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Our ESOL service was established in 2017 and now runs 5 days per week and offers English lessons for resettled refugees and an English Club with an emphasis on learning skills for integration into UK society. We are a growing team of ESOL tutors and childcare professionals providing training to help refugees and their families to resettle in Bedford Borough and Central Bedfordshire.
We are seeking someone who is creative, reflective and able to implement new ideas to continually improve practice and support the management team.This is an important role caring for children, maintaining a high quality, stimulating learning environment.
This role will deputise for creche session leaders in cases of staff sickness or training and will therefore be required to work on either site at short notice in such instances. Candidates must be able to be in either Shefford or Bedford from 9:30-14:30 with notice being given by 8:30am in case of cover need. Access to own vehicle or ability to use public transport/private hire vehicles is therefore essential for this role.
If you have any questions, please do get in touch.
Registered Charity
51 - 100
To tackle homelessness, displacement and social isolation by providing opportunities for people to thrive and have a home.
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Key Responsibilities
To work closely with the Evidence & Advocacy Manager (EAM) to develop and implement a series of impactful evidence and research projects that support our advocacy messaging, as well as internal and external learning for inclusive programmes and advisory work. These projects will build on established workstreams alongside developing new ones to maintain and extend CBM UK’s evidence base.
Disability Evidence, Policy Research and Learning
With EAM support the ongoing CBM UK Research and Evidence workstream, through:
- Translating evidence from our programming countries and projects to produce and contribute to a range of resources to influence FCDO and other stakeholders. Tasks to include managing and maintaining established outputs, such as the CBM UK Project Evidence Briefs and Disability Voices paper series, generating new thematic papers, as well as policy and position papers to enhance effective advocacy submissions, briefing notes, blogs and other messaging on key disability rights issues.
- Working collaboratively within CBM UK and across CBM Global to help develop and to deliver new policy research, drawing on mixed methods and data sources including national and international databases, using qualitative approaches including participatory or citizen generated data, and new empirical work.
- Supporting Programme staff to improve impact and learning practice in CBM UK funded projects, provide technical support for the implementation of programme related research and data collection, including MEAL.
- Providing technical research support into the development of proposals for new grant funded projects, and, where successful, support the management of subsequent research projects.
- Keeping abreast of new research and publications on key themes and priority concerns within the CBM UK Advocacy and Influencing Strategy, taking into consideration sector trends and developments, and ensure this is disseminated to relevant staff within the CBM UK Team.
- Keeping watch on UK policy environment and conducting research and analysis to support CBM UK advocacy messaging on disability and human rights.
Dissemination and Communications
- Maintaining and developing internal knowledge management systems for research and information on disability inclusion and rights, and related areas, to be used by Advocacy, Programmes and Fundraising & Communications teams.
- Ensuring communication plans are developed with CBM UK and Global Federation colleagues for CBM UK evidence outputs.
- Maintaining the Advocacy and Influencing pages of the CBM UK website ensuring rights-based communication and focus to support CBM UK and Global campaigns.
- Liaison with Fundraising & Communications colleagues to amplify media stories, case studies and compelling evidence from country programming for advocacy purposes.
- Participation in and building good relationships with UK-based disability and development networks, including relevant research networks and membership of the BOND Disability and Development Group.
- Supporting the professional publication and printing of CBM UK outputs, for dissemination at advocacy engagements and public events.
Other
- Work with other CBM UK teams to maximise cross fertilisation opportunities and integrated working.
- Help develop a culture of enthusiasm and success, reflecting the ambitions of CBM. Play an active role across CBM, promoting positive working and innovation. Ensure that the values of CBM UK are understood by external partners and always reflected in communications.
- Identify opportunities to initiate and contribute to new initiatives and events, both within CBM UK and externally.
- Provide briefings and analysis for the CEO and other Leadership Team members where appropriate.
- Carry out any other duties as required by the Evidence & Advocacy Manager, Director of Advocacy, and CEO.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
Puropse of Alcohol Recovery Engagement
At our homeless hostel, our Alcohol Recovery and Engagement team deliver high quality, psychologically informed housing and hostel services to vulnerable, single homeless individuals, a number of whom have complex needs. These needs may include mental health issues, brain injury, neurodiversity, substance misuse and/or offending behaviour.
Working alongside the wider team at YMCA Wirral, the Alcohol Engagement Worker will recruit clients at the earliest possible stage, to deliver structured interventions that reduce harm to themselves and support them to access pathways to substance misuse treatment and wider health interventions.
The Alcohol Recovery & Engagement Worker will help individuals begin and sustain their recovery by conducting assessments, creating personalised plans, connecting clients to community resources, and fostering a positive recovery environment. Team members will also support individuals into both abstinence-based and medically assisted forms of recovery to reduce alcohol related harm.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Supporting people through the highs and lows, offering practical help, understanding and encouragement.
- Delivering harm reduction strategies and techniques within the CDE.
- Inspiring change and making a lasting difference in people’s lives.
Specific duties found on our full job description on our Careers Page on YMCA Wirral website.
What We’re Looking For
- A kind heart and a strong sense of empathy.
- Great communication skills to support and encourage others.
- A calm and measured approach to handling challenging situations.
- Personal or professional experience of homelessness, substance misuse or other related issues is desirable but not essential as training will be provided
To apply, please send your application form to our CEO Nanette by the 19th of January. Email found at the end of the application guidance document.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.