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FareShare
Job Description – Supply Chain and Logistics Coordinator (Charity Food Supply)
Reporting to: Transport & Logistics Manager
Location: Flexible, Hybrid – Sheffield or London office based
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 35 Hours, Full Time
Salary: £23,620- 24,329 (National) £24,893 - £26,203 (London)
We welcome applications from all backgrounds. We are a Disability Confident Employer that welcome disabled applicants and provide reasonable adjustments.
About FareShare
As the UK’s national network of charitable food redistributors. We believe that no good food should go to waste. We redistribute surplus food to charities that turn it into meals. We are doers. We are a community. We change lives We have an excellent opportunity to join FareShare and if you feel that you would like to make a difference this may be the role for you.
The role
This important role sits within our Supply Chain and Logistics team who are responsible for processing offers of surplus food from our food partners into our network of Regional Centres and the wider community. This role is essential in ensuring that the food we are offered reaches the thousands of charities and community groups we support across the UK. You will assist the Supply Chain and Logistics Officers in their operational work on the team. The successful candidate will work closely with the Officers to support in liaising with FareShare food suppliers, transport partners and our Regional Centres in order to distribute food to our beneficiaries. The provision of excellent operational support and customer service is central to this role. It is essential that you are passionate about our vision, ensuring that no good food goes to waste. We are looking for organised people who are good at multi-tasking and problem solving. Your time management skills will be exceptional and you will be comfortable working under pressure.
Main areas of responsibility
Food Industry Customer Service
- Deliver excellent customer service, ensuring offers are responded to and processed within agreed service level requirements
- Assist in capturing key account information in our CRM system
Regional Centre allocation
- Adhere to the requirements of the Network Service Level Agreement
- Work with the Supply Chain and Logistics Officers to match food supplied to Regional Centre needs, always working to maximise surplus redistribution and minimise waste
- Ensure that offers are allocated in an efficient and timely manner according to network needs and agreed priorities to maximise social impact of surplus food
- Using our CRM system, maintain timely records of accounts, allocations, offers and case management
- Maintain high standards of customer service to the Network and Operations teams and develop respectful and effective working relationships with the Regional Centres
Logistics and transport
- Work with hauliers to plan transport requirements and ensure that we are able to meet network demand
- Work with Regional Centres to coordinate and plan routes for internal FareShare logistics
- Reactively solve transport issues throughout the working day
Data and analysis
- Analyse Salesforce reports to increase efficiency of allocation
- Use dashboards to monitor network issues
Team coordination and representation
- Support the Team providing assistance and cover when required e.g. during busy periods, annual leave and sickness to ensure an even spread of work across the team
- Support the training of new team members
- Keep team process instructions up to date
Person Specification
Essential Criteria
- An understanding of food insecurity and sustainability issues, and passion for the mission and values of FareShare
- Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
- Evidenced problem solving ability
- Excellent customer service skills
- Excellent organisation skills – able to prioritise with competence managing ongoing projects alongside reactive daily tasks
- Computer literate with good working knowledge of MS Office, in particular Excel and Word
- Self-starter, ability to work within clearly defined and agreed parameters with limited supervision
Desirable
- Salesforce or similar CRM system experience
- Experience of working as part of a project team with some responsibility for delivery of a project
- Experience of working in a fast paced and pressured operations role
- Experience of working in a customer service environment
Competencies and Behaviours
- Treating people with respect, being inclusive
- A natural inclination for problem solving
- Comfortable in a busy working environment managing competing pressures
- A desire for continuous improvement in individual and team processes and responsibilities
Benefits
- Hybrid / Flexible working, with regular UK travel
- 28 days’ annual leave + 8 bank holidays
- Employers pension contribution
- Employee Assistance Program
- Interest free bicycle purchase loan scheme
- Season ticket loan
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Position: Kingston BuddyUp Coordinator
Location: From our office in Teddington, Richmond Upon Thames, London
Salary: pro rata of £25,500-£28,000 depending on experience, incl OLW
Hours: Part time, 21 hours per week, some flexibility on days/hours as the service can involve some evening work.
Contract: 2 years with potential for extension
Annual Leave: 25 days leave plus bank holidays (Pro rata)
Closing Date: 10am on Tuesday 9th July
Note: please get your application in as soon as possible as we are shortlisting and interviewing as soon as suitable candidates apply.
Richmond AID has successfully delivered the BuddyUp project in Richmond and Kingston for more than 10 years. We have established referral routes into the project and good links for attracting volunteers. This role is to work supporting young people in the borough of Kingston and you will work closely with our Richmond BuddyUp Coordinator.
BuddyUp Coordinator is a fun and exciting role at Richmond AID which requires someone who is motivated, creative and can work from their own initiative. The Buddy Up Coordinator will match disabled young people aged 14 to 17 to a volunteer buddy who will support them to access services and leisure opportunities. This post will be based in our offices in Teddington and will predominantly cover the borough of Richmond though at times you may also provide support in the borough of Kingston.
Your role is to recruit and train the volunteers, and then match them with a young person, providing ongoing support to young people and volunteers. You will work closely with our Kingston Buddy Coordinator running joint monthly group activities. So far trips have included bowling, cinema, crazy golf, shopping, days out in London, laser tag, boat trips, etc.
About you
You will be organised, and ideally have experience of running a project and experience of working with disabled people and/or young people. Training can be provided. You will have excellent communication and IT skills, administrative skills and be fully competent on Microsoft applications. You will have the ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
To apply for this role, please send your CV and a covering letter of up to 2 sides of A4 stating how you meet the Essential and Desirable criteria in Experience and Knowledge section of the Job description. Please apply via the Charities Job website.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Age UK Wandsworth is an independent local charity. We've been working in the local community to help older people for over 60 years. We have dedicated staff and over 300 volunteers helping us to deliver services and activities for older people in Wandsworth.
An opportunity has arisen to join our growing Community Engagement Team assisting older people and/or vulnerable adults to improve or maintain their overall wellbeing and stay independent for longer whilst enabling them to retain, gain or regain independence.
The Community Engagement Project Assistant role will include delivering groups and activities, hosting events and working with clients in their homes, within our day centre, and in community settings such as libraries, job centres, sheltered accommodation and other voluntary sector organisation hubs.
The service aspires to support, but is not limited to, older Wandsworth residents in the following groups: BAME; dementia; digitally isolated; financially isolated; LGBTQ; socially isolated; women; and those with, or at risk of, mental and/or physical ill health and disabilities.
What we can offer you:
· A vibrant workplace where no day is ever the same
· An experienced and supportive leadership team
· Kind and caring colleagues who work as a team
· A great employer’s pension contribution
· A cycle to work scheme
· An employee shopping benefits scheme
· An employee assistance programme (EAP)
· A friendly hypo-allergenic office dog to play with
Important notes:
Please note that CVs will not be accepted and only full application packs will be reviewed.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Age UK Wandsworth is an independent local charity. We've been working in the local community to help older people for over 60 years. We have dedicated staff and over 300 volunteers helping us to deliver services and activities for older people in Wandsworth.
A rare opportunity has arisen to join our caring and experienced day centre team as a driver and support worker. You will be driving clients to and from their homes each day in our minibus and then working with them at the centre during the day.
You will be assisting older people and/or vulnerable adults to improve or maintain their overall wellbeing and stay independent for longer whilst enabling them to retain, gain or regain independence.
Could you help
· To provide assistance with personal care and support, daily living tasks or with activities to clients within our day centre.
· To drive clients to and from their homes and the day centre.
Both full-time and part-time roles are available.
Please note that a clean driving licence is essential for this role. You will need a D1 driving licence or we can train you to drive one of our mini-buses.
What we can offer you:
· A vibrant workplace where no day is ever the same
· An experienced and supportive leadership team
· Kind and caring colleagues who work as a team
· A great employer’s pension contribution
· A cycle to work scheme
· An employee shopping benefits scheme
· An employee assistance programme (EAP)
· A friendly hypo-allergenic office dog to play with
Important notes:
Please note that CVs will not be accepted and only full application packs will be reviewed.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you an enthusiastic, committed and organized individual with a passion for charity finance? Do you enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple tasks with accuracy? If so, we invite you to apply for the position of Finance Assistant within the Finance Team of Saltbox.
Saltbox, based in Stoke-on-Trent, delivers a range of services including:
- Restart – a supported housing service for the homeless with a specialism in the housing of ex-offenders;
- Carelink – a befriending and health intervention service for older people to stay well and maintain independent living;
- Money Matters – a money and debt advice service;
- Supporting the wider faith sector to work together to strengthen and enhance our communities.
You will play a crucial role in undertaking all the financial administrative duties of the Saltbox service including supporting the Restart team with monitoring of resident service charges and management of property utilities. You will undertake the processing of financial transactions including invoicing, purchase ledger, staff expenses and banking/petty cash.
Knowledge of charity finance systems, project grant/contract monitoring and the management of housing benefit applications would be an advantage.
Annual leave and benefits:
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24 days annual leave (not including bank holidays) + a day off for your birthday
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Extra annual leave after qualifying service
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Enhanced maternity and parental leave
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Company pension scheme with salary exchange scheme
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Healthcare cash plan and employee assistance programme
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Life Assurance at 2 x salary
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Free parking
Interview: w/c 8th July 2024
Closing Date: Friday 28th June 2024
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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What You'll Do:
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Collaboration and Efficiency: Work hand-in-hand with existing Mental Health Provision for people and their families, as well as other local agencies/organisations to effectively support people transitioning from services.
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Innovation and Empowerment: Channel your passion into providing evidence-based interventions, becoming key in shaping this role as the service develops as well as providing support to the core Access Community Mental Health team.
Why Join Us:
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Impact Matters: Join a team where your work directly transforms lives and contributes to a healthier community.
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Personal Growth: We offer professional development opportunities that will enrich your career and help shape the future of mental health services in Swindon.
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Collaborative Culture: Work alongside like-minded individuals who share your passion for making a meaningful impact.
We provide advice and support to empower anyone in our local communities experiencing a mental health problem.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Step into a transformative journey with Working Options. We're on a mission to empower young people aged 14-19 across the UK, and you can help make a real difference. As a Project Coordinator you'll play a crucial role in connecting volunteers with schools and fostering impactful relationships, all while working within a dynamic, entrepreneurial environment.
We believe in inclusivity, trying new things, setting high expectations, and creating real opportunities for young people. With the support of our experienced team and dedicated trustees, you'll have the chance to shape young people's career ambitions.
If you're passionate, self-motivated, and eager to contribute to a great mission, this is your chance to join a team that's helping young people to transform their career and life chances.
Don't just take our word for it, here's what one of our young people had to say:
"My personal experience has been exceptional. There is a collaborative atmosphere, and it is truly empowering to be part of a charity that values student input and involves us in decisions that directly affect our lives." – Working Options Alumnae.
Find out more about the role, and hear from our Chief Executive about our charity's ambitions.
Person specification
We are looking for someone who:
* Has a passion for our cause.
* Is fully committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion.
* Is self-motivated.
* Has excellent attention to detail.
* Can juggle multiple priorities, sticking to deadlines and flagging when priorities need reviewing.
* Has a flair for developing great relationships, particularly with schools and colleges.
* Is proactive and tenacious, able to seek out new opportunities and remain resilient.
* Is creative and likes coming up with new ideas.
* Is ambitious for themselves and for the charity.
* Has high computer literacy.
While we don’t specify this in our person specification, we are particularly interested to hear from applicants who have experienced some of the challenges that young people across the UK face today.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Be part of something amazing
We are looking for an organised and creative individual to join our service supporting Unpaid Carers in Lewisham to improve their health and wellbeing, and access support that meets their needs.
The team works with unpaid Adult Carers, Young Adult Carers and Young Carers and you will carry out home visits and community meetings, complete assessments, co-produce support plans, and develop effective relationships with Unpaid Carers, families, and professionals. You’ll build on your local knowledge to signpost and facilitate access to support services, including financial and benefit advice, housing, health and safety home systems, and leisure and social activities.
To facilitate group work, you will plan and deliver a programme of events, groups, activities, training and workshops. You’ll need to research and book trainers, venues, activities and resources, negotiate value for money, promote the calendar of events and manage bookings. The sessions will offer opportunities for Unpaid Carers to meet with peers, develop confidence, learn new skills, reduce social isolation, and improve their own wellbeing.
Applicants should have relevant personal or professional experience of working with Unpaid Carers and/or vulnerable adults or children in a social care, health, education or voluntary and community sector, as well as experience of planning and delivering a programme of group work.
You’ll need a practical understanding of barriers faced by Unpaid Carers, and an awareness of cultural differences and access to services. You should be an excellent communicator and able to motivate and empower others.
This is a full-time role. Driver and own car essential.
You can make a difference.
We offer our employees:
· Inclusive values-based environment
· Competitive remuneration package
· Workplace pension scheme
· Generous 31 days annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays
· Opportunities for hybrid working
· Benenden Health Care
· Death in Service Benefit
· Cycle to Work Scheme
· Employee Supported Volunteering scheme
· Development opportunities
· and more
Imago is committed to Safer Recruitment practices, and the post is subject to references and an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Please either submit your CV with a short covering note or visit our website for full details.
Imago recognises that many people in our society experience discrimination or lack of opportunity for reasons that are not fair. We aim to create a culture that respects and values each other’s differences, and see these differences as an asset, as they improve our ability to meet the needs of the organisations and people we work with. We proactively seek to increase opportunities for inclusion, and celebrate diversity across our organisation and within communities.
Imago recognises its duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of the children, young people and adults at risk who access its services or with whom it comes into contact.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you looking for a dynamic and rewarding role working for an organisation with the feminist agenda at the core of its ethos? Then Advance Charity could be the career choice for you!
We are looking for 2 Community Key Workers
Salary: £22,000 - £26,000
Location: x 1 Portsmouth and x 1 Isle of Wight
Contract: Permanent
Hours p/w 35 Hours per week and 17.5 Hours per week
This post is open to female applicants only as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.
Please note: Any offer of employment will be made subject to references, confirmation of the right to work in the UK, and satisfactory enhanced DBS check. This role is also subject to Police Vetting.
About us
Advance is an award-winning and innovative women-only organisation, established in 1998, providing emotional and practical support to women and girls survivors of domestic abuse and supporting women with short-term sentences to reduce offending. We believe in empowering women and girls to lead safe, non-violent, equal lives so that they can flourish and contribute to the community.
We are a community-based organisation who lead in best practice approaches to supporting women in their local community. We achieve this by being available to meet and support women in local settings and at our women’s centres, and by working in close partnership with other agencies.
Our values are to listen and support, to empower and respect, collaboration, innovation, and accountability.
About the role:
Are you an excellent relationship builder who can work with women and a diverse range of delivery partners to ensure that she meets her potential and successfully progresses through and beyond her probation supervision? Can you meet a women wherever she is at in her journey and work with her to create an individualised support package that gives her the best chance of breaking the cycle of offending?
Are you looking for a dynamic and rewarding role working for a feminist organisation who understand that supporting women in the criminal justice system requires a specialist and gendered approach? Do you believe in our values; to listen and support, to empower and respect, collaborate, innovate, and take accountability?
In your role as a Community Keyworker, you will be working with women involved in the Criminal Justice System; those on Probation in the Community and those women being released from Prison as part of their Post Sentence Supervision; providing some in-reach and ‘Through the Gate’ support. You will be working in a team of Community Keyworkers in your region. Each Keyworker will provide holistic one to one community support to women with a variety of needs.
About You:
To be successful as the Community Key Worker you will need the below experience and skills.
You will need to hold a UK driving licence with access to car that can be used for work purposes. A creative self-starter who will support the service and look for innovative solutions to support clients with complex needs. You are confident professional relationship builder with have good awareness of Safeguarding procedures. Strong Administration skills and understanding of compliant behaviours also, experience of supporting. With good knowledge of the criminal justice system and awareness of other support provisions within the Hampshire area.
How to apply:
Please submit your up to date CV along with a covering letter to the Talent email address - PLEASE WRITE THE JOB TITLE IN THE *SUBJECT*
- Closing Date for Applications: July 5th 23:30PM
- Interviews are taking place on the 10th & 12th July
*Advance reserves the right to close the advert early, or on the appointment of a candidate
What we can offer you - Employee Benefits:
- A 35-hour working week
- An exceptional 30 days of paid holiday per year (pro rata for part time), PLUS public holidays on top (that's nearly 40 days paid holiday per year!)
- Additional days off to celebrate International Women’s Day, and for religious observance and moving home
- Perkbox - an employee discount platform where you can receive free rewards as well as take advantage of savings on clothes, groceries, travel, leisure and more
- Pension scheme
- Enhanced maternity/adoption provision
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee eye-care scheme
- Clinical supervision for front line staff and first line management roles
- Refer a Friend Scheme - £250 for each referral who passes probation
- Organisation wide away days
- Thorough induction and training
- Career development pathways
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Under the Equality Act 2010, we are required to make any reasonable adjustments. If you have a disability as defined under this act and/or have special needs, please email the Talent Acquisition Team via the Advance website and we will aim to make the necessary arrangements to accommodate your needs.
Diversity, Inclusion and Equal Opportunities
We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and actively seek to recruit people from groups underrepresented in our current team. We have policies and processes in place to ensure that all employees are offered an equal opportunity in recruitment and selection, promotion, training, pay and benefits.
Safeguarding
Advance is committed to safeguarding and creating a culture of zero-tolerance of harm and expects all staff, including volunteers to share this commitment. We believe all individuals have the right to live their life free from violence and abuse and the right to feel and be safe. We have a suite of safeguarding policies, procedures and practice guidance, accessible to all staff, which promotes safeguarding and safer working practices across all our services and activities. When we recruit staff, we follow rigorous safer recruitment practices, this involves carrying out pre-employment checks including references, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks, and identity checks. We ensure all staff undertake mandatory safeguarding training relevant to their role and responsibilities, to empower them to be competent and feel confident in recognising and responding appropriately to safeguarding issues and promote wellbeing.
We’re looking for an enthusiastic and capable recruit to be part of our friendly and supportive staff team, engage with our wonderful volunteers, and who will use and learn a wide range of skills. It’s the role for you if you can work flexibly, you’re interested in health and social care, and you want to make a difference in your local community. The post is funded for a year, and we hope to extend it subject to funding availability.
Healthwatch Brighton and Hove is the official voice for people who use health and social care services in our city. We are an innovative and independent organisation gathering the views and experiences of patients and service users. We have built a reputation for delivering high-quality projects involving patients, that make a real difference.
You will contribute to the effective delivery of our work by having three main roles: 1. Volunteer recruitment and support; 2. Communications and engagement support; 3. Project and administrative support.
You will be responsible for:
1. recruiting and supporting our volunteers who are an essential part of our success. We currently have around 35 active volunteers. You will be someone who gets on well with people, understands how to coordinate and support people and be able to plan and support a range of activities and pieces of work which involve our volunteers.
2. help us communicate what we do and demonstrate our impacts. Part of this will involve arranging for us to host and attend public events so that we can meet and speak to members of the public.
3. carry out a variety of essential project-related and administrative tasks which provide critical support to the rest of the team.
As a small organisation, all staff members help one another by taking on additional tasks. You will therefore need to work flexibly and take on new functions as and when needed.
Application is by an up-to-date CV and 2-page covering letter via our website. Your letter should describe your interest and suitability for the post making reference to the Job Description and Person Specification attached.
The closing date is Wedneday 3rd July at 9am.
We will hold interviews on Wednesday 10th July.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job Summary
To be the initial point of contact for customers accessing Huddersfield Mission services. To provide initial stage advice and assistance on a variety of needs. To work within the Advice Team to ensure the smooth running of Huddersfield Mission’s drop-in service, responding to requests for advice and support to customers and triaging them to the correct team member for support.
Main Responsibilities
- Act as the first point of contact for clients referred in to the service, ensuring that comprehensive impact and risks assessments are completed and a tailored response to each client’s needs is provided.
- To ensure the effective delivery of the Mission advice drop-in, telephone support service and appointments service
- Maintain accurate and confidential case management records and contribute to monitoring information for the service
- To make onward referrals and signpost where appropriate to other sources of help, such as statutory and non-statutory agencies
- To work with our Community Champion and other health partners to support customers underlying health needs particularly where these might be addressed with community-based intervention.
- To ensure impartiality and confidentiality when dealing with customers
- Regularly update electronic case records using our Lamplight – our CRM system to enable continuity of casework, monitoring and information retrieval.
Organisational Responsibilities
- To work in a non-judgemental, person-centred, asset-based way to enable customers to achieve positive outcomes, such as maximising income or accessing health and wellbeing services.
- A commitment to safeguarding children and adults at risk and to take appropriate action, in line with our Safeguarding Policy and procedures under the direction of our Designated Safeguarding Leads.
- To manage customer behaviour within the Mission policy.
- To implement and adhere to all Mission policies and practices in relation to all aspects of our work
- Any other duties and responsibilities, identified by the Advice Services Manager as are within your capabilities and level of responsibility, in order to meet the needs of the Huddersfield Mission
- To participate in meetings at the Mission, to promote partnership working with other support services within Kirklees
- To liaise with internal and external agencies where appropriate, including safeguarding referrals.
Employee Benefits
In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a stakeholder pension scheme where we will match the employee contributions up to a maximum of 6%.
We offer an employee Support program where staff can access a range of health and wellbeing activities.
Huddersfield Mission
Huddersfield Mission seeks to be a safe place for all in the heart of Huddersfield. We are an open and inclusive organisation that works with a wide range of people, but we recognise that we are particularly well-known for our work with people who are experiencing significant poverty, mental health, homelessness or addiction. Our strapline is Serving People, Changing Lives which highlights our approach of dealing with immediate needs and long-term or underlying causes. We value our staff and volunteers and support them with appropriate training and personal development.
Please see the job description and person specification for the full details.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Citizens Advice Southampton is recruiting!
Location: based in our Southampton office, plus some outreach work. Some home working a possibility.
Citizens Advice Southampton is a local charity providing free, independent, confidential and impartial advice to over 7,000 people in Southampton every year on any problems they might face.
Unpaid Carers Support Southampton (UCSS) is a small team, working within Citizens Advice Southampton. There are an estimated 18,000 unpaid carers in Southampton: people who care for another adult due to illness or disability. Common examples might be a husband who cares for his wife who has dementia; a daughter who cares for her father who has Multiple Sclerosis; a brother who cares for his sister who has a learning difficulty.
We are an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from all applicants who meet the person specification irrespective of sex, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief, age, or disability.
The Role
The post holder will be part of a small team who have a shared interest in making a difference to the lives of unpaid carers throughout Southampton city. The post holder will offer front line support to unpaid carers. This will mainly be undertaken by phone, with some face-to-face work, and include carers assessments and reviews (training will be provided).They will actively listen to carers and provide them with information, advice, and support to enable them to continue living their lives to the fullest and reduce any negative impacts of their caring role. The post holder will also deliver some ‘outreach’ in the city. This might involve attending groups to talk to carers and raise awareness. They will be expected to assist with the planning and delivery of carer events eg. monthly carers lunches, and carry out other reasonable tasks in order to support Southampton’s unpaid carers.
This role is subject to a basic DBS check.
About You
You will have experience of listening sensitively to and gathering information from people who need support. Ideally you will have experience of helping others to achieve a positive outcome.
This role is an opportunity to make a difference at a time when our help has never been needed more.
Citizens Advice Southampton and the UCSS Team are a friendly, and dedicated team of paid staff and volunteers. We value our team enormously, and staff can expect an environment where they have opportunities to develop themselves whilst supporting others. We offer a salary which is competitive within the charity sector, as well as a generous holiday allowance and other benefits including a NEST pension scheme and an outstanding Employee Assistance Programme including a GP helpline.
How to Apply
For a job pack please visit our website via the Apply button.
Closing date for applications is Monday 24th June 2024 at 9am, with interviews expected to be held the following week. We reserve the right to close applications early if a suitable candidate is found, so encourage prompt applications.
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Age UK's Telephone Friendship Service is recruiting for Assessment Coordinators to join our dedicated team!
We crucially support thousands of matches between older people and trained volunteers, who together enjoy a regular weekly telephone chat. Our service makes a huge difference to the lives of older people who are lonely and isolated - giving them a chance to make a new friend from the comfort of their home.
As Assessment Coordinator, the successful candidate will play a vital role supporting older people through the initial stages of the service, ensuring processes run safely and efficiently.
We support older people all over the UK - so you'll need to be comfortable spending a lot of time on the phone and communicating by email - and have excellent conversational and customer service skills. You'll also need to be passionate about supporting older people and have a good understanding of older people's needs.
This role can either be based at our office in Blackpool, or in Ashburton Devon. We offer a hybrid model of home and office based-working, so you will need to be within a reasonable distance of either the Blackpool or Ashburton office and be willing to travel there regularly. As a guide, the team currently work from the office once or twice a week but please be aware this could increase.
You will work a 35-hour working week, 5 days out of 7 with start and end times between 8am and 6pm. It will include weekend and bank holiday shifts, which will be arranged on a rota basis.
We are looking to recruit highly motivated individuals to join our friendly and supportive Friendship team - if this sounds like you, please apply for immediate consideration.
Age UK internal grade - 8
Must haves:
* Excellent communication skills
* Confident and friendly telephone manner
* A passion for supporting older people
* The ability to work flexibly
* Excellent IT skills including Microsoft Office
* Ability to manage a busy workload
* A commitment to promoting equality and diversity
* Being a positive team player
Great to haves:
* An understanding of older people's issues
* Knowledge of safeguarding issues
* Experience of working with older people over the phone
* An understanding of mental health issues
What we offer in return
- Competitive salary, 26 days annual leave + bank holidays + annual leave purchase scheme
- Excellent pension scheme, life assurance, health cashback plan and EAP
- Car Benefit Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme and Season Ticket Loan
- Techscheme - buy any tech from Apple or Currys, up to £1000, and spread the cost over 12 months, interest free
- Blue Light Card Scheme
- You Did It Awards - recognition awards from £100-250.
Additional Information
Early applications are encouraged, we reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time should suitable candidates be found.
All CVs will be anonymised by our recruitment system when you apply for a role at Age UK. Please note that our system is unable to anonymise cover letters, and we would therefore ask that to support the work we are doing on making our recruitment selection process fairer and more unbiased, that you remove any personal information from your cover letter/supporting statement, including your name before uploading this. All equalities monitoring information is also anonymised and not shared with the hiring panel. Your name and address will only be known to us once you are invited for an interview.
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With over 60 years' experience of recruiting across the 'beyond profit' space, Prospectus is proud to have supported a vast number of charities across various sectors, including; Homelessness & Housing, Domestic Violence, Youth, Learning Disabilities / Disabilities, Mental Health, Sexual Health, Criminal Justice and Children & Families. As a result, we anticipate an uplift in the amount of exciting delivery-focussed temporary opportunities we will have available to offer candidates.
We have worked alongside a range of impactful organisations in London and across the UK, supporting them with a variety of delivery-focussed positions, including:
Recovery Practitioners, Support Workers and Floating Support Workers, Women's Advocates, Administrators, Community Outreach Workers, Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners and many more.
We are currently looking to increase our pool of temporary candidates who are interested in registering for future delivery-focussed opportunities. Candidates will have had previous paid or voluntary experience in a similar role supporting vulnerable people, or will have a genuine interest in this field.
Please note that due to the current climate for temporary work across the Frontline sector, we are initially looking to engage with potential candidates and carry out registrations online with those that demonstrate suitable experience.
Given the unprecedented volume of interest in our roles, consultants are unable to support with general job search advice or specific enquiries before application. Instead please do either register your CV on our website or submit your CV for any roles that interest you to ensure that your application is reviewed in line with the position. Should you be successfully longlisted or we are able to assist in your job search we will be in contact to discuss next steps.
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You have demonstrable experience of using/working with data systems and providing training/supporting others. All you need is the perfect environment to put your skills to great use. Welcome to Aquarius as a Data Training & Support Officer.
Run in partnership with Nacro and Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust, ‘Recovery Near You’ in Wolverhampton provides a wide range of alcohol and drugs related support services to adults in the area. We also use a comprehensive data collection system to measure the effectiveness of services in response to the needs of funders, service managers, senior management, and others. That’s where you come in.
An interesting part-time role based on-site across the two offices where the service operates from, your challenge will be to help in all aspects of data. Initially, you’ll receive extensive training and support from our Data Team to help build your knowledge of our recording systems and procedures. Then, working with new and existing staff, you’ll be responsible for helping them to understand correct data entry and record-keeping procedures to help us improve data quality and accuracy. As well as regularly working on your own to conduct data cleansing and reporting to further enhance our data quality, you’ll also need to liaise with the Data Manager and Data Team to provide ongoing support to our staff with any queries they have.
To succeed, you’ll need a good understanding of IT, including data systems, infrastructure and communication systems, as well as Microsoft Office applications, including Excel and Word. You’ll also need experience of presenting using PowerPoint and be comfortable dealing with colleagues and a range of professionals at all levels. Familiarity with the Data Protection Act (1998) and GDPR (2018) is important too, while an understanding of data in the context of Health and Social Care, though not essential, would be useful. Self-motivated, with a flair for planning and prioritising your work, you have excellent attention to detail and are calm and efficient when up against deadlines. What’s more, you work well on your own initiative and as part of a team and have a flexible approach, including a willingness to work some evenings and weekends and in different locations as required.
So, are you ready to take on this rewarding role that comes with some really great benefits? Apply now via our website.
Please note: An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for this post.
Aquarius was a subsidiary of Richmond Fellowship, with both organisations being 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. On 1st June 2024 Richmond Fellowship merged with Humankind to form a single organisation that provides the joined-up mental health, housing and drug and alcohol support we’ve all known has been needed for decades. At the same time, Aquarius became a subsidiary of Humankind, with no impact to terms and conditions of employment. In October 2024, Humankind will be renamed to reflect the new organisation, of which Aquarius will remain a subsidiary.