Working across Bury and Bolton and designated outreach as required

Citizens Advice Bury & Bolton is a busy, dynamic and client focused service, with a track record of delivering high quality legal advice. Clients are engaged via a range of advice channels and access points.

The post holder will be required to work across the Bury and Bolton districts, ensuring a dynamic and client focused housing advice service is provided. The successful candidate will hold a caseload of clients, deliver one off pieces of advice/ information through our busy drop-in sessions and engage with clients via telephone. 

Our housing team is busy, often working to tight deadlines for the best interests of our clients. The successful candidate will join our small housing team, primarily funded by Legal Aid. 

Are you:

• An experienced housing adviser?
• Client focused?
• Flexible to ensure client needs are met?
• Able to manage a varied workload, often led by deadlines and emergencies?
• Open to learning and receiving balanced feedback?

If so, we are keen to hear from you!

We will also accept applications from non-experienced candidates, who can demonstrate transferable skills as a trainee.

Salary will be: Experienced starting at £19,819 (dependent upon experience)
Trainee: £17,173 – £19,446.

Interviews are scheduled for 15th June 2020 and will be conducted via video link.

Citizens Advice Wolverhampton is a charity that offers free, impartial and independent advice to over 11,000 people per year, resolving over 28,800 issues to diverse communities across the city.

We have an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic experienced or trainee Debt Adviser to join our well established Money Team. This post will provide a specialist money advice service to clients across the city. 

If you are enthusiastic, committed to making a difference to the lives of others and interested in the post, please visit our website for more information.

We expect to short list and contact candidates about their interview time within two days of the closing date. 

Interviews are likely to take place on 17th June 2020 via remote media applications such as Zoom or Google Meet. Please inform us which interviewing media you are able to access on your application form.

Refuge is the UK’s largest provider of specialist services for victims of all forms of gender-based violence (domestic, sexual, so called ‘honour’ violence, modern slavery and human trafficking, prostitution, forced marriage, stalking and FGM). Every day we support over 6,000 women and children in our national network of services.  These include Independent Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence Advocacy services (IDVAs/ISVAs and IGVAs), community outreach, specialist refuge accommodation, sanctuary services, culturally-specific services and the Freephone 24 Hour National Domestic Abuse Helpline. We advise Government and lobby hard to keep violence against women and girls high on the public agenda. We run award-winning prevention and public education campaigns, manage a busy press office and website, and we are an accredited training provider. We give a voice to the voiceless.

This is an exciting role to support and reach out to young people aged 11 – 17 who have experienced or been effected by gender based violence. You will manage a caseload of around 15 clients, providing one-to-one emotional and practical support.

You will work in partnership with other agencies to secure the best outcomes for your clients and for other survivors of domestic or sexual violence. You will work in partnership with other agencies to deliver presentations and informal training to increase local understanding and improve the coordinated response to gender based violence, especially for young people.

You will have demonstrable experience of providing emotional and practical support within the violence against women and girls sector, preferably working with young people. You will be experienced in advocating in a multi-agency setting to secure positive life outcomes for your clients and to making the service a success.

You will be self-sufficient, assertive and possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills combined with empathy and sensitivity to build and develop supportive relationships with young people. You will maintain professional boundaries and adhere fully to Refuge’s safeguarding policies and procedures.

All candidates must demonstrate a commitment to the feminist values of empowerment and equality which underpin all of our work. Successful applicants will be expected to work within Refuge’s Values and Behaviour Framework and demonstrate these in their everyday work.

Competitive salary offering annual progression within points of the salary grade, 28 days annual leave increasing to 30 days, pension scheme with People’s pension that includes a 6% Employer contribution, comprehensive EAP.

Refuge is proud to be a leader in its field and an employer of choice with leading edge systems for supervision, quality management and development. We offer the first Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF) accredited qualification for our profession. 

Please visit Refuge’s website for further details and other opportunities.

Closing Date: 14th June 2020

This is a full time and fixed term role for 1 year.

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

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

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

We are looking for a person who can engage proactively with diverse members of our community and sensitively draw out their views, working effectively with volunteers and partner organisations to reach as many people as possible. Crucially, they will be able to work flexibly as part of a small and committed team – thus ensuring that the intelligence we gather can have a real impact.

Healthwatch Southwark (HWS) is part of Community Southwark. There is a Healthwatch in every area of England, and an umbrella body - Healthwatch England.

• We provide information and signposting on local health and care services.
• We promote and support the involvement of patients and service users in the design, provision and scrutiny of local health and care services.
• We listen to Southwark residents about their needs, and their experiences of health and social care services.
• We voice the views and concerns of local people in order to make health and social care services better.

In recent years we have worked on a huge range of topics including GP access, young people's sexual health, the NHS Long Term Plan, A&E use, nursing homes, mental health crisis, carers, and the experiences of the LGBTQ+ community.

The postholder will be responsible for delivering Healthwatch Southwark’s outreach work, building awareness and trust among diverse residents of the borough in order to develop a solid base for gathering intelligence. They will engage people in projects to investigate a wide range of different areas of health and social care, and work closely with the Research & Intelligence Officer to deliver these projects. In order to maximise our reach, they will lead on the recruitment, development and retention of volunteers.

They will also lead on the provision of signposting and information on local health and care services to local people, with the support of the team.

We've recently reviewed our strategy and want to bring our outreach, signposting and intelligence functions closer together, really build our reach and connect more with seldom heard communities - so this is a great time to join us. At a moment of huge global and local change, fresh ideas are very welcome!

Healthwatch Southwark is part of a friendly and supportive team at Community Southwark, well-embedded in the local community through our work with a huge range of organisations. The organisation offers flexible working arrangements, generous annual leave (30 days per year plus bank holidays) and other benefits such as tax free bike and childcare salary-sacrifice schemes.

Contract: Until March 2022 with potential for extension, 35 hours per week

Before applying, please be sure that you have the existing right to work in the UK.

To apply: Please visit Healthwatch Southwark's website for more information.

Closing date: end of 28 June 2020

Interviews: We aim to hold interviews in mid July, potentially online - please check back here for updates as the pandemic situation develops.

The IRC Resettlement, Asylum and Integration (RAI) department creates opportunities for refugees and other vulnerable migrants to survive and thrive in the United States and in Europe. 

With a network of 25 offices in 15 U.S. states, RAI serves more than 35,000 individuals each year, among them some 10,000 newly arrived refugees, through a diverse portfolio of programs. In Europe, IRC operates across four countries and provides technical assistance to more than 10 others to ensure that the most vulnerable asylum-seekers and migrants have the necessary support to feel safe and well, get the services they need day to day, and become financially independent from the time they arrive, throughout their journeys, and in their new homes

The Purpose of the Role

As Programme Development Advisor (PDA) you lead and/or support new business development efforts for Resettlement, Asylum and Integration (RAI) programming in Europe and the United States. 

 This includes opportunity tracking and capture planning to proposal development and submission. The PDA will serve in the Capture Manager and Proposal Manager or Proposal Coordinator roles on new business opportunities. The PDA will lead and/or support special internal initiatives aligned with IRC’s business development strategy. The ideal candidate will have a successful track record of working on new business efforts from the European Commission and other governmental/statutory donors in Europe; US Government experience a plus. 

Key Working Relationships

• Reports to Senior Programme Development Adviser with dotted line reporting to Director of Business Development Unit
•  Works closely withRAI officeseniormanagement, technical, and grants staff with regards to business development;
•  Provides expertise and guidance to RAI offices on business development through regular emails and call and periodic travel to office sites;
•  Has regular contact with HQ technical, finance, HR, and other staff involved in business development.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead and assist in the identification, tracking and updating of new business opportunities across a variety of technical sectors, regions, and clients.
• Lead capture planning including facilitating technical brainstorming, competitive landscape analysis and win theme sessions with technical and field staff.
• Coordinate proposal work to include preparing timelines, ensuring the proposal team adheres to deadlines, supporting recruitment, assisting in budget development, ensuring document completion, organizing meetings and compiling notes, and drafting and proofreading proposal sections.
• Work with technical units, RAI offices, and other staff to support conceptualization and design of proposals for new project activities and/or amendments to current projects.
• Manage coordination, communication and inputs from subs or to our primes.
• Identifying partners, consultants, and other proposal development support as needed.
• Write proposal pieces including technical narrative, management plans, past performance, etc.
• Compile inputs from proposal team members, including consultants and partners.
• Ensure responsiveness to and compliance with solicitation documents.
• Provide Quality Assurance/Quality Compliance support on proposals.
• Maintain accurate information in database and assist with conducting analysis of proposal development; and maintain accurate and timely electronic files.
• Work collaboratively on organizational and system improvements; anticipate, identify and proactively solve problems.
• Facilitate internal post-submission debrief sessions to glean lessons learned.

Job title: Adviser

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Responsible to: Ask Us Anything Manager

Location: Elmwood Centre, 277 London Road, Mitcham CR4 3NT, also likely home working arrangements with frequent travel throughout the London Borough of Merton. A driver with access to own car is essential.

This role is funded by a grant from the City Bridge Trust

 Role Purpose:

The role will provide information and advice, including casework, in a wide field of subjects, including welfare benefits, housing, health, community care, and local services, to older adults (65+) across the London Borough of Merton. Despite the rapidly evolving situation due to Covid-19 we anticipate that the role will deliver support face to face at our centre, in client’s homes, on the phone and by email.

Summary of Duties:

1. To respond to enquiries, providing high quality information and advice to older adults across multiple channels including face to face, clinics, home visits and telephone
2. To explore the needs of older people holistically, identifying options and follow up actions
3. To perform benefit checks using our benefits calculation programme
4. To support clients with forms and applications for benefits and other relevant matters such as accessible transport schemes e.g. Blue Badge, Taxicard, Dial-a-Ride
5. To act as the client’s representative where required
6. To complete case records and follow up actions on our confidential database
7. To collect and report monitoring information
8. To work with the Ask Us Anything Manager to support and train volunteers
9. To liaise with external partner agencies in order to promote, develop and deliver the service
10. To deliver outreach work and support events as required

Person specification

Experience

1. At least 2 years’ experience of providing information and advice to the general public. Experience of face to face service delivery is desireable
2. Experience of researching information from written and digital sources
3. Experience of working with statutory (NHS, Local Authority, DWP etc.) & voluntary sector organisations
4. Experience of working in a team

Knowledge

1. Strong knowledge in at least one of the following: housing, health, community care, money and benefits. Knowledge of local services in Merton is useful but not essential
2. Understanding of the challenges faced by older people in accessing advice and information (sensory, cognitive, mobility etc.)
3. Willingness to undertake and update knowledge and skills with training

Skills

1. Strong communication skills with an ability to relate to people at all levels and from a variety of cultural backgrounds and those who may be vulnerable or distressed
2. Ability to work competently across organisational boundaries
3. Ability to organise your own work to ensure that priorities and deadlines are met
4. Strong numeracy skills
5. Ability to write clear, concise, and comprehensive case notes and letters
6. Excellent IT skills particularly Microsoft word, email, Internet, and management database, such as Charity Log
7. Proven ability to function well, and contribute to, teamwork

Other requirements

1. An enhanced criminal records bureau check will be required in this post
2. An ability to undertake home visits for housebound and older people requiring travel across the borough
3. Due to the nature of the role, a driver with own car is essential

Please read the Recruitment Pack for full details.

Be part of the London Borough of Sutton’s new Social Prescribing programme for adults aged 18+.

We are looking for Social Prescribing Link Workers to work with adults in Sutton, supporting them to find lasting solutions to social issues and personal challenges.

Social Prescribing offers patients attending Primary Care (e.g their GP) about non health-related issues, personalised support to set goals, connect with local services, and improve their quality of life. You will be linking patients with relevant activities, services, and support, helping them access longer term assistance where needed, and enabling them to move forward

This service is based at Age UK Sutton as they are the lead contract holder, but is for adults of all ages, and involves extensive partnership work with the voluntary and community sector in Sutton.

You will have some experience in a relevant role, and understand the way health and social needs can interact.  Good communication, research, and record keeping skills are essential. You will have access to training, clinical supervision, and regular support meetings with your peers in the service including specialist nurses, GPs, and other Link Workers.

This is an exciting role working across the London Borough of Sutton, and an opportunity to help to shape a new service in its early stages.

For an informal discussion about the role prior to applying, please contact the recruiting manager, Hilary Dodd - details can be found in the job pack.

Please note that we are also recruiting for a Head of Social Prescribing role to lead the service.

Please note that CVs not accompanied by a supporting statement will not be considered.

Programme Coordinator – Learning from Consortia

London-based role normally

Salary:  £30,922 -£33,396

Role Requirements

An exciting opportunity has emerged to support the start-up of a new programme – Learning from Consortia.  This is a high profile programme supporting the learning from recipients of DFID’s UK Aid Connect funding.  The Programme Coordinator is the key day-to-day person responsible for the successful coordination of the new Learning from Consortia (LfC) programme.

The ideal candidate will be an enthusiastic team player, a confident communicator and be flexible and hard working in a programme start-up environment.  They will bring significant programme or project coordination experience, be able to support partnerships, have Monitoring Evaluation Accountability and Learning (MEAL) expertise, be adaptable to changes in the programme and be passionate about learning from consortia programmes.

Key Role Responsibilities

Programme planning and reporting (40%)

• Support the programme design and planning phase, to ensure all stakeholders are clear on tasks needed and their timelines and how the programme plans relate to overall programme delivery
• Work with the Programme Manager to establish, coordinate and maintain reliable cross-organisational Learning from Consortia programme monitoring, reporting and learning systems and approaches, supporting consistent practice across different teams.

Programme support (50%)

• Work closely with the Programme Manager to ensure the programme is monitored, tasks are clear, meetings are supported and programme documentation is filed appropriately and securely.
• Coordinate peer learning, and discussions on policy and practice in the sector by supporting the convening of relevant working groups for the 14 UK Aid Connect consortia.
• Liaise with programme partners, external consultants and DFID counterparts as needed.
• Coordinate and update external-facing programme content on Bond’s website and Salesforce and support the roll out of digital systems and collaboration tools.

Administrative and Cross-Organisational support (10%)

• Maintain effective liaison with other teams on organisation-wide initiatives, representing the Learning from Consortia programme team internally e.g. at the weekly communication meeting.

At Bond, we are open to discussing the possibility of reduced hours, flexible working, or compressed hours.

Company + Benefits

Bond is the UK network for organisation working in international development.  We unite and support a diverse network of over 400 civil society organisations and allies to help eradicate global poverty, inequality and injustice.

Bond offers a competitive salary and benefits package including:

• Generous Holidays (27 days leave as standard, for all employees. Additional staff privilege days, normally between Christmas and New Year)
• Staff Development days
• Interest free season ticket loan
• 7% pension contributions (staff pay 3.5%)
• Flexible working hours

How to apply

To apply, please submit your CV (maximum 4 pages) and cover letter (maximum 2 pages), addressing the essential areas of the person specification and outlining why you are the right candidate for this role by midnight on 7th June 2020. 

Interviews will be held no later than the week of 8th June 2020.  Bond reserves the right to review applications on a rolling basis before the advertised deadline and proceed with interviews. 

Applicants must have the right to live and work in the UK.

Bond and equal opportunities

Bond values diversity and works to advance equality. We encourage and welcome applicants from all sections of the community. In order to assess and ensure the continued effectiveness of Bond’s Equal Opportunities Policy, all applicants are asked to complete a short questionnaire when applying.

You are not obliged to answer the questions but the more information you supply the more effectively we can monitor our equal opportunity practices. Completion of all questions is voluntary and failure to answer any question(s) will not affect your application in any way.

The information you supply will be treated in confidence and will not be seen by any member of the selection panel responsible for the appointment. The questionnaire will be detached from your CV and cover letter, stored anonymously and used purely to provide statistics for monitoring purposes.

HR Administrator

£22,000 per year

37.5 hours per week

Based in Windsor

We are currently looking to recruit a HR Administrator to join our friendly HR team. With our new Hospice opening later this year in Bray, this is an exciting time to join Thames Hospice as we recruit the additional staff needed to support our expansion plans.

This is a busy role that requires you to manage conflicting administrative priorities, so experience of effectively prioritising your workload is essential alongside high attention to detail and good IT skills, to include databases.

A HR background is not essential as full training will be provided, but you must be able to demonstrate a breadth of administrative skills that will add value to our team.

For an informal discussion about this role, please contact Alison Lindsay, HR Manager.

Closing date: 5pm, Sunday 7 June 2020

Interview date: TBC

This appointment is subject to a Standard Disclosure and Barring Service check.

ROLE: Graduate Finance Trainee

SALARY: Band 4 £25,676 - £27,941*

LOCATION: East Street (Epsom) with occasional visits to Trust Sites in Epsom and Carshalton

SECTOR: Public Sector, Healthcare

HOURS: 37.5 hours per week

TYPE: Full-time, Permanent

*inclusive of HCAS

A career opportunity has arisen for a Graduate Finance Trainee to join Epsom and St. Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust. This role is a training post within the finance department based in management accounts. The trainee will be supported to achieve either a CIMA or ACCA qualification.  Support will include financial support, time off for study and access to a mentor within the department. The Trainee will receive a wide variety of experience, to support them to apply for a substantive post with an NHS Trust on completion of the training scheme.

Overview:

Epsom and St. Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust (ESTH) is a dynamic Trust which offers an extensive range of services, including cancer, pathology, surgery, and gynecology to the population in south west London and north east Surrey. They operate two general hospitals, Epsom Hospital and St. Helier Hospital, and run services from other locations, including Sutton Hospital. They are also part of two innovative integrated care partnerships - Sutton Health and Care and Surrey Downs Health and Care. As teaching hospitals, ESTH plays a key role in the education and training of tomorrow’s doctors, nurses and other health professionals. With nearly 900,000 people coming to the hospitals for care and treatment every year, their 5,000 staff and 500 volunteers work around the clock to keep their busy hospitals running smoothly.

Graduate Finance Trainee Duties and Responsibilities:

The Graduate Finance Trainee reports to the Directorate Finance and Business Manager. Some of the key duties include:

• Ensuring monthly accruals and prepayments are posted and accurate supporting documentation is maintained for these journals.
• Access data from a variety of sources in order to produce variance analysis reports for budget holders and senior managers.
• Supporting the Assistant Director of Finance (Financial Management) in the production of the Finance Report to the Board.
• Responding to queries from Budget Holders and ensuring that budgets are set in accordance with agreed business plans.
• Assisting in the preparation of business plans, business cases and service change proposals, incorporating trend and risk analysis providing support to the decision making process across complex ranges of options.
• Assisting in the production of a monthly forecast of income and expenditure.

Graduate Finance Trainee Person Specification:

The Graduate Finance Trainee should be educated to degree level (2:2 or above) and will have time management, organisation and analytical skills. They will be comfortable using IT and need to be able to demonstrate strong communication and presentation skills.

This is an excellent opportunity to kick-start your career in a world renowned organisation and gain an accountancy qualification (ACCA or CIMA). We are looking for people who are motivated, ambitious and want to work in an environment where they can make a difference.

Epsom and St. Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust’s Values:

Above all ESTH value RESPECT. It helps them to live their behaviours:

• Kind
• Positive
• Professional
• Teamwork

So they can achieve their mission: to deliver great care to every patient, every day. It is important that this person’s values are in line with these expectations and that they are able to communicate well and work with people at all levels of the organisation.

Your salary and benefits:

• Band 4 £25,676 - £27,941(inclusive of HCAS)
• ACCA or CIMA study support
• 27 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays (holiday entitlement raises to 33 days with service)
• Excellent training, learning and development opportunities
• Generous pension scheme (including 20.68% employer contribution and a tiered system of employee contribution depending on your salary from 5% to 14.5%).
• A comprehensive staff health and well-being programme
• Health services discounts (retail, holidays, entertainment and restaurants)
• Season ticket loan and cycle to work scheme

HOW TO APPLY AND CLOSING DATE:

Apply before midnight on Tuesday 2nd June. Early applications are strongly encouraged.

If you would like to find out more information before applying please contact Brooke Cooper at Allen Lane

The Marylebone Project is one of the largest women’s hostels in the UK for women affected by homelessness. Those we support are often affected by substance misuse, unemployment, domestic violence and mental health issues. Whatever their story, we aim for the same ending; self-esteem, employment and independent living. We do this by providing shelter, education and employment opportunities, spiritual space and events in a welcoming and secure environment.

The ideal candidate will have:

• excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to deal sensitively with people
• experience of data entry and finance systems
• good organisational and communication skills 
• the ability to work under pressure

As part of the admin team, this role plays an active part in ensuring the team can deliver the various functions of the department and you therefore may be required to cover for other members of the team in the service assistant role and reception. This successful candidate will need to be a strong team player, who is willing to get stuck in and happy to help where needed.

For more information, please see the job description and person specification. 

Working through a combined approach of programmes and advocacy, the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women helps release the potential of women entrepreneurs in low and middle income countries.

Through our work we support them to grow and start successful micro, small and medium businesses so that they can create better futures for themselves and their families, enable their communities to prosper, contribute to strong economies, and move the world in a whole new direction. Over the 12 years since the Foundation’s inception, we have directly supported over 160,000 women across more than 100 countries, and our ambitions continue to grow.

We’re looking for a skilled communications professional to join our workforce at an interesting, challenging, but extremely rewarding and exciting time as a Senior Communications Officer. The ideal candidate would be a highly motivated individual with strong skills in writing, editing and proofreading, creating engaging communications materials, using social media and other digital platforms professionally, administration, and managing many competing priorities.

You’ll be an important member of the External Affairs team and work closely with our Programmes and Partnerships teams to co-ordinate and support the delivery of a rich, engaging communications plan which promotes our work to a wide range of stakeholders and influences for progress towards closing the gender gap in entrepreneurship.

This is a full time, permanent role at 35 hours per week, with core office hours being 10am to 4pm. We have some flexibility around working hours but this is reviewed case-by-case on an applications basis, at the discretion of the Senior Leadership Team. The Foundation’s workforce are currently all working from home and you will be too until such a time that we can safely return to our Central London office (W1), from where you’ll be based after then.

We have a lively, friendly, passionate and hard-working team, with an international and collaborative culture. This role has a salary of £25,375 per annum, and you’ll be entitled to 28 days of annual leave (which includes 3 that must be taken at Christmas), and other benefits.

To apply, please download the Job Description, and send us the following:

• Covering letter addressing relevant experience for the role (1,000 words max)

• Current CV – no more than two pages

• Two examples of communications materials you have produced or led on, including one written piece, e.g. a blog, press release or news post. This can be a web link or a file attachment

Please send your application, or any questions you may have, to the email address listed.

Apply by midday, 12 June 2020. Interviews will be held via Zoom during the week commencing 15 June 2020. Our current aim is to hold only one round of interviews.

The Foundation is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages candidates of all backgrounds to apply for this position. All applicants should have the right to work in UK. Please let us know if you have any access requirements of which you would like us to be aware during this process.

Due to the large amount of applications we receive, please note that you will only be contacted should we wish to invite you to interview.

Thank you for your interest in the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women. We look forward to receiving your application.

ABOUT US

The Diana Award is proud to be the only charity set up in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales and her belief that young people have the power to change the world. It’s a big mission but there are two things within it that we focus our charity’s efforts on – young people and change.

Throughout all of our programmes and initiatives ‘change’ for and by young people is central. We all play our part to help realise this vision and our team is diverse in its talents and roles. Day-to-day we can be found working out in the community with young people through our anti-bullying and mentoring initiatives, fundraising, managing our valued corporate partners, providing vital HR and communications support, celebrating young people in memory of Princess Diana and plenty more.

We’re not your typical organisation. From the moment that you join The Diana Award, you’re part of our family. Together, we are united by our shared belief that young people can change the world, and, by our values: passion, collaboration, integrity, ambition and unity.

THE ROLE

We are now seeking an experienced, creative and highly motivated Marketing & Communications Coordinator to join our small (but busy) Comms Team, to lead on implementing our marketing and communications strategy for the Anti-Bullying Programme.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Produce and commission content for the Anti-Bullying Programme's communications channels. This would typically include: blogs and articles, newsletters, editorials, infographics, photos and videos

• Identify and work with influencers to help raise awareness of the Anti-Bullying Programme and our work

• Work with programme teams to produce case studies and stories which demonstrate the impact of the Anti-Bullying Programme

• Work with designers (agency and freelance) to coordinate, edit, build, and distribute Anti-Bullying Programme Materials e.g. training guides, slides, online resources

• Help prepare briefings and spokespeople for media interviews and public speaking engagements

• Act as a brand advocate for the organisation, working with colleagues to ensure all assets and communications reflect our brand guidelines

• Assist in the planning and delivery of website upgrade and improvements as required

• Respond and manage enquiries from press and other interested parties

• Monitor, report and analyse results to improve performance, using tools such as Google analytics and others

• Represent the Comms Team at events (e.g. Anti-Bullying Week, Award Ceremonies, fundraising events) as required

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR?

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Excellent writing and presentation skills

• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail

• Creativity, with a flair for copywriting and an eye for design

• Ability to remain calm in a pressured, and changeable environment

• Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative

• Knowledge and understanding of end-to-end campaigns processes from brief to delivery, with experience of working across multiple channels on paid, low-cost and no-cost activity

• Experience writing for a range of audiences and producing persuasive content including press releases, blogs and other public facing content

• Experience of using an e-marketing system, such as MailChimp

• Experience of overseeing an organisation’s website and multiple social media tools such as Hootsuite

• 1-2 years’ experience in a similar role

• Good photography skills with experience producing live social media content - video production skills (desirable)

• Knowledge of the youth sector and its key audiences (desirable)

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

• Commitment to and ability to inspire commitment to The Diana Award’s vision, values and mission

• Personal integrity and credibility

• A ‘can do’ attitude

• Commitment to self-development

• Commitment to keeping up to date with key trends/developments in the sector

• Good judgement

• Driven to achieve great results

• Ability to work well under pressure

• Energetic, flexible, willingness to work outside of ‘normal’ office hours

SAFER RECRUITMENT

The Diana Award is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all. This is a responsibility that is shared by all members of staff the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS or equivalent police check.

Female Support Worker
Location: Lambeth 
Application Deadline: 01 June 2020 
Salary: £10.61 per hour (£20,810.04 per annum)

Are you interested in a career that makes a difference? At Certitude, we are proud of our history of supporting people with complex mental health needs and learning disabilities. We support more than 1,500 people in a diverse range of services across London. We employ more than 1,000 staff and are committed to their development. With Certitude, you have the opportunity to work with incredible people, develop your career and support others to have a good life.

Key to your success will be your ability to build rapport with the people we support, being adaptable and able to develop good relationships with colleagues in each of the services. A strong, positive attitude is essential for this position, along with a willingness to undertake various levels of personal care and manual handling, and to make a difference to the lives of those you support.

We are looking for someone with strong communication skills, especially relating to intensive interaction.

Establishing good relationships with the people you support, you will help people to use a range of person-centred planning tools. Working as part of a team, you will work to a support plan in a fast-paced environment to meet the outcomes and lifestyle choices of the people you support.

Your hours of work will be 37.5 hours on a flexible shift rota – mornings, evenings, weekends and 'sleep-ins’ when needed.

This service is a female only trauma informed service. It is a specialised service that provides support to people in the Lambeth area. The objective of the service is to take people out of restricted environments and provide them with individualised support, so they can step down into lowered supported accommodation. The type of support provided at this service varies from emotional, budgeting, education, employment and training to even areas such as cleaning and cooking. This varies on the individual and the skills that they would like to develop or learn from scratch. Being part of the team, the service has a varied amount of resources which we can tap into such as psychiatrist, psychological and occupation therapist input. Every fortnight staff are involved in reflective practice and workshops run by the psychologist who spends a day each week at the service.

We also have an occupational therapist who spends three days a week at the service. The way this service seems to work is by being forward thinking and working in an asset-based way rather than focusing on people’s histories and past behaviours. We work in such a way so people feel empowered and not judged on their past. If you feel that you would like to make a change and/or positive impact in someone’s life, as well as being part of our wonderful, unique team and service, please do apply. The future is bright for everyone, no matter who they are or what they have been through - this is what we are here to make everyone see and feel.

If you are interested in enriching the lives of the people we support, please select the apply button shown to take a look at the job description and person specification and apply!

Benefits:

- A competitive salary
- A stimulating work environment full of opportunities to learn and develop
- An attractive package of 33 days’ annual leave, pension scheme and access to a 24 hour Employee Assistance counselling
- We will pay for your Enhanced DBS
- Eye care vouchers
- Travel season ticket loan and cycle to work scheme (after 1 year’s service)

All our posts are subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure, as well as a need for full employment history from time of leaving compulsory education and up-to-date employment references. We are committed to equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and we welcome applications from all sections of the community. We guarantee to interview all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the job vacancy and to consider them on their abilities.

* This post is open to female applicants only as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational qualification under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.

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Other organisations may call this role Support Worker, Mental Health Support Worker, Social Worker, Mental Health Worker, Healthcare Assistant, Care Assistant, or Care Worker.