Bucks & North London. Specifically, setup 6 years ago to address the needs of a ‘lost generation’ of 15-25-year old’s. Needed more than ever, they work with young people with learning disabilities, mental health & emotional issues, young people leaving care and those at risk of offending/exploitation.

The ideal candidate for the role should have the following skills/experience –

• Experience of working within care and care leaving and/or offending, either personally or professionally.
• Excellent organisation, team leadership and communication skills are essential.
• Excellent computer literacy skills, including the use of internet and office-based platforms and applications (Including Word, Excel & Outlook)
• Excellent organisational skills, with a good eye for detail.
• A confident, friendly outgoing personality would be beneficial.
• The willingness to be the first point of contact for anything related to the project.

The key responsibilities for the role are as follows –

• You will be responsible for recruiting, deploying, co-ordinating and supporting a team of around 20 volunteer adult mentors, supported by the Development Manager for each project. Each project supports beneficiaries through a two-year transition programme, helping them to make an effective journey towards independent, adulthood, and a positive lifestyle and future.
• Helping to develop stronger links with businesses and the wider community to create opportunities for young people, whilst supporting the adult mentors to help young care leavers to make the most of them and attain their potential!

Drug & alcohol recovery worker

Substance Misuse Recovery Worker

Your new company

You will be joining an established organisation which places the service user at the heart of everything they do. This organisation is focused on supporting vulnerable people in the community. This organisation primarily supports service users are whose lives have been held back by a range of social deprivation, poverty and addictions.

Your new role

• Supporting service users from point of entry into the service and through their treatment/recovery journey;
• Managing large caseloads in excess of 70
• Must have experience working within a prescribing service with clients addicted to Opiate Substances.
• Providing screening, assessment, and recovery planning and onward referral;
• Must have worked and have experience with prescribing practices and clients addicted to opiate substances;
• Managing large caseload of clients who are addicted to opiate substances;
• Reducing drug and alcohol related harm to service users and the wider community;
• Promoting carer, service user and community involvement;
• Providing advocacy for access to partnership services;
• Working with service users to support social (re)integration, enabling them to lead meaningful and purposeful lives: promoting recovery, resilience, peer support and self determination

Please note we are also recruiting for all areas in London and the Home Counties

What you'll need to succeed

• Must have experience working with clients with alcohol addictions
• Must have experience working within substance misuse services
• Must have Hays Enhanced DBS or registered on the Update Portal
• Available within a weeks notice

What you'll get in return
Full time work
37.5 hours paid weekly

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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Media & Communications Strategy Manager

Salary: £36,994 per annum, depending on experience + London Weighting and good range of benefits

Contract: Up to 12 months fixed term contract (maternity cover) – 36.5 hours per week

Based: WFH during COVID-19, London (preferable) or MK thereafter

World Vision is an international children’s charity working with children, their communities, and with supporters and partners, in almost 100 countries.

Through long-term development projects, emergency responses and advocacy we’ve helped bring lasting change to millions of children, over more than 60 years. And as a Christian organisation, everything we do is motivated by our faith as we strive to reflect God’s unconditional love.

Work for World Vision UK and you will be part of a truly global Partnership, building brighter futures for vulnerable children.

Job Purpose

We’re looking for a Media and Communications Strategy Manager with experience, drive and creativity who can help set an agenda, lead debate and deliver tangible outcomes.

World Vision helps millions of vulnerable children across the world. Tens of thousands of people in the UK support our work. We need you to develop and manage our media and comms strategy to engage audiences and create a powerful voice to influence government, church and development partners.

You’ll know how to achieve cut-through on news stories. You’ll know when to pitch thought-provoking comment on global development matters. You’ll know where to place features that raise concern about issues - like violence, poverty and natural disasters - that destroy childhoods.

You’ll need to react quickly to the news agenda, spot media opportunities and craft effective interventions, working collaboratively across the organisation and building strong relationships with journalists to help raise awareness of World Vision’s work. If your skills and experience match this, we’d love to hear from you!

As an active Christian*, this role offers you the opportunity to integrate your Christian faith and be sensitive to its various expressions across cultures and denominations.

In addition to the salary offered, we offer good benefits including pension and generous holiday entitlement.

Please click the link provided to view the full job description

Please upload your CV of full employment history explaining any gaps of employment and reasons for leaving your previous employer. This must be accompanied with a covering letter stating how you meet the essential criteria given in the Job Description.

Closing Date for applications: 14 February 2021

Interview Dates: w/c 8 February 2021 & w/c 22 February 2021

*Permitted under Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010

Please note, we reserve the right to interview and appoint before the advertised closing date.

World Vision UK is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We value diversity and aspire to reflect this in our workforce. We welcome applications from people representing all sections of the community. World Vision UK also operates flexible working policies and practices.

As a child focused organisation, World Vision UK is committed to the safeguarding of children, therefore any offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of applicable background checks, including a criminal records check.

By submitting your application, you understand and accept that World Vision UK will process the data you provide for the purposes of your application and in accordance with the World Vision UK - Job Applicant Privacy Notice is available on our website.

No agencies please.

Background

NOAH Enterprise has been delivering services to vulnerable people throughout Bedfordshire since 1987 and has established and embedded the single trusted adult model. This means that each service user can begin to trust one person as they get to know them, and this trust allows recommendations and support options to be taken up.

You will be committed, compassionate, resilient, caring, have common sense and be empathetic to the needs of those among the most deprived. You will work with people who may be chaotic, may have mental health and addiction issues but need your help and support.

Throughout your work you will have considerable autonomy and significant periods of time lone working, enabling you to make a personal difference to people’s lives. You will have excellent time-management, prioritisation, motivating, organisational, inter-personal, and administrative skills. You will be competent in IT and communication, have the ability to build relationships with people from many nationalities and organisations and a commitment to help those in need. You will be persistent and undaunted in the face of seeming adversity.

Job Purpose

· You will provide on a 1-1 basis, support for the living and lifestyle needs of a group of 8 carefully selected homeless people with complex needs who have been allocated independent accommodation within Luton on the Housing First Pilot.

· To provide and coordinate, within daytime hours and with crisis telephone advice out of hours, specialist welfare service support where needed.

· To provide lifestyle and education to clients who have experienced repetitive homelessness to actively reduce the risks of eviction and abandonment. Promote independence and understanding of primary health service access to reduce the use of emergency services.

· To work with NOAH management to coordinate delivery of grant funds allocated for the project to transform flats into homes and to provide for the personalisation needs that will help people feel a sense of connection and safety.

· To innovate and work creatively to source additional material, items and technical expertise from the wider community in Luton such as other grants, corporate donors and corporate social responsibility team building days in order to help clients transform their flat into a home.

· The Housing First Service aims include:

ü Supporting people who are homeless with multiple and complex needs to access suitable accommodation.

ü Developing new approaches to working with people with multiple and complex needs.

ü Supporting service users to improve their health and wellbeing.

ü Supporting service users to engage with services to meet their health and social care needs that are non-emergency.

ü Supporting service users to build resilience, develop their social capital within the local community and support recovery.

ü Supporting service users to develop independent living skills to live more independently in the community and sustain their accommodation.

ü Reducing the use of acute emergency services, such as A&E, ambulance call-outs and fire and rescue service.

ü Reducing repeat homelessness.

ü Contributing to the reduction in rough sleeping.

ü Contributing to the reduction in the use of temporary accommodation

Main Duties

· To promote and provide clear information about the Housing First Project to other organisations and to work in close partnership across different agencies to share information to reduce rough sleeping in Luton.

· To deliver some on street outreach work in Luton to meet prospective candidates and assess their suitability for the project.

· To assist with receiving and managing new referrals onto the project both from external and internal sources and to maintain communication with the referrer.

· To attend the Housing First Operations Group and Caseload group to support the processes of assessing eligibility, prioritisation and allocation.

· To work with the new tenant to prepare them for embarking on an independent tenancy, communicating their responsibilities whilst also providing reassurance and advice.

· To support the new tenant to work with the housing officer to develop between them a strong and positive relationship which can withstand future tensions.

· To support the new tenant with all administration around setting up and equipping their new home incorporating their personal choices where possible.

· To support the new tenant with completing the 2 support plans on inform within week one and then to renew these at scheduled intervals every 12 weeks.

· To assist the clients to access primary health care services to help stabilise any health and wellbeing concerns or addictions if they are interested in this support.

· Build trust and relationships at a pace suitable to them, learn about their lives, their background and their ongoing needs. Where appropriate offer expertise and advice to tackle some of the barriers in their lives such as housing, benefits, employment, relationships and health.

· Use motivational interviewing techniques to support people to explore their own lifestyles and choices and to reflect on whether they are interested in recovery.

· To provide the clients with opportunities and choice to receive free support in decorating their homes with the assistance of corporate volunteering teams.

· To maintain keywork contact in person or by phone at least every other day with every client on their caseload and deliver a personalised approach allowing the client choice in the way that they engage with NOAH.

· To use the inform system to record every support intervention which is delivered.

· To provide opportunities and facilitate visits to places to encourage clients to live their own lives and to express their personalities and individuality and reduce social isolation.

· On an ongoing basis to help to manage their personal safety including undertaking persistent, assertive outreach such as on-street visits at any stage where eviction or abandonment seems to be approaching in order to give the client every opportunity to retain their home.

· To work with the local communities and neighbours to promote positive communication and understanding in order to reduce ASB and maintain property infrastructure.

· Monitor improvements and regressions and support the NOAH management in delivering comprehensive monthly reports to update commissioners of the current situations, trends, challenges and success that the project has witnessed.

· To support the NOAH management to ensure excellent quality and robust evidence is available to demonstrate the effectiveness of the Housing First Pilot. Working alongside the University of Bedfordshire team to audit this work and promote continuation of the project through a robust exit strategy which will ensure continuity of funding and the opportunity for project expansion.

· Submit written reports as required

General Duties

· Act as a NOAH Enterprise representative always and in a manner befitting a representative of the organisation.

· To work as part of the wider NOAH welfare team which includes supporting the work of the welfare centre as well as the on-street outreach workers.

· Identify opportunities to improve the level of service NOAH offers to service users.

· Take a responsible approach to your personal development – manage and update own skills base to ensure quality service delivery and engage fully with all training offered.

· As part of the NOAH welfare staff team you will be required to be part of an on-call rota and take occasional phone calls from service users requiring out of hours advice.

Application deadline: 10/02/2021

This is a fantastic opportunity for an individual to join a forward-thinking charity and help achieve our exciting growth ambitions. We are looking for an energetic and inspiring Director of Fundraising and Supporter Care who is not afraid to go for it and will spearhead the growth in income set out in our 2025 fundraising strategy, seeking to exceed targets at all times.

Brain Tumour Research is an influential, game-changing, intelligent and focused charity embracing its fantastic supporter base across the UK. Despite the pandemic, Brain Tumour Research is determined to continue its growth trajectory. We are passionate about finding a cure for brain tumours through the establishment of dedicated Brain Tumour Research Centres of Excellence around the UK and increasing the national investment in brain tumour research.

Director of Fundraising and Supporter Care
Location: Head Office in Milton Keynes currently working from home in line with government guidelines
Salary: c. £60,000 per annum
Full Time – Permanent

Reporting to the Chief Executive, you will be responsible for:

• Leading the implementation of the fundraising strategy which seeks to build and improve existing income streams, accelerate the growth in floundering and emerging income streams and invest in growth opportunities.
• Building a portfolio of high value prospects and supporters and a substantial corporate fundraising income stream.
• Developing innovative, enterprising and effective fundraising and supporter care strategies, together with operational plans, that ensure that the organisation exceeds its income targets and builds sustainability and predictability into forward income forecasts
• Inspiring, developing, motivating and leading a dynamic and effective fundraising team that can deliver diverse, innovative and cost-effective activities that exceed the organisation’s fundraising targets
• Being an active member of the leadership team. contributing to the overall strategic direction of the charity and representing the fundraising function at board meetings
• Growing and maintaining relationships with key volunteers and supporter groups, ensuring their needs are met and that they have the support and motivation to extend their volunteer contribution to achieve Brain Tumour Research’s aims

Closing date: Sunday 7th February

Early applications are encouraged, interviews will commence before the closing date if suitable candidates are identified.

Please read the attached full job description and upload your CV with a covering letter, demonstrating why you are a suitable candidate, how you could add value to our organisation and detailing your current salary.

No agencies please.

Buckinghamshire Mind shares national Mind's vision: We won't give up until everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets both support and respect . With one in four people experiencing a mental health problem at some point in their lives, people need Mind more than ever. We deliver high quality community-based services across the county of Buckinghamshire and East Berkshire to reach out and ensure everyone with a mental health problem gets access to the help they need.
We currently employ over 60 staff based in three different sites (Aylesbury, High Wycombe and Chesham), are supported by more than 500 volunteers and have an active Service User Council to ensure our services are tailored to need.

We are looking for an interim Head of Operations to join the team.

Key details
Organisation: Mind- Buckinghamshire
Job Title: Interim Head of Operations 6 months FTC
Salary : £40 000 per annum
Hours: Full time
Location: the successful candidate can be based in Aylesbury, High Wycombe and Chesham

The Interim Head of Operations will be responsible for the overall strategic operational management of all service delivery and for ensuring organisation wide quality and effectiveness. The postholder will lead, manage, develop and monitor operational processes, staffing structures and robust continuous quality improvement procedures, underpinning Buckinghamshire Minds continued sustainability and growth.
The postholder will also work with the Chief Executive to generate income through trust fundraising and responding to tender opportunities, to meet Buckinghamshire Minds goal of ensuring the long-term sustainability of services. The post holder will also support the Chief Executive in the planning and development of new business areas.

Person specification
Proven experience in a senior operational management role
Significant experience of managing/leading, motivating, developing and training staff.
Creative, with an excellent track record of securing funding for a charitable organisation from a variety of funding streams
Experience of compiling and interpreting performance data and reporting against fundraising and KPI targets.
Experience of Bid writing and presentations

We encourage applicants who are from underrepresented groups with protected characteristics, as we value having a diverse pool of applicants to find the best candidate

Closing date for applications 9 00 am Monday 11th January 2021

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our Crisis Café team as a Crisis Peer Support Worker.

Start date: As soon as possible.
Job title: Crisis Peer Support Worker
Working base: Roles in Bedford or Luton or Milton Keynes
Area covered: Bedford or Luton or Milton Keynes
Reports to: Crisis Café Team Leader
Contract type: Permanent
Salary: £20.700.00 FTE
Working hours: 5:00pm to 11:00pm
Flexibility required: Evenings and/or weekends depending on agreed hours
Checks needed: Enhanced DBS and 2 satisfactory references

Contracted hours: We are looking for the following roles in each of our Crisis Cafes:

• MK:  1 role x 12hrs (2 evenings per week) and 1 role x 18hrs (3 evenings per week)
• Luton:  1 role between 12 – 30 hours (2 – 5 evenings per week)
• Bedford:  1 role 30 hrs per week (5 evenings per week)

Working days:

• Bedford/Luton: Agreed hours worked flexibly across 7 days a week (Mon-Sun)
• MK: Agreed hours worked flexibly across 5 days a week (Tues-Sat)

About Mind BLMK

Mind BLMK works across our communities to support positive mental health and wellbeing. Working closely with a range of partners, we offer a number of activities from our wellbeing centres and local venues to make a difference to the mental health and wellbeing of people in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes, and our aim is to make sure that no-one has to face a mental health problem alone.

About the role 
Our Mind BLMK Crisis Cafes are out-of-hours mental health crisis services which are located in Bedford, Luton and Milton Keynes that provide a safe and welcoming space for people who are feeling distressed and experiencing a crisis.

During this role you will use your own lived experience of mental health to support others to de-escalate a crisis, facilitate crisis focussed 1:1s and run peer group sessions that offer structured interventions and support.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Deliver crisis focused one-to-one support and ensure outcomes which supports individuals experiencing a mental health crisis in Bedford, Luton or MK in line with Mind BLMK’s agreed crisis service and requirements as well as contract requirements.
• Deliver a strength based approach to crisis de-escalation using own lived experience of mental health, in order to facilitate a space where people feel accepted and understood. Share ideas and approaches that have been useful in recovery and crisis de-escalation and embed this in working practices as a peer.
• Assessing need and suitability for the service in line with the access to services process and undertaking one-to-ones.

About you 
Experience required:

• Own personal lived experience of mental health challenges.
• Experience of using own mental health experience to support the recovery and wellbeing of others.
• Carry out assessments and 1:1s utilising lived experience of mental health and principles of peer support work.
• Evidence of good interpersonal skills and an ability to form peer relationships with service users and carers.
• Promoting a service.
• IT (MS Outlook, Word and Excel and internet).
• Good literacy and numeracy skills.
• Good communication, motivational and negotiation skills.
• Understanding the wellbeing needs of and working with people with mental health needs, including those from culturally diverse communities.

Closing date: 5pm on Monday 1 February 2021

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION

Please click ‘Apply’ to be redirected to our website, where you can view the full Job Description and download the application form.
Please note, you are not applying at this stage.

Mind BLMK is a Disability Confident Employer and has been committed to the Mindful Employer charter since 2008.

No agencies please.

Open University Students Association
Salary: £33,797 - £40,322 
Contract: Full-time, Fixed Term initially until 31 July 2022.
Location: Home-based until at least April 2021. Normally based in Milton Keynes.

The Organisation
The Open University Students Association serves the interests of around 170,000 part-time and distance-learning students spread across the UK, continental Europe and beyond. Our role is to represent and support the interests of this vast and diverse community of students. The OU Students Association is an independent registered charity, governed by elected student leaders. Our team of vibrant, friendly and dedicated professional staff provide the vital support needed to deliver our ambitious strategy.

The Job
This newly-established exciting and challenging role will provide the postholder with the very real opportunity to make a significant and lasting impact on the Students Association by driving the implementation of a brand-new service which will provide advice and casework support to our student members on areas including University academic appeals, complaints and disciplinary procedures. This new service is a key development from our strategy and funding has been secured to run a pilot until July 2022 with a view to developing the case for future funding. Further information can be found in the Job-Related Information on the OU website (click on apply for more information).

The Person
You will be a hard-working self-starter with bundles of energy, resilience and pragmatic skills to take forward this new service into implementation and then impact evaluation to help us build the case for the future. You will be committed to ensuring high quality advice and support to our student members with the ability to digest and interpret relevant policies, procedures and regulations to be able to offer sector-leading case support and advice. This is an opportunity unlike any other in offering the chance to develop a service from the ground up. A full person specification can be found in the Job-Related Information on the OU website (click on apply for more information).