We are seeking to recruit a highly motivated Deaf or Disabled person to join our busy Advice & Advocacy Team as a Caseworker. Merton CIL is a Deaf and Disabled People’s Organisation (DDPO) which promotes the independence and inclusion of Deaf and Disabled people, challenges discrimination and works to achieve change locally.

35 hours per week fixed-term contract until 31 March 2021 (with the possibility of extension) at a starting salary of £25,000.00 per annum.

You must have at least one year’s experience of providing welfare benefits advice to members of the public on a one-to-one basis. This can be on a paid or voluntary basis. You will be expected to have an excellent working knowledge of all health and disability benefits.

Merton CIL is committed to equality, diversity and reflecting the communities we serve. We particularly welcome applications from Deaf or Disabled people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities.

Closing date for applications: 5pm Monday 13th July 2020

Interviews will take place: during the week commencing Monday 20th July 2020 via Zoom

Candidates invited to interview will be informed by: Thursday 23 July 2020

Start date: As soon as possible thereafter

You are recommended to complete our application form via email. If you send through your CV via Chairty Jobs, you will be emailed an application form to complete and return before the deadline. We are unable to accept CVs. 

Debt Advisor

You will join us as a Debt Advisor providing appropriate advice, support, budgeting and money management assistance to clients who have contacted StepChange Debt Charity with a debt problem.

Debt Advisor Responsibilities:

• Provide a telephone or web based service for clients accessing the charity
• Effectively validate, gather and analyse information provided by a client in order to help them deal with their priorities and to provide them with a solution to allow them to deal with their situation for themselves on an ongoing basis
• Use effective listening and negotiation skills to develop and agree realistic client budgets that fully reflect the client’s situation and best advice
• Present all solutions by describing the advantages and disadvantages according to the clients personal situation and to make a recommendation based on this information
• Ensure that all advice and solutions are presented in accordance with the charity’s policies and procedures and in line with advice Session Quality Standards (and thereby compliant with FCA and Debt Management directives)

Debt Advisor Requirements:

• Telephone and customer contact experience
• Experience of working in a client focused environment
• Dealing with complex queries
• Knowledge of money advice (desirable)
• Ability to explain technical information in a way which is easily understandable to others

About StepChange Debt Charity:

StepChange Debt Charity is a registered charity offering free, confidential advice and support to anyone who’s worried about debt.

Our specialist advisory service helps 620,000 people across the UK each year by advising on personal budgeting, the wise use of credit and, where appropriate, managing achievable plans to repay debts.

With 25 years’ experience, we offer a range of services and solutions through our national telephone service and online debt help tool, via our eight regional centres. We also provide information on avoiding debt, tips on saving money, and day-to-day budgeting advice through our MoneyAware blog.

Location: Cardiff, CF11 9HB

Job type: Full Time, Permanent

Salary: Competitive

You may have experience of the following: Debt Advisor, Call Centre Operative, Call Centre Advisor, Customer Support Representative, Loan Advisor, Helpdesk, Customer Service Advisor, Customer Service Representative, Call Centre Agent, Financial Advisor, Customer Care, Call Handler, Claims Handler, Debt Management Advisor, Telesales etc.

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Women for Refugee Women is seeking a Digital Inclusion Co-ordinator to work closely with our team to facilitate digital access and improve IT skills among our network of refugee and asylum-seeking women.

Women for Refugee Women is a charity that supports women seeking asylum in the UK and challenges the injustices they experience. We work at the grassroots by empowering refugee women to speak out and advocate for themselves, and through communications and campaigning work which engages the mainstream media and politicians.

The role will include assessing women’s basic needs and skills and providing the essential equipment and support to enable them to move forwards. It will involve supporting women to participate in learning, solidarity and advocacy opportunities at WRW, as well as enabling them to access other services and participate more effectively in their communities.

Women for Refugee Women particularly welcomes applications from individuals with experience of migration and/or a refugee background.

Women for Refugee Women is a small organisation where every team member is valued, and everyone is supported to carry out their role effectively. We encourage staff members to take up training opportunities to develop their skills, all staff members are able to access individual counselling support if desired, and we enable staff members to work flexibly according to individual preferences. We try to ensure that WRW provides a supportive environment where individuals can grow and develop their roles in line with our values and vision.

How to apply:

Please download and read the Digital Inclusion Co-ordinator application pack.

To apply, please send your CV and a covering letter stating how you meet the person specification and why you would like to join WRW.

Applications will be considered from 7 July on a rolling basis, so that applicants may be invited for interview from 8 July onwards. Interviews will take place remotely by Zoom. Due to our restricted capacity, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Job Coach 

39 hours per week

Kidderminster
Up to £26,707 per annum 

Up to 24-month contract (depending on start date)

Our client is the lead partner in an innovative Worcestershire consortium, Fusion. Fusion have been successful in securing funding from the European Social Fund and The National Lottery Community Fund to deliver the Building Better Opportunities (BBO) programme across the County. The project is currently in its third year and has recently received notification of a contract extension due to its success to date.

To take forward this success they are seeking to appoint an experienced, motivated and enthusiastic person to be a Building Better Opportunities Job Coach. You will work with our client and the wider BBO team to provide employment support to participants.  The appointed person is required to work with people furthest from the labour market and support individuals through a tailored and creative action plan enabling people to reach their full potential. 

The successful candidate will be expected to manage their own caseload, have a positive attitude, be an effective communicator with participants and external partners. The post holder will be required to hold or willing to work towards information, advice & guidance, youth work or relevant qualifications and understand the UK Welfare to Work Programme. 

Dependent on the start date this will be a fixed term contract for a 24-month period. It will be funded by the European Social Fund and National Lottery Community Fund. This is a challenging post and will require you to be innovative. You will be part of a dedicated team that provides a high-quality service and an organisation that is committed to valuing and supporting its employees and the local community. 

Due to the nature of this work, an enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for successful applicants.

We are looking for someone with heaps of energy and enthusiasm to fill this vital role as our main Adviser (Advice Worker). The ideal candidate will have at least 2 years of experience offering information and advice, a keen eye for detail, an excellent working knowledge of welfare benefits for older people, and will be passionate about helping those in need. In return, we can offer a friendly workplace with a dynamic senior leadership team, an experienced and dedicated board of trustees, interesting professional development opportunities, and a small hypo-allergenic office dog to play with. Only fully completed application packs will be reviewed during our shortlisting on 26 June and CVs will not be accepted. We are committed to safeguarding our clients and an enhanced DBS will be required as part of the role.

Energy Advice Workers - Bradford Energy Advice (Contract)
Bradford, West Yorkshire
Grade 2 (lower): £19,974 - £22,584 per annum

Fixed term 12 month contract
37 hours per week

Family Action is delighted to have been awarded grant funding from the Energy Industry Voluntary Redress Scheme to run the Bradford Energy Advice Service which will be launched on September 1st 2020.

The Bradford Energy Advice Service will:

- Work closely and link with our existing advice service in Bradford
- Deliver high quality energy, fuel poverty and income maximisation advice
- Support users to improve their health, wellbeing and quality of life
- Increase income and reduce debt
- Work as part of a whole systems approach and with key stakeholders in the field

In this exciting new role as Energy Advice Worker you will provide service users with support through one off advice or through case work as appropriate. In addition to working in the Advice Centre you will be required to deliver short workshops in community settings and deliver support in users’ homes and outreach community venues across Bradford. You must be able to travel across the Bradford district to outreach venues and home visits.

The successful candidates will need substantial experience of providing advice on welfare benefits and debt management and be experienced in working holistically with clients when tackling their issues. For one of the posts you must be able to speak Urdu and or Punjabi fluently.

The successful candidates will be motivated, passionate practitioners who strive for excellent standards and are committed to achieving National Energy Action City & Guilds Level 3 Award in Energy Efficiency.

Our Values: A people focus, Mutual Respect, Excellence in all we do and a Can Do attitude.

If you can relate to these and have the necessary skills and attitude, we can offer you:

- A competitive salary, leave entitlement and pension scheme
- Career development opportunities
- A full induction and on-going quality training
- The opportunity to become part of FA initiatives
- Flexible working hours
- Managed workloads with regular supportive and reflective supervision

For an application pack and further information, including the benefits we offer, please visit select the apply button and complete the application form.

Closing date: 15th July 2020, midnight
Interview date: 22nd July 2020

This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

Other organisations may call this role Support Worker, Welfare & Benefits Support Worker, Debt Management Advisor, Welfare & Benefits Advisor, Welfare Benefits Officer, Benefits Advice Officer, Welfare Support Officer, Welfare Advisor, Benefits Advisor Welfare Benefits Caseworker, or Welfare Benefits Advocate.

Director vacancy

4 - 5 days / week (neg)

Circa £40,000 per annum (pro rata)

Refugee Action Kingston was established in 1991 and based in the London Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames. The charity plays a significant role in bringing positive change to refugees and asylum seekers through its high quality services. These include: advising and empowering refugees and asylum seekers towards building fulfilled and independent lives through skills development, advice, counselling, and assistance in access to services and employment. In addition the charity provides advice and advocacy on the asylum process. 

We are looking for a Director with experience of a leadership position ideally in the charity sector to lead a small team of 16 staff and over 80 volunteers who deliver our frontline services. As well as being a passionate leader with a strong commitment to and understanding of the welfare of asylum seekers and refugees, the ideal candidate should have a proven track-record in managing and empoweringpeople, developing change strategies, securing funding, and working collaboratively and strengthening relationships with funders, collaborators, networks and a range of other stakeholders. 

The Director will be a strategic thinker who will work with trustees to address the key priorities of quality, efficiency and sustainability. They will have ultimate responsibility for setting and delivering the organisation’s operations and its strategic objectives ensuring good governance and financial sustainability. If you feel this role is for you we look forward to hearing from you.

Closing date:20 July 2020         

Successful candidates for interview will be notified by 27 July 2020. We are sorry that we will be unable to provide feedback to unsuccessful candidates.

Title: Primary Care Wellbeing Worker
Hours: 37 hours per week
Base: Venues across Oxford City and South West Oxfordshire
Salary: £21,748 - £24,981 (11-18 NJC Salary Scale)
Contract: Permanent
Holidays: 28 days plus bank holidays (pro rata)
Pension: Auto enrolment in place
Accountable to: Primary Care Wellbeing Project Manager

About Oxfordshire Mind

We’re Mind, the mental health charity. We’re here to make sure anyone with a mental health problem has somewhere to turn for advice and support; in total over 20,000 people in Oxfordshire access our services each year. With one in four people experiencing a mental health problem at some point in their lives, people need Mind more than ever. Our work includes:

• The Transitional Supported Housing Recovery Service (part of the Oxfordshire Mental Health Partnership).
• The TalkingSpace Plus psychological therapy service in partnership with Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust.
• The Oxfordshire Mind Wellbeing Service, which is part of both the TalkingSpace Plus and Oxfordshire Mental Health Partnerships and includes:
• Five Wellbeing Centres throughout the county
• Public Wellbeing & Information Services
• Physical Activity and Wellbeing
• Benefits for Better Mental Health, a welfare benefits advice service
• Volunteering and Peer Support Opportunities
• Raising awareness and campaigning activity.

We employ over 100 staff and operate in 28 locations around the county.

Purpose of the Job

Wellbeing Workers provide an effective Information and Options service, based on a social prescribing model, to people referred by Primary Care professionals or via self-referral.

Oxfordshire Mind Primary Care Wellbeing Workers can offer up to six one-to-one sessions with clients who may be experiencing mental health issues or other social or lifestyle issues that are impacting on their wellbeing.

Wellbeing Workers will work in a non-clinical person-centred way to encourage and enable service users to link in with existing support services, use the support available in their local community and develop tools to increase their ability to manage their own wellbeing.

Responsibilities

The key responsibilities of the Primary Care Wellbeing Worker are to:

• Ensure that people referred by practice staff or via self-referral receive an excellent person-centred service via an initial assessment and follow-up sessions as required.
• Work with individuals to identify their own hopes and goals, and support them to develop a personalised action plan to increase resilience and wellbeing.
• Keep up to date with appropriate information about the wider Oxfordshire Mind Wellbeing Service - and other local, regional and national services - to ensure service users can be offered appropriate information and signposting.
• Review and assess progress of individuals, supporting them to complete their personalised action plans.
• Carry out follow up contact with individuals to evaluate outcomes using designated measures such as the Short Warwickshire-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (SWEMWBS) and patient satisfaction questions.
• Provide advice and guidance to GP practice staff about community and voluntary sector services.
• Forge and maintain excellent relationships with Primary Care staff to help ensure the service is well understood, and that staff are aware of ongoing work with service users.
• Liaise with practice staff to ensure the service remains accessible to all individuals and groups e.g. younger and older adults, women with children, black and minority ethnic communities, veterans and groups who may have difficulty in accessing services.

Closing date: Sunday 26th July 2020
 
TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION

Please click ‘Apply’ to be redirected to our website, where you can submit your application online.

No agencies please.
 

Are you passionate about making a lasting difference to the lives of vulnerable adults?

About the role

Somewhere Safe to Stay (SSTS) is a new initiative being set up in response to the government’s National Rough Sleeping Strategy and aims to prevent people from sleeping rough. For Oxford, the SSTS service is based in a purpose developed building that will host a range of multi-agency services all aimed at tackling rough sleeping in the city.

The SSTS service focuses on helping people who are at imminent risk of sleeping. Our challenge is to quickly help avoid rough sleeping or off of the streets quickly and, through our assessment hubs, help them find alternative accommodation so they can avoid the dangers of rough sleeping.

Your focus will be on carrying out comprehensive assessments for those at imminent risk of rough sleeping and quickly helping to reconnect them with supported networks in their home area or where they have a proven link.  We’ll also rely on you to provide each client with personalised case management support and turn their assessment into a practical action plan that fully involves them.

What we’re looking for

Ideally, you’ll have experience of working with vulnerable people or an understanding of the needs of street homeless people.

However, what’s more important is your systematic; yet at the same time flexible approach and ability to work collaboratively with others. Strong communication, influencing and reasoning skills are also key, as is a flair for solving problems. Other qualities include knowing how to network and build effective relationships with people at every level.

What we offer

• Excellent Development and Growth Opportunities

St Mungo’s employees are encouraged to consider opportunities to develop new skills or progress including; secondments, internal transfers, application to new roles in the organisation or just to get involved in various projects happening within the organisation.

As a result last year 35% of our vacancies were filled by promotions. In 2019 we achieved We Invest in People Gold level accreditation and are one of just 3% of housing associations to achieve this standard; 82% of staff who took part in the IIP survey say St Mungo’s is a great place to work.

• A Diverse and Inclusive Work Place

At St Mungo’s, equality, diversity and inclusion are central to the organisation's values and how we work. We are proud of our commitment to diversity and inclusion and have 8 great Diversity Networks to support clients and staff from different backgrounds so they are able to be their best selves. Our Networks include: BAME, Carer’s and Parent’s, Lived Experience, LGBTQIA+, Disability Awareness, South West, Irish and Women’s Action.

• Pay and Other Benefits

St Mungo’s is proud to pay client facing staff above average for the sector. We run a cycle to work scheme and also offer season tickets loans to all staff.

St Mungo’s contribute 4% of your gross annual salary, and you are able to enrol in the Defined Contribution scheme following a successful probationary period in which the employer contribution is 6%.

For this role staff can claim an additional 20% pay premium for unsocial hours worked as part of a day shift after 8pm or before 8am Monday to Friday as well as for all hours during day shifts worked on Saturday and Sunday.

What we do

At St Mungo’s our vision is that everyone has a place to call home and can fulfil their hopes and ambitions. As a homelessness charity and housing association, our clients are at the heart of what we do, and in 2019 we supported nearly 30,000 people who were either homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. Our staff are crucial to making this happen.

How to apply

To find out more and apply please go to the St Mungo’s careers page on our website. 

To view the job description and guidance on completing your application form, please click on the document available tab at the top of the advert page on our website.

Closing date: 10am on 21 July 2020

Interview and assessments on: TBC, via video call

It is a requirement for this post that an enhanced DBS disclosure check will be undertaken for the successful candidate.

Please be advised that all appointments will be made on St Mungo’s current standard Terms and Conditions (T&Cs); this also applies to any internal candidates.

A First Contact Officer providing a supportive and confidential service for people who have or are experiencing Domestic Abuse by providing a first point of contact with clients, professionals and the public.  We are looking for someone who enjoys working as part of a team, has the ability to create positive working relationships, and has a passion for improving the response to domestic abuse across statutory and voluntary services.

The ideal candidate will have a flexible approach to their work alongside excellent communication skills with the ability to work alone or as part of a team who will;

Respond to calls from clients and other agencies during office hours

Respond to webchat enquiries and those via Facebook and Twitter

Monitor Daisy WhatsApp group chats to identify clients who may require staff support

Undertake initial suitability assessment for service

Refer/Signpost where appropriate internally or to other services

Complete initial assessment of risk and safeguarding

Allocate to caseworker if client meets eligibility for service

Provide information and advice as appropriate

Maintain thorough, confidential and up to date records and case management using the Daisy Case Management system

Manage the safeguarding of vulnerable adults and children in line with Daisy policy, in discussion with the Programme Director and with Children and Families and Adult Services.

Mentoring Manager
Mansfield, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire

The Inspire and Achieve Foundation (IAF) is a local, Mansfield-based charity that helps disadvantaged young people who are not in education, employment or training (NEET) conquer challenges, find their motivation and work towards a positive future.

We run a variety of outreach, mentoring and training programmes, including the Prince’s Trust Team Programme, to help young people aged 16 – 25 gain confidence and progress into employment or education.

We’re now looking for a Mentoring Manager to join our teams across Mansfield, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire and deliver projects that provide the support disadvantaged young people need to make a success of their lives, exceed expectations and achieve more than even they imagined.

The Benefits

- Competitive salary
- Make a lasting difference to the lives of disadvantaged young people
- Join a team who are passionate about giving back to society
- Enhance your experience with an established local charity

This is an exciting and challenging opportunity for an individual with plenty of experience of working with young people and passion for making positive changes in their lives to advance their career with us.

Young people without a solid start in life need your help and support when it comes to making big decisions, moving their lives forward and achieving their potential. The services and projects you will be involved with will act as a springboard for the young people we help, setting them on the right path, helping them gain skills and ensuring that they can make a success of their lives.

So, if you are ready to be challenged, ready to get involved and ready to enable and support, this is the role you’ve been waiting for.

The Role

As the Mentoring Manager, you will be tasked with managing and delivering a range of mentoring and outreach programmes across Mansfield, Nottingham and throughout Nottinghamshire.

Line managing operational staff within each service, you will oversee the mentoring and outreach staff, manage service operations, deal with the governance, risk and quality aspects and develop partnerships and projects.

Specifically, this will involve:

- Supporting, supervising, reviewing, line and performance managing, inspiring and motivating your team
- Delivering projects, developing strategies, capturing requirements and managing budgets
- Planning, delivering and co-ordinating programmes
- Managing the quality of each service, acting as data controller and reviewing internal policies and procedures
- Assessing, managing and mitigating risk
- Leading stakeholder management and working with Directors to identify new projects

About You

To be considered as a Mentoring Manager, you will need:

- At least three years’ experience of working with young people between the age of 16-26 years who are NEET
- A minimum of three years’ experience providing IAG and a proven track record of successfully assisting young people into employment, education or other positive outcomes
- At least three years’ experience of engaging and recruiting hard to reach young people
- Experience of working in an outreach and community based role with a range of agencies and organisations
- Experience of project management
- Demonstrable ability to effectively support, gain the respect of, and build trusting and positive relationships with young people
- Extensive knowledge of managing and implementing Safeguarding processes and procedures

Due to the nature of this role, an enhanced DBS check will be required.

Experience of securing Matrix or other quality mark accreditations would be beneficial to your application. Extensive third sector, DWP and/or education contacts in Nottinghamshire relevant for NEETs would also be an advantage.

Other organisations may call this role Service Manager, Outreach Manager, Project Manager, Outreach Services Manager, Young Peoples’ Service Manager, Young Peoples’ Project Manager, Community Services Manager, Children and Young People Support Worker, or Mentor.

The closing date for this role is the 7th July 2020 with interviews scheduled for Tuesday 14th July 2020.

Webrecruit and The Inspire and Achieve Foundation (IAF) are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

So, if you’re seeking your next challenge as a Mentoring Manager, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

Job title: Case Officer – South East

Region: Homebased, South East

Directorate: Operations

Contract: 12 Month FTC (Maternity cover) Full time 35 hours per week

Salary: £24,816 per annum

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 you hear from you….

The Role

We’re making big changes. We are becoming more accessible, easier to reach and providing a more integrated service for the Service community.  The focus for our Area teams will be on getting out into the community, reaching out to those we support through GP surgeries, hospitals, local authority services and charities we work with, making sure we’re accessible to many more people in locations across the country. 

As a Case Officer, you will work with individuals eligible for Legion assistance to help them to access the right support in a timely and seamless way in areas such as finance, employment, health or housing advice or overcoming temporary crises. You will also support the work of our volunteer caseworkers. A self-starter, confident at working independently, you will be responsible for forging successful relationships with statutory bodies and other agencies to maximise our reach and impact.

An experienced and customer focused case manager, assured in advocating on behalf of clients, you will have a good understanding of the UK benefits system and be used to working across multiple agencies. You’ll also need to be a strong team player, with excellent communication, planning and organisational skills. 

It is essential that you have an empathy with the UK armed forces community and some knowledge and understanding of this area would also be an advantage.

A valid UK driving licence is essential. This is a maternity cover post, commencing on 03 August 2020, ending 02 August 2021. Internal secondment will be considered for this role.

How to Apply

Please click ‘Apply Online’

Closing date for this role is Sunday 12th July 2020

Successful candidates will be invited to a virtual interview

We are seeking a Carers Service Manager to cover maternity leave for up to one year.  This exciting opportunity will provide the right candidate with a chance to develop their leadership and management skills in a well-established carers charity in Central London.  The successful candidate will have previous experience of managing teams in a social care setting and will have extensive knowledge of the Social Care Act 2014 and experience in carrying out carer's assessments.

Salary: £31,000

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Job Type: 12 months maternity contract

Location: Homeworking and City of Westminster and Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London

Application deadline: 21st July 2020

Interviews: w/b 3rd August 2020

Duties will include

• Ensure the smooth running of the Carers Hub and any other services in allocated boroughs, including planning, assigning and overseeing work to ensure contract targets are met
• Line manage front-line staff of 4 Caseworkers (3 in Westminster, 1 in Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea)
• Coordinate a regular programme of training for carers.
• Work with the Communications and Marketing Officer to devise excellent and relevant content for carers' events 
• Lead on actively developing strong relationships with local organisations and external stakeholders
• Lead on relationships with sub-contracted and partner organisations 
• Lead on delivering training about carers to professionals as required, including giving presentations, in partnership with carers.
• Ensure that carers’ rights, needs and views are included in all relevant local strategies and initiatives.
• Facilitate the coproduction of activities with carers through a variety of methods.
• Manage a demanding level of administrative work to a high standard
• Undertake a limited amount of direct work with carers – carry out detailed carers assessment and support plans that address carers’ needs in line with the Care Act 2014.
• Carry out casework with carers, including liaising with other agencies such as Local Authorities, NHS bodies and other voluntary organisations.

Person Specification 

Please write a covering letter detailing how you meet the criteria below – give examples of your work.  Candidates who do not provide a covering letter covering these points may not be shortlisted.

1. At least three years’ experience or working in the voluntary or charity sector.
2. Experience of public-facing service or project management in a similar field of work.
3. At least two years’ experience of line-managing teams of frontline staff.
4. Experience of building external partnership relationships through outreach, networking and influencing.
5. Substantial experience of working with a diverse range of clients with differing levels of needs.
6. Substantial experience of managing own caseload including maintaining detailed case notes.
7. Ability to balance a range of tasks with competing demands.
8. Ability to build, coach and manage effective teams.
9. Excellent IT skills, including use of Microsoft programmes and working with databases to run reports.
10. Ability to manage a high level of written and administrative work, including report-writing for a range of audiences.
11. Presentation skills.       
12. Knowledge of issues affecting unpaid carers.
13. Knowledge of relevant legislation, including the Care Act 2014, GDPR and Safeguarding.
14. Flexible, positive approach to work in a small team.
15. Passionate about providing high quality services to carers.
16. Proactive working style, attention to detail.
17. Commitment to equality and diversity.

We want to hear from all interested candidates, and to be considered for the position we strongly recommend submitting a detailed covering letter along with your CV, outlining why you're right for the role.

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Title: SENDIASS Coordinator
Location: Warwickshire
Department: SENDIASS
Hours of work: Full time, 36 hours per week
Salary Details: £26,465 per annum

About KIDS

KIDS is a national charity which has been supporting disabled children, young people and their families since 1970.

We work with children, irrespective of their disability or impairment, from birth through to 25 years. Each year we support over 15,000 disabled children, offer over 120 different services and work with about 80 Local Authorities across England.

We are passionate, caring and trusted and our vision is a world in which all children and young people realise their aspirations. We offer support and practical help for families, every step of the way.

About the Role

As a SENDIASS Coordinator, you will be supporting disabled children, or young people and their families, accessing our services. This is a great opportunity to develop your skills in a rewarding role, and gain a strong sense of achievement.

• You will coordinate and develop a high quality SEND Information, Advice and Support Service for children and young people with SEND aged 0-25 years and their parents and carers in compliance with the SEND Code of Practice and national and local standards. 
• You will work strategically to support the development of SEND services in the area.

About You

To be able to carry out this role we would expect you to have the following characteristics:

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience delivering services to Children, Young People or families with SEN or disability
• Educated to a minimum of level 3
• Minimum 1 years’ experience of team leadership
• Ability to manage service and own workload
• Proven ability to manage the day to day responsibilities of direct service provision
• Ability to create and manage networks
• Experience of multi-agency working
• Minimum 1 years' experience within a customer facing role
• Experience of delivering training and or presentations

Advertising End Date: 17 Jul 2020
Interviews for this role will be held the week beginning 20 July.

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION

Please click ‘Apply’ to be redirected to our website to apply online.

No agencies please.