Job title: Regional Outreach Officer

Region: South East Midlands

Directorate: Operations

Contract: 9 month FTC, 14 hours per week

Salary: FTE £25,469 per annum pro rata

About The Royal British Legion

The Legion is at the heart of a national network that supports our Armed Forces community through thick and thin – ensuring their unique contribution is never forgotten. We’ve been here since 1921 and we’ll be here as long as they need us.

Our Values and Behaviours

Does the following describe you?

• A desire to provide a great customer service and support

• Enjoy and thrive in working in teams and with others

• Passionate about supporting the Armed Forces community and honouring their contribution

• Come to work each day to be the best you can and to learn and develop

• An encourager, eager to share your knowledge and experience to help others

If so then we would like to hear from you ….

The Role

The Royal British Legion’s Outreach Service supports vulnerable beneficiaries and their families to find practical and sustainable ways to make positive changes, achieve their potential and lead fulfilling lives.

You will have a passion for engaging and supporting beneficiaries who may be struggling with offending behaviour, homelessness, domestic violence, substance use or mental health issues. Providing much needed advice, advocacy and on-going support, you will have knowledge and experience of statutory and non-statutory service provision. 

We are seeking to recruit an individual who has a creative, flexible and reliable approach to their work, someone who can work autonomously as well as being a strong team player.  You must have excellent communication and administration skills, and be able to manage a diverse and changing workload.

In addition you will have the ability to work using your own initiative, combined with experience of dealing effectively with complex situations. You will have experience of managing a caseload and of prioritising tasks on a daily basis. The ideal candidate will have excellent interpersonal skills, and be able to foster and maintain strong relationships to ensure effective work with the people we support, colleagues and other stakeholders.

The post is home-based and requires significant travel across the Legion’s Midlands Region, with a prominence in Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire. This role includes travelling.

How to Apply

Please apply clicking ‘Apply Online’

Closing date for this role is: Sunday 22nd September

Case Worker (Female only) 

Our client opened the world’s first safe house for women and children fleeing domestic violence in Chiswick, West London in 1971. Since then the charity has grown to become the country’s largest single provider of specialist domestic violence services. On any given day, its national network of services supports over 6,000 women and children. Committed to a world where domestic violence is not tolerated and where women and children can live in safety, our client aims to empower women and children rebuild their lives, free from violence and fear. 

Position: Refuge Worker (Part Time) 
Location: Derby, Derbyshire 
Job type: Part Time, Permanent 
Hours: 18.75 hours per week 
Salary: £20,097 to £22,838 per annum 
Benefits: 28 days annual leave, Peoples Pension scheme, an employee assistance programme and a savings / discount portal. 

Closing date: 4th September 2019 
Interview date: 13th September 2019 

About the role: 

Do you think it is a national disgrace that in England and Wales, two women a week are killed by their partner or ex-partner? Or that one woman in every four will experience domestic violence at some point during her life? 

Do you want to work for an organisation that provides a voice for abused women, and plays a vital role in ensuring that life-saving services are in place to support them? If so, then the role of Refuge Worker may be perfect for you. 

As Refuge Worker, you will be responsible for providing high quality practical and emotional support to survivors of domestic violence and their children living in our refuges. 

Responsibilities: 

- You will ensure the smooth running of the refuge, including the admission of survivors of domestic violence to the refuge. 
- You will also assess and advise on their entitlement to welfare and housing benefits. 
- You will develop support plans for each resident and aid them to obtain permanent accommodation. 

About you: 

The successful candidate will have evidence of strong casework management skills, good written and verbal communication and an understanding of the importance of maintaining professional boundaries. Knowledge and direct experience of providing support to women is essential as is a current understanding of legislation relating to domestic violence including civil / criminal legislation and welfare rights. The ability to work as part of an on-call rota is also essential. 

Other information: 

All candidates must demonstrate a commitment to the feminist values of empowerment and equality, which underpins all of our work. 

Our client is proud to be a leader in its field and an employer of choice with leading edge systems for supervision, quality management and development. They offer the first Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF) accredited qualification for our profession. Other benefits include 28 days holiday, pension scheme, an employee assistance programme and a savings / discount portal. 

An enhanced Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) certificate will be required for this role. 

Our client is committed to quality, equality and diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. This post is however restricted to women due to the nature of the role. The Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies. 

No agencies please - as a charity we work hard to keep our costs down. 

You may have experience of the following: Refuge Worker, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, Domestic Violence, Not for Profit, Survivor Support, Refuge, Aid, Care, Welfare Rights, Criminal Legislation, Women’s Advice, Residential Support, etc. 

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Are you an experienced fundraiser ready for a new challenge?

Nottingham & Nottinghamshire Refugee Forum (NNRF) is a vibrant local charity, working with and for asylum seekers and refugees. We operate a busy centre in Nottingham, providing advice, advocacy, practical support, and social and educational activities.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and ambitious Fundraising Manager with excellent communication and organisational skills. You will have a proven track record of maximising income from a variety of sources and experience of working towards set income targets. In what is a new role for the organisation, this is an exciting opportunity for a proactive individual, who relishes a challenge and will enjoy shaping and leading the organisation’s fundraising strategy.

This contract is initially for 12 months, with the possibility of an extension.

Please click "Apply on website" to download our application pack.

Deadline for applications is midnight on Sunday 22nd September.

Interviews will take place on Tuesday 1st October.

Do you have good administration experience, great customer service skills and consider yourself a good team player with a flexible approach? All you need is the perfect environment to put your skills to great use. Welcome to Richmond Fellowship as an Administrator.

We are looking for someone like you to play a vital support role to our services in Derby and Leicester – you will based at either with a requirement to travel to the other location once a week.

Enthusiastic and keen to develop, you’ve got good communication skills and a professional telephone manner as well as experience of completing financial returns/ records. It goes without saying that you have strong IT skills and are able to prioritise a busy workload and work to deadlines.

So, are you ready to take on this rewarding role that comes with some really great benefits including 25 days' holiday, contributory pension scheme, employee assistance programme and childcare vouchers,  plus training opportunities? Apply now via our website.

All applications must please include a supporting statement in line with the job description.

Job share will be considered.

Closing date: 20th September 2019

Interviews will be held on the1st and 2nd October 2019

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.

COMMUNITY & EVENTS FUNDRAISER, FUNDRAISING, VAL ROBERTS HOUSE, NOTTINGHAM, PERMANENT, FRWK08 £20,531 - £22,212, 37 HPW

Would you like to be part of a busy and vibrant fundraising team in a growing organisation in the charity sector? We have an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic, customer-focused Community & Events Fundraiser.

Based at our head office in Nottingham, the main focus of this position is to support and increase community fundraising and events activity on behalf of Framework across Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Derbyshire and South Yorkshire. You’ll maintain existing relationships with our supporters and build new ones with individuals, companies and community groups in order to grow fundraising activity across the counties covered by our services.

You’ll take the lead on delivering Framework’s flagship fundraising event ‘The Big Sleep Out’ and our associated ‘Sleep Out’ events. You’ll be the first point of contact providing advice and help to our supporters in the community (individuals, businesses, community organisations and faith groups) as well as our own staff members, who wish to raise funds for us. You’ll manage our public speaking function ‘Speak Out’, through which groups and organisations can book our speakers for their own meetings and events.

This is a busy and varied role, which requires a ‘people person’ with great communication skills and a can-do attitude. You should be someone who enjoys dealing with customers and working with colleagues on a range of projects, whilst effectively prioritising and managing your own tasks. Direct experience of working in a fundraising or customer service environment would be a bonus and you should be confident and polite on the phone and competent in Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel. You’ll need to prioritise a busy and changing workload, so the ability to manage expectations and deliver projects on time is essential.

This is a new position at an exciting time of growth within Framework and you’ll be key in strengthening our fundraising links both across our organisation and in the local community. The position would suit someone looking to kick start a career in Community fundraising or an existing fundraiser who is looking for a fantastic new challenge in an organisation that will make you feel proud.

For more information please contact: Andy Shields

What we offer: Life Assurance, Pension (up to 4% matched by FHA), Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Benefits, Additional Annual Leave Purchase Scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, Learning programmes tailored to suit different roles and services, Health Cash Plan.

Framework supports all employees to achieve a better work/life balance. Should you wish us to consider flexible working or job share as part of your application please state this on your application in the supporting statement section.

97% of the workforce in a recent staff survey said they were proud to work for Framework.

Framework is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Registered charity No: 1060941.

As a Disability Confident employer we warmly encourage job applications from people with disabilities. Framework is committed to offering opportunities to people from diverse communities. If you have specific requirements or adjustments please let us know if there is anything we can do to support your application.

CVs will not be accepted

NO AGENCIES PLEASE