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Oak Hill College is seeking a SpLD Learning Support Tutor. You will contribute to the development of our students by equipping those who experience difficulties with their studies with the skills they need to thrive in their learning. 

We are looking for someone who wants to make a difference in people’s lives and learning experience. If you have the required qualifications and you want to see others thrive in their education, you could be the ideal person to join our team.

This role allows you the opportunity to work in a supportive and friendly environment, all within a beautiful parkland campus.

Oak Hill exists to see the church flourish. Our full-time and part-time courses are designed to sustain a lifetime of faithful and joyful service in Christian ministry. We train around 100 students each year on our accredited programmes with the majority being mature students.

We are looking for an enthusiastic individualready to work in a fast-paced organisation who can easily grasp and communicate impact to Consumers International’s different audiences.

Working as a team of 3 in communications, you will have a core responsibility for representing the sustainability programmes team, quickly translating messaging into something compelling, notably for energy programmes.

The Communications Lead will be an exceptional writer across different platforms and a strategic thinker, developing a solid understanding of our audiences and the best ways to share our story with them. They will love the opportunities that come with working in an entrepreneurial environment, with a drive to deliver excellence and aptly project manage across our high-profile moments – events, product launches, campaigns. The role is currently fixed term with potential to change to a permanent role.

Key responsibilities:

• Content generation- Draft compelling content for our different audiences across a broad suite of communications, including for our website, social media, materials and externally placed opinion pieces.
• Play a key role in implementing our Communications Strategy.
• Lead on the design, delivery and evaluation of several communications plans for core global opportunities – such as the release of research, events and campaigns.
• Apply strategic oversight when designing and delivering plans – identifying audiences, speakers, messages and partners to champion the opportunities.
• Take ownership for new initiatives which drive our communications – identifying the opportunities, value proposition and leading on them.
• Be the core lead for our communications to partners. 
• Drive efficiency and continuous improvement
• Build relationships with our Members, partners and donors to share their story, make them feel valued and ensure they promote our initiatives.
• Support the evolution of our visual identity to reflect new work and our mission and vision.

Are you looking to utilise your hands-on delivery experience, and step into a more strategic role as Communications Lead? This could be the perfect fit! Please get in touch today for more information!

• Remote role.
• Full-time, and permanent
• £43,000- £45,000 depending on experience

Applications for the Communications Lead will be reviewed on a rolling basis. For more information, please apply now!

As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp™, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.

A new role and exciting local opportunity to inspire change in later life and make this a great place to grow old well.

We are reimagining our services for a new generation of older people, with more focus on earlier interventions and a shift away from reactive interventions.

We know that good health and happiness are closely linked and getting active is a great way to feel more positive. We think it is never too late to start something new.

History & Location

Fair Close (link to website) has a long history of enhancing independence in old age. We are ideally located in Newbury with the space, versatility and facilities to make the transition into become an ageing well centre and wellbeing hub for over the 70s (with low to moderate needs).

Your Impact

· Creating and delivering an inspiring programme of support within our building to promote active living, prevention, awareness and health management.

· Maximising the efficient use of our building to make the biggest difference for the most people.

· Driving innovation and continuous improvement tracking and measuring impact providing the data to support fundraising.

· Ensuring our services are relevant and based on individuals’ skills, experiences and interests’ whilst encouraging them to change their lives for the better.

About you

· Evidence of continuing professional development  

· Specialized knowledge to promote health, independence, and social engagement in older adults

· Ability to create and implement wellness programmes

· Compassion and empathy for the elderly

· Positive “can do” attitude, integrity and team work

We’re growing our Criminal Justice Services and bringing in a range of roles that really matter. This work is about supporting people in the secure estate who have experienced trauma and sexual harm, and making sure support is actually accessible, not just in theory, but in practice.

Our Outspoken service delivers trauma therapy to residents across the secure estate, particularly those who have experienced ACEs or sexual harm. It’s a space focused on safety, trust, and meaningful therapeutic work.

Our Outspoken Navigators are often the first point of connection. They support people in accessing the right help, whether that’s through assessments, regular check-ins, lower-intensity support, or helping them find the right pathway.

Why Join Us?

• a competitive salary.
• annual leave package with incremental rises plus bank holidays.
• company sick pay.
• Birthday annual leave.
• monthly clinical supervision.
• pension contribution.
• and a range of discount and benefit programmes.

At We Are Survivors, we care deeply about making sure male survivors can access support wherever they are. That includes the spaces that are often overlooked.

Legacy Manager - Part Time- 3 days a week

Role Overview
The Talent Set are delighted to partner with a leading charity based in Kent on a fantastic Legacy Manager role. The successful candidate will oversee legacy activities, improve stewardship strategies, and strengthen internal relationships and engagement with legacies. This pivotal role supports meaningful legacy giving, contributing to a substantial income stream.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and develop legacy fundraising activities,
• Maintain and nurture relationships with supporters, supporters’ care teams, legal contacts, and external solicitors.
• Improve stewardship, engagement, and communication to enhance relationships with pledgers
• Collaborate closely with internal teams such as supporter care and finance, as well as external partners, to optimise legacy journey understanding.
• Monitor and report on legacy income
• Assist in ongoing projects to identify and develop new initiatives for increased legacy engagement and outreach.
• Manage governance and legal considerations related to legacy administration and compliance.
• Participate in campaign planning and contribute ideas for future legacy support strategies.

Person Specification

• Proven experience in legacy fundraising within the charity sector.
• Strong understanding of legacy administration.
• Excellent relationship-building skills with supporters, legal professionals, and internal teams.
• Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data and improve supporter journeys.
• Collaborative approach, comfortable working across teams and external partners.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities with a flexible, solution-focused attitude.
• Strong organisational and communication skills, with a keen eye for detail.

What’s on Offer
Salary: £39,266 FTE

1 day a week on site

How to Apply
To apply, please submit your CV demonstrating your suitability for this role by clicking the 'apply now' button (please do not apply via email). We aim to get back to all successful candidates within 48 working hours.

Commitment to Diversity
The Talent Set are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practices, ensuring equal opportunities for all applicants regardless of race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, disability, or age. We actively encourage applications from a wide range of backgrounds and are always happy to make reasonable adjustments to ensure a fair recruitment process.

Carers First is a charity that works directly with, and for unpaid carers, providing personalised information, advice and tailored support making it easier for those caring for someone else to continue living their lives to the fullest.

We have a committed, dedicated staff team and you could be just the person we are looking for to join us to make that valuable difference in carer’s lives. We live and work through our values in all that we achieve by being positive, collaborative and ambitious and we have clear plans to scale our reach, support and impact for carers.

About this role

As a Project Officer, you will play a key role in supporting the planning, delivery, and evaluation of projects that help bring the Carers First Strategy to life—enabling us to reach more carers and improve the support we provide. This role is funded through the National Lottery Reaching Communities Fund as a Fixed Term contract for the life of the project until September 2028.

Working closely with the Project Manager, you will:

• Support the development, coordination, and delivery of projects from initial scoping through to evaluation
• Work in co-production with carers, ensuring their voice shapes everything we do
• Build strong, collaborative relationships with internal teams, partners, and stakeholders
• Facilitate groups, workshops, and discussions to engage carers and colleagues
• Produce high-quality project documentation, communications, and reports
• Support evaluation activity, capturing impact, learning, and outcomes

You will also contribute to identifying new opportunities and projects, staying informed about developments in health, social care, and policy affecting carers.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a forward-thinking, values-driven organisation. You’ll play a vital role in shaping and delivering projects that create real, lasting change for carers, while working in a supportive and collaborative environment.

About you

We are looking for someone who is:

• Passionate about supporting unpaid carers and committed to making a positive impact
• Experienced in supporting or delivering projects, from development through to evaluation
• Skilled in engaging and working collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders
• Confident facilitating discussions and getting the best out of groups
• Highly organised, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines
• An excellent communicator, able to produce clear, engaging reports and materials

An understanding of project management approaches (such as Theory of Change or change management) is desirable, but not essential.

We are looking for passionate people who are committed to the overall aims and objectives of the Charity. Carers First is committed to providing a supportive, vibrant, diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.  

Carers First Can Offer You  

In return for your contribution, we have an amazing package of staff benefits including 26 days annual leave entitlement which increases with length of service, flexible working options, paid carers leave, access to our work-place pension, staff discount scheme, employee assistance programme and a Benenden Healthcare package.  Whatever you are aiming to achieve in your career, we are here to encourage, help and support you grow, through our excellent training and development programmes.

How to apply

To apply for our exciting opportunity and make a real difference to the lives of carers, just visit the Carers First website and click on the ‘Apply Now’ button to begin your application. Appointments are subject to Carers First receiving an appropriate disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service that we consider acceptable.

Interviews

All applications will be assessed upon receipt, and successfully shortlisted candidates will be

invited interview which will be in two parts:

• A presentation delivered to the panel followed by an interview.

Interview date will either be 17 June 2026 or 25 June 2026.

Carers First is an Equal Opportunities Employer

Positive      Collaborative      Ambitious

Join Chipping Barnet Foodbank as our Fundraiser and play a key role in tackling local hardship.

This is an exciting opportunity to help grow community support for Chipping Barnet Foodbank and strengthen the relationships that make our work possible.

We are looking for a warm, proactive, community-focused fundraiser who enjoys building relationships and bringing people together around a shared cause. You’ll work with local businesses, schools, faith groups, community organisations, and individual supporters to help raise vital funds and grow long-term support for the foodbank.

This is a hands-on role with real scope to shape and develop fundraising at the foodbank. Alongside community fundraising and supporter engagement, you’ll help deliver key campaigns such as our Christmas Appeal and contribute to wider fundraising activity where needed.

Chipping Barnet Foodbank provides emergency food and support to people facing hardship across the London Borough of Barnet. But our work goes beyond food. We also help people access advice and support that can improve their situation and reduce the need for crisis support in the future. Our vision is a society where foodbanks are no longer needed.

We are a small, supportive team and offer flexible working, opportunities for training and development, and support through the Trussell network.

We expect interviews to take place during the week commencing 29 June 2026, with an intended start date of 1 September 2026. We welcome applications from candidates who may need to work a notice period.

Please see the full job description for further information about the role and how to apply.

Part Time | Term Time Only | Somerset

We are looking for a friendly, reliable and community-minded PCV-licensed driver to join our Charity of I Can & I Am. We visit schools on board converted double decker buses working with children and young people across the South West in schools within an hour's drive of the Bath area. On board, we run cooking workshops in the specially converted downstairs of the bus and then workshops educating young people on self-belief in the comfortable seating area on the top deck of the bus.

This is a unique and rewarding role combining:

• driving our double decker bus to schools,
• helping support activities on board,
• assisting with setup and coordination,
• and being part of a small, supportive team.

This is not a standard commercial driving role and would particularly suit:

• semi-retired bus or coach drivers,
• drivers seeking better work/life balance,
• or someone looking for meaningful part-time work.

The Role

You will:

• Drive one of the 3 double decker buses safely to locations across the South West
• Support with the cooking and wellbeing workshops delivered on board
• Help with setup and pack down
• Carry out routine vehicle checks
• Work closely with the I Can & I Am team and staff within the schools
• Help create a welcoming and positive environment for young people

Hours

• Part time
• Term time only, approx 2 days per week.
• Weekday daytime hours
• Flexible working pattern depending on charity bookings.

Essential Requirements

• PCV Category D licence
• Driver CPC
• Good driving record
• Comfortable driving a double decker vehicle
• Friendly, calm and dependable manner

Desirable

• Experience working with schools, community organisations or young people
• DBS check (or willingness to obtain one)
• Practical or coordination experience
• Good communication skills

What We Offer

• Meaningful and rewarding work
• Family-friendly hours
• Supportive team culture
• A varied and interesting role
• Opportunity to make a real difference in local communities

Job Types:
Part-time, Permanent

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday - variable days
• Day shifts
• Term time only

Licence/Certification:

• PCV Category D Licence (required)
• Driver CPC (required)

Work Location:
In person across Somerset, West Wiltshire and the Bristol area.

Work Location: In person

About us

The Economist Educational Foundation is a fast-growing charity on a mission to ensure that every child is empowered to think critically and communicate effectively about the world’s most complex current issues. Last year, 10,800 teachers downloaded Topical Talk lessons, reaching 532,000 children in over 86 countries. We are on track to double this number, reaching over 1 million school children by the end of 2026.

Topical Talk helps children join inspiring discussions about the news by providing weekly lessons for classroom discussions, international prizes and teacher training partnerships. Our programme has received international recognition, including from UNESCO and the Global Media and Information Literacy Awards. High-quality graphic design is central to what we do; our teachers love our resources because they are beautifully presented, designed to enhance student learning and to inspire a lifelong curiosity about the world around them. 

The role

We are seeking a creative, agile and ambitious Graphic Designer to lead the visual identity of our flagship educational programme, Topical Talk Headlines.

Working three days a week, this role offers an extraordinary amount of creative freedom. Every week brings a brand-new global news story, and it will be up to you to establish its unique look and feel. From choosing typography and vibrant colour palettes to deciding between illustration and photography, you will have the autonomy to design resources that make complex, intimidating global issues accessible and engaging for young people aged 10-16 around the world.

Reporting to the Director of Programmes and working closely with our experienced in-house Designer, you will be embedded in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. You will partner with our expert team of ex-teacher content creators to brainstorm, iterate and deliver world-class classroom resources on tight, overlapping deadlines. While your primary focus will be Topical Talk Headlines, you will also support wider brand and marketing projects across the charity as time allows. 

Responsibilities

Visual identity and resource creation:

• Own the weekly design of Topical Talk Headlines: translate complex global topics into beautiful, clear and practical learning resources, from worksheets and posters to interactive slides and educational games
• Design for global accessibility: use clear information hierarchy, considered layouts and colour-signposting to support teachers and ensure students, including those learning in a non-native language, can seamlessly navigate nuanced concepts
• Uphold our brand standard: deliver high-quality, polished designs that our teachers expect and that reflect the premium reputation of The Economist Educational Foundation
• Design for modern youth experiences: create contemporary, vibrant visuals that reflect and respect how young people engage with the world
• Source impactful imagery: curate and adapt photography and illustration using stock libraries as a base, applying our specific brand guidelines to pick authentic, non-cliché visuals that resonate with children and enhance global stories

Collaboration and production management:

• Work in tandem with Educational Content Leads: engage in rapid, collaborative feedback loops to edit and refine resources, ensuring perfect alignment between the text and visual design
• Manage overlapping production schedules: stay highly organised across a quick, 2.5-week production cycle from initial brainstorming to final digital publication
• Maintain strict quality control: catch typos, spot alignment issues and make sure layouts stay clean and consistent from page to page

Innovation and process improvement:

• Proactively suggest process improvements: identify new tools, templates or workflows to optimise our internal production and feedback loops
• Champion student engagement: stay curious about modern design trends. Gather visual inspiration to introduce interactive digital formats or fresh aesthetic approaches to our lessons

Skills and behaviours

You are a creative self-starter who is passionate about global current affairs and believes that great design can change how young people understand the world. You possess the following:

• A portfolio of inspiring design: proven experience delivering highly visual layouts that synthesise complex information beautifully and cleanly
• Speed, agility and decisiveness: the ability to work efficiently within a 3-day week, making confident design decisions and implementing editorial feedback rapidly
• Flawless attention to detail: ensuring final resources are completely error-free
• A deeply collaborative spirit: you love brainstorming, co-creating and working side-by-side with content writers to elevate concepts
• Technical mastery: highly proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop) as well as PowerPoint and Google Slides. Comfort using or upskilling in tools like Canva and Vimeo is a plus.

Experience

You have...

• A degree in graphic design, illustration, visual communication or a related discipline – or equivalent professional portfolio experience
• Mid-weight industry experience working in-house, within an agency or as an established freelancer
• Extensive experience designing multi-page documents, slide decks or interactive educational/informational assets
• Experience managing tight, cyclical production deadlines independently

You might also have (desirable but not essential):

• Data visualisation: experience interpreting data to create clear, accurate charts, graphs and infographics
• UX/UI web design: basic experience or an understanding of user experience design to help shape how teachers interact with our resources online
• Video editing/animation: experience creating or editing short-form video and motion graphics, on Premiere Pro, After Effects or Canva

We’re particularly keen for you to apply if you are from a community under-represented in the charity sector or have lived experience of facing extra barriers because of your background. 

This is an exciting new opportunity to shape the future of technology and digital capability across five South West charities. We are seeking an exceptional Regional Chief Technology Officer who is motivated by both challenge and purpose; someone who can harness technology to make a tangible difference to how our faith-based charities support church communities.

Working across Bath & Wells, Bristol, Exeter, Salisbury and Truro, this role offers a rare platform to influence at scale. The successful candidate will lead a region-wide programme of digital transformation and process optimisation, helping modernise systems, strengthen cyber resilience and unlock efficiencies that release resources for mission and ministry.

This is not technology for its own sake. We are looking for someone who combines strategic insight with practical delivery; a leader who can translate complex technical possibilities into real-world improvements for staff, clergy and volunteers. You will play a key role in shaping the responsible adoption of emerging technologies, including AI, while ensuring strong governance, security and compliance.

Please note that, whilst the role will be primarily home-based, the post-holder will be required to travel regularly across the Southwest region, with an onsite presence in each organisation at least once per month.

Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership:

• Develop, articulate, and implement a shared digital transformation and technology strategy that is directly aligned with the overarching mission and strategic goals of the five dioceses.
• Act as the principal technology advisor to the Diocesan Secretaries and their senior leadership teams.

Process Mapping & Optimisation:

• Lead a comprehensive, collaborative review of key administrative and operational processes within the Diocesan Boards of Finance (DBFs) and in parishes where appropriate.
• Use process mapping techniques to identify inefficiencies, bottlenecks, and areas for improvement, and then design and implement optimised workflows.

AI & Responsible Innovation:

• Actively research, evaluate, pilot, and implement appropriate AI and automation tools to enhance efficiency, support fundraising, and improve service delivery.
• Ensure all innovation is undertaken responsibly, ethically, and with a clear focus on tangible benefits.

Stakeholder Management & Engagement:

• Build and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders across all five dioceses, including clergy, staff, and volunteers.
• Foster a culture of digital literacy and champion the benefits of change in a clear, accessible, and empathetic manner.

Project & Change Management:

• Oversee the full lifecycle of technology and process improvement projects, from initial conception and business case development through to delivery, user training, and final handover.
• Employ robust project management methodologies to ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget.

Qualifications, Training & Experience:

• Proven and extensive senior technology leadership experience (e.g., CTO, Head of IT, Director of Digital Transformation) with clear evidence of strategic impact.
• Relevant degree (or equivalent) in a technology-related discipline, with appropriate professional certifications in technology, architecture, project or change management, and membership of a relevant professional body.
• Strong track record in business process mapping, analysis and re-engineering delivering measurable efficiency gains.
• Practical experience evaluating, procuring and implementing modern technology solutions, including cloud platforms (e.g., Microsoft 365), CRM systems and data analytics tools.
• Experience in the charity, non-profit or similarly complex, values-driven sector is highly desirable. Demonstrable experience of, or well-informed and practical interest in, the responsible and ethical application of AI and automation in an organisational context.
• Significant experience in technology strategy, budget management, vendor negotiation and delivery of complex, multi-stakeholder programmes.

Competencies & Behavioural requirements:

• Exceptional communicator and translator: Able to convey complex technical concepts in clear, accessible language and influence a wide range of non-technical stakeholders with confidence.
• Strategic yet pragmatic thinker: Sees the big picture and aligns technology with organisational priorities, while remaining hands-on and focused on practical, value adding solutions.
• Collaborative and emotionally intelligent leader: Builds trust and consensus across diverse stakeholders and cultures, leading change with empathy, credibility and sensitivity.
• Resilient and delivery-focused: Proactive and self-motivated, with the drive and discipline to deliver complex, multi-year programmes and achieve measurable outcomes.
• Culturally astute and values-aware: Demonstrates understanding of, and respect for, the Church of England’s context, governance and ethos, navigating the environment with diplomacy and good judgement.

Our benefits include:

• Generous company pension
• A comprehensive health & wellbeing programme, inlcuding an Employee Assistance Programme 
• Paid volunteering & study leave allowace
• Company events
• Home working

OCD-UK is entering an exciting new chapter as we look ahead to the next phase of our growth. We want to develop, strengthen and future-proof our fundraising income – and that’s where you could come in as our new Fundraising Development Manager.  This is a unique opportunity to lead income generation at a pivotal moment for our charity and to shape how we fund our work in the years ahead, you will expand our ability to generate income from our community fundraisers. 

This will be a challenging but rewarding position within a small friendly and dynamic charity, with clear growth ambitions and a determination to make a real positive impact for children and adults affected by Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.

You will bring ambition, clarity, ideas and organisation to help generate fundraising income. You will lead on all aspects of fundraising for our mass participation event places, with a focus on our London Marathon places for 2027 and beyond. You will also help to develop new income campaign streams for the charity, including building and mobilising a network of fundraisers, to drive individual giving, sponsorship and fundraising activities.

In addition, you will also lead on preparing small grant bid-writing through persuasive communication with high-quality grant writing to unlock new opportunities to secure funding to help bring charity projects and ideas to life. 

This role isn’t just about processing fundraising applications and writing funding bids from behind a desk. It’s about being a visible, energetic advocate for the OCD-UK community.  You will champion our work as well as supporting other colleagues in their duties where your time allows.  

This job is all about working with the local third and public sector to engage with local people to create change. To make this happen, the role has three key bits to it:

• listening to what local people want (gathering the insights);
• building a vision for a ‘better way of doing things’ (planning to make change); and
• getting stuck into supporting our clients and wider team to make things happen (doing the stuff we’ve planned).

Each day you’ll be shaping and delivering Capacity’s current and future projects, managing expectations, excitement, and priorities - keeping a smile on your face and a spring in your step. Even on the busiest of days, our Designers and Doers remind themselves why they’re in it, finding the get-up and go to make public services, people services.

Alongside delivery, you’ll contribute to business development, client relationships, and the continued evolution of our Homes and Missions model.

The to-do lists you write and the skillsets you engage will vary hugely, one day you might be working on recruitment strategies for social workers, the next on service design for family early help, and another strategy planning for a primary care team. When job descriptions say ‘no day is the same’ that can often feel twee, at Capacity - it’s a promise.

You’ll spend your time being proactive - delivering on our promises to clients and local people, whilst staying ready to catch any ‘off-project’ work that might need sorting along the way. You’ll support us to get new clients on board but also play a key role in further engaging our existing ones, making sure they continue to feel connected to Capacity and proud to be involved in the work we’re doing.

The projects we deliver are often complex, and things won’t always work out. For that reason, you’ll be open and honest about what’s working, what isn’t and where you might need extra support. If you’re considering this role it’s really important you aren’t afraid of making mistakes or asking for help.

This role exists to help Capacity change how public services work for people, not just deliver projects. You’ll lead exciting work that brings together communities, public services, and partners to create meaningful, equitable change. You will operate at the intersection of discovery, strategy, design, and delivery, holding complexity, shaping direction, and helping others act with confidence in uncertainty.

You’ll be accountable for both what is delivered and how it is delivered: ensuring the work is grounded in lived experience and evidence, co-produced with people and partners, and delivered with integrity, pace, and care. Alongside delivery, you’ll contribute to business development, client relationships, strategic direction, and the continued evolution of our Homes and Missions model.

Our specialist children's practitioners provide child-led play therapy sessions on a weekly basis, usually for 6-16 weeks. Sessions give children the opportunity to process what has happened to them and make sense of the complicated and confusing emotions they may be experiencing.  Our practitioners work from our purpose-designed therapeutic playroom in Colchester or from some of our outreach premises in other areas, using a range of techniques including sand tray, art and imaginative play.

What we expect from our Sessional Counsellors/Play Therapists:

· Support up to eight CARA clients each week

· Maintain and update accurate database records of clients

· Diploma in Counselling or equivalent, with a minimum of 400 counselling hours.

· Certificate in Counselling Children, Play Therapy qualification or equivalent

· Experience of working therapeutically with children with psychological and behavioural problems.

· An understanding of how trauma affects children both physically and emotionally.

· An ability to work creatively to enable children to process their conscious and unconscious emotions.

· An ability to work collaboratively with parents, while protecting children’s confidentiality.

· To liaise with other agencies including social care, Children and Adolescent Mental Health service (CAMHS) and schools, and attend meetings and provide reports, where required.

· Attendance of one CARA Meeting per month and attendance of monthly point of contact meetings.

· Attendance of clinical supervision, provided by a CARA-approved supervisor.

· Attend annual safeguarding training and other relevant training

· An open and non-judgemental attitude.

· Demonstrable understanding of safeguarding, both in relation to children and to vulnerable adults;

· Sessional Counsellors/Play Therapists will be working with clients on behalf of CARA and not on a private basis.  As such, they will be bound by CARA’s processes, policies and procedures.

· Commitment to the feminist ethos of CARA

· Willingness to commit the necessary time to supporting vulnerable clients

· Membership of BACP, UKCP or equivalent professional body

· Abide by BACP’s Ethical Framework for Good Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy

· Owing to the nature of the role, we are only able to take on female candidates

What the Sessional Counsellor/Play Therapist can expect from us:

·Training and support

·Ongoing training opportunities

We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds and those with additional language skills, including BSL.

About CARA

CARA (Centre for Action on Rape and Abuse) works with victims and survivors of sexual violence and child sexual abuse, providing independent, specialist support and promoting and representing their rights and needs. 

CARA is a registered charity working with adults of all genders, young people and children from across mid and north Essex.  We have a head office in Colchester and outreach premises in Braintree, Chelmsford, Clacton-on-Sea, Great Dunmow and Harwich.  We also provide remote services.

CARA seeks to be an inclusive organisation that actively encourages, supports and values diversity amongst both our service-users and our workers.  We wish to create a culture in which discrimination, in all its forms, is recognised and addressed.

You can read more about CARA’s commitment to diversity and inclusion on our website.  We encourage and welcome applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds.

About Synergy East

CARA is part of Synergy East. We work closely with SERICC Rape and Sexual Abuse Specialist Service and Southend-on-Sea Rape Crisis (SOS Rape Crisis) to deliver the contract for the Office for the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex for services for victims and survivors of sexual violence and child sexual abuse across Essex.