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We have an exciting opportunity for Educational Psychologist to cover 12-month maternity leave.
Hours 37.5 hours, Term Time Only (43 weeks worked) job share will be considered.
Salary £57,398 rising to £62,125 with biennial increments (salary already pro-rated to working weeks)
Location Hybrid worker - home, school or office based as necessary. Together Trust Central office is based in Cheadle, Cheshire. You must be able to commute between the Trust services.
Reports to Head of Clinical Services
A fabulous opportunity to provide psychological assessment for pupils attending Together Trust education settings and external schools, this post offers the unique opportunity to join a newly established Psychology Service by working systematically in multi-disciplinary teams, promoting the emotional well-being, learning and skill development of children and young people.
Working collaboratively with teams in school environments you will provide highly specialist psychological consultation and direct assessment, followed by formulation and intervention where appropriate.
Key duties and responsibilities will include:
- Undertake highly specialist psychological assessments and needs analysis with internal and external services supported by the Trust.
- Use applied psychology in working closely with staff from a variety of disciplines, parents/ carers and students to develop supports and interventions that mitigate the barriers to learning experienced by students with Special Educational Needs and Disability.
- Work with the Trust Wide Clinical Psychologist, to contribute to the evaluation, monitoring and development of the service, contributing to research, auditing, and service evaluation.
- Support the development of the Trust’s Assistant Psychologists, and the development and facilitation of training placements for Education Psychologists in training.
- Provide, where necessary, highly specialist psychological reports, for key stakeholders and other practitioners within the wider professional network.
About you:
- Registered with the HCPC you will hold a doctorate in Educational Psychology.
- Be able to demonstrate significant post qualification experience supporting children and young people in education settings.
- Have significant experience of undertaking cognitive and psychological assessments, developing formulations and providing recommendations and support plans.
- Be able to deliver training to raise understanding and ability to support children and young people and raise quality of life.
- Be able to demonstrate significant experience in supporting/providing clinical supervision and ability for reflective practice.
- Have knowledge of current educational systems and of those associated with children and young people with special educational needs.
- Evidence significant experience of working with children or young people with complex needs including learning disabilities and/or autism spectrum conditions and/or with mental health needs.
Why work for us?
- You will be joining a great team of like-minded people.
- 27 days annual leave rising to 30 after 5 years and 33 after 10 years plus bank holidays.
- Occupational sick pay and family friendly policies including enhanced maternity.
- Long service awards including cash gifts and extra holiday.
- Mental Health First Aiders offering support from trained colleagues, and free mental health support through our employee assistance provider Telus Health
Together Trust has committed to paying all staff a significantly higher wage than the government minimum. By officially registering as a Living Wage employer, we are showing our commitment to our employees, now and in the future.
Shortlisting will take place throughout the duration of the advert. We may remove this advert should we find the successful candidate prior to the closing date therefore early applications are encouraged.
This vacancy expires on Tuesday 16th April 2024
We currently do not provide sponsorship, but we welcome applications from those who have the right to work in the UK.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Senior Youth Participation Officer
Fitzrovia Youth in Action is looking for an experienced, passionate and enthusiastic person for our Senior Youth Participation Officer role. If you feel like this is you, we would love to hear from you!
The post holder will coordinate and develop our new young people drop-in programme and additional youth action programmes, aimed at engaging local young people into the work of FYA. The successful candidate will oversee the development and delivery of the drop-in sessions, as well as deliver some youth led social action programmes. The role will include recruiting young people, engaging them in co-producing fun and creative activities and workshops which will take place at the drop-ins, as well as supporting them in planning and delivering the social action programmes.
Typically, sessions will occur Sundays (TBC) and young people from the ages 8 to 18 will attend. We are also planning to start a second drop-in session from September, which is likely to run on a Friday evening.
The post holder will support young people to plan some social action programmes directly, as well as support young people into other youth-led community action programmes at FYA.
Examples of projects include youth-led football tournaments, street parties and festivals and peer education activities.
This is an exciting opportunity for FYA as we are elated to have our first drop-in session at our Warren Centre, as we want to reach as many local young people as possible and provide opportunities of social action and support.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Business Development Manager
Job specification
Reports to: CEO
Location: Maidstone Offices, blended remote working
Hours: Minimum 4 days a week, full time considered.
Salary: £37,000 pro rata
Contract Type: Full time / part time / hybrid / job share will be entertained.
Fixed term 1 year (possibility of extension subject to funding)
About Mid Kent Mind
We believe in recognising people as unique individuals, not as a diagnosis or a label, and that empowerment is key in recovery and maintaining wellbeing. Mid Kent Mind work in the community to promote social inclusion for people who experience mental health problems. We strive to tackle stigma and discrimination through projects that promote a better understanding of mental health. We aim to ensure that the needs of each individual, who experiences a mental health problem, are met with the best possible support and outcome.
About the role
You will scope and track new and existing funding markets across Kent, write proposals and coordinate tender responses. Your key relationships will be with the service users, volunteers and colleagues at Mid Kent Mind and across the Mind network in England and Wales; commissioners, professionals across the wider social care arena; grant making bodies and trusts and funding partners drawn from the communities in which we serve.
Who you are
· You excel in your current field. You have the know-how and determination to demonstrate transferable skills in your application that relate to this role.
· You know about fundraising, grant funding, and income generation.
· You are a “people person”, excelling in building and maintaining meaningful relationships.
· You are an authentic and empathetic communicator with emotional intelligence, and able to speak confidently to individuals, partners and businesses, both face to face and online.
· You are experienced and confident in working within budgets and to targets.
· You have excellent administrative skills, attention to detail and are rigorous in your task management.
· You are proficient, accurate and eloquent in your writing.
What you will offer us
· You may already be at management level and know what it’s like to work in a small, and fast paced organisation.
· You will be familiar with meeting fundraising targets, and the thought of generating income for Mid Kent Mind’s service provision drives you.
· You are confident and seize networking opportunities, representing Mid Kent Mind at conferences, events, and partnership meetings.
· You will be confident with accurate data entry and working with a customer relationship management (CRM) system.
· You are positive and pride yourself on having a willing and ‘can do’ attitude.
· You will be a valued contributor to the management team and wider organisation.
Key responsibilities
· As our Business Development Manager you will be responsible for diversifying revenue streams, seeking grants, contracts, bids, and expanding services in order to ensure the impact and sustainability of the charity.
· You will be creating and implementing an income generation action plan and managing all areas of grant fundraising, including bid writing and tendering.
· Building strong relationships, internally and externally, is crucial to this role.
· You will line manage the Training Development Manager and seek to increase our revenue through training.
· You will be forming partnerships with organisations to enhance reach and resources.
· You will be collaborating closely with existing staff members and will be nurturing external relationships as well as managing a pipeline of opportunities to ensure growth and agility.
· You will be conducting market research to identify growth areas and tendering opportunities.
· You will be writing and presenting proposals and plans, guiding long-term objectives to meet the organisation’s needs.
Review: this job description is subject to periodic review.
Mid Kent Mind will consider any reasonable adjustments required by applicants with a disability (as defined under the Equality Act 2010) who meet the requirements of the post to be invited to interview. We welcome applications from people with transferrable skills and qualities, and people with diverse employment histories and personal backgrounds and applicants with lived experience of mental illness.
Benefits
We’re a charity and we’re here to make a positive difference to lives and communities. You’ll work with a passionate, knowledgeable, and dedicated team with a big heart.
Holidays
Staff receive 25 days annual leave a year, plus Bank Holidays. After 3 years’ service this increases to 28 days annual leave and after 5 years’ service 30 days annual leave (calculated pro rata for part-time staff).
3 days discretionary leave at Christmas
Learning
We’re committed to supporting our staff with learning and professional development, so we offer opportunities for coaching, training and mentoring. Everyone, regardless of role, is offered free Mental Health Awareness and Suicide Prevention training.
Pension
If eligible you’ll be auto enrolled into our pension scheme, and our contribution is based on 3% of your salary.
Employee Assistance Programme
Everyone can access our Employee Assistance Programme. It’s confidential and includes 24/7 telephone advice, and a suite of online tools to help you stay happy and healthy.
Wellbeing Hour
Staff wellbeing is at our heart and all staff are given an hour once per month enabling them to boost their wellbeing.
Working Week
As part of our commitment to wellbeing and to provide a better work life balance, we have recently reduced our working week from 37.5 hours to 35 hours whilst maintaining staff salaries.
Please find attached, or on our website, the job description for the role you are applying for. Please send a current CV of your recent experience and a statement evidencing how you meet the requirements (no more than two sides of A4). Please be sure you have addressed all the bullet points under ‘Who you are’ and ‘What you will offer us’ in the job description.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as the applications come in. Don’t miss your opportunity, apply now!
As Projects Officer: Neighbourhood Food Model you will lead on specific projects within the wider Neighbourhood Food Model. Your role will be to grow collaborations, facilitate groups and workshops, and coordinate action. You will be building alliances with local food growers, chefs, researchers, council officers and residents to build a better local food system in Walworth.
The Walworth Neighbourhood Food Model is an ambitious, long-term approach to tackling the root causes of food insecurity in our neighbourhood. It offers a vision for a network of complementary spaces and initiatives, to build social connection through food, develop local supply chains, and transform the local food economy. This is a key role with a significant level of responsibility, working in a small dynamic team, at a crucial time in the development of this ambitious programme.
Responsible for: Planning, organising, recruiting, facilitating and documenting a range of groups and collaborations that aim to transform Walworth’s food system.
You will need to be dedicated and passionate about neighbourhood food, and able to inspire others. You will need to be adaptable and relish uncertainty, and you will be creative and enjoy problem solving. You will also enjoy bringing some order to things by finding the right level of detail at which to project plan, and find personal satisfaction in being organised with good record keeping.
Contract length: 12 months
Salary: £29,903.50 per year.
Application Deadline: 9am Mon 29th April 2024
Interviews: Week of 6 May 2024
We will be shortlisting and interviewing suitable candidates as soon as applications come in, and encourage you to apply soon.
Location: Pembroke House (SE17 1QR), Walworth Living Room (SE17 2JU) and wider Walworth neighbourhood (SE17)
This role is not suitable for remote-working. The vast majority of the work requires you to be present for in-person meetings, activities, and events in the neighbourhood of Walworth, South London.
Hours of Work: Full time post: 5 days / 35 hrs per week, in person. (Full time availability is preferred, but 0.8 FTE may be considered)
Usual working week is Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm, but this role requires some flexibility to work evenings or weekends to attend community meetings or events.
For a full job description and person specification please refer to to the job role pack below or on our website.
To apply please visit our website and complete the application form.
Located in the heart of Walworth, we strive to empower communities and individuals to create a neighbourhood where everyone can flourish.
Enabling Environment Lead
£350 per day, up to two days per week
Mainly remote working
Consultancy Agreement - Fixed-term contract until 31 March 2027
We are recruiting for an Enabling Environment Lead to work with the Enabling Environments team. The successful candidate will have knowledge and/or experience of working psychosocially with providers and recipients in the Criminal Justice and/or Health and Social Care Sector.
This a role is to support the development of an Enabling Environments (EE) culture in a range of settings. The role of the Enabling Environment Lead is to work closely with providers and recipients in each setting to embed EE principles and values in all aspects of their day-to-day work.
The post holder will be responsible for delivering a programme of knowledge and awareness of Enabling Environment principles and values; working alongside senior management teams, frontline staff, and recipients of the service to develop an enabling culture and then to support them to prepare for an Enabling Environments assessment. The role involves sharing learning across services and supporting members services to evaluate and publicise their achievements. The EE Lead will work with the programme manager to develop a training programme and quality improvement tools that can be adapted for use across other services.
We encourage applicants to visit the Enabling Environments webpage to find out more about the network.
This job reports to the Programme Manager at the Royal College of Psychiatrists. The role will involve travel, but it is expected that the EE Lead will conduct some elements using online platforms. Therefore, a good understanding and familiarity with technology is expected.
The College values a diverse workforce and welcomes applications from all sections of the community, reflecting the population it serves.
We are committed to building and maintaining an inclusive and supportive culture, a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit. We aim to promote a more inclusive environment, which attracts all candidates and signals our commitment to celebrate and promote diversity.
We will provide appropriate reasonable adjustments for candidates who may have a disability.
We only recruit the best and in return for your commitment, the College offers an attractive salary and benefits.
We operate a hybrid working model of on-site and working from home/remote, which helps to ensure a flexible work-life balance.
The Royal College of Psychiatrists is the professional membership body for psychiatrists and promotes excellent care for people with mental illness. It has 19,000 members and engages with government and the media as the leading voice of the UK’s mental health services. The College is a values-based organisation and, in 2019, was named Charity of the Year in the European Diversity Awards.
Closing date: 10am, 2 April 2024
Interviews: 19 April 2024
Student Support Assistant
Are you 18 – 24 and looking to develop your career in a rewarding role? Are you a good communicator that can connect with people? Can you nurture inclusion and belonging?
If you are driven with a passion for raising aspirations, then we want to hear from you!
This is an exciting entry level position to develop your career and support pupils in the process with full training provided.
If you are not in education, training or employment already, then join the team as a School Service Leader and work as part of the UK Year of Service programme.
Position: Student Support Assistant (internal title School Service Leader)
Location: Liverpool locations to be confirmed during the interview process. From Monday to Thursday you will be based in a partner school supporting the programme delivery
Training: Fridays you will be based at the Manchester training centre (M12 6FZ) to support learning and development activities with volunteers (travel costs will be subsidised)
Hours: 35 hours per week, from Monday to Friday.
Remuneration: £21,840 per annum
Duration: Fixed-term for 9 months (15th April - January 2025)
Closing Date: 2nd April 2024
Interview Date: Interviews will take place on a rolling basis, so please apply at your earliest opportunity.
The Role
The purpose of the School Service Leader role is to provide support to pupils in schools with their social and emotional achievement, with a particular focus on key stage 2 in primaries, and key stage 4 in secondaries.
Training will be provided to all successful candidates to ensure you have the skills to support school-based interventions.
Key relationships will include:
- Working closely with a team of 5-7 full-time mentors or other School Service Leaders
- Impact Officers, who you are typically based alongside in school two days a week, providing line management support
- Colleagues, school staff and pupils
Depending on the needs of your school and team, you will:
- Delivering interventions to pupils - The School Service Leaders will focus the first half of their placement on helping KS2 or KS4 pupils get or remain on track, by providing a range of targeted interventions; including delivering behaviour and attendance coaching encouraging pupil engagement and social development to promote a positive learning environment. You will also provide mentoring around attendance and behaviour.
- Maintaining a strong relationship with the school - You will assist the Impact Officer (line manager) to maintain a successful school relationship and ensure prompt and accurate data collection.
- Assisting with the support of Mentors - The second half of the placement will require carrying out the duties outlined in above and also assisting with the management and support of a team of mentors who are volunteering.
This is an amazing opportunity for personal development as a significant proportion of working time will be dedicated to your professional development and career growth. This may involve formal qualifications or informal development, which candidates will be allowed to complete during their working hours.
About You
In order to be considered for this role you must be based in the North West, with the ability to travel daily to Greater Manchester and be aged 18-24 (candidates who turn 25 between March - December 2024 will not be eligible) You must have not been in formal Education, Employment or Training within the last six months.
We are looking for someone who:
- Communicates and connects with others in consistent, positive and meaningful ways
- Holds space that nurtures inclusion and belonging
- Sees positivity in others, and has a passion for raising aspirations
- Shares the reasons behind plans/decisions, and helps in creating understanding and significance
- Collaborates towards a common purpose with a deep sense of ownership
- Effectively prioritises and organises to deliver results
- Seeks out opportunities for self-improvement
- Models authenticity
About the Organisation
This youth social action charity challenges 18 to 25-year-olds to tackle educational inequality through a year of full-time voluntary service. As mentors, tutors and role models in schools, the charity support pupils growing up in some of the most disadvantaged areas of the UK.
Benefits to all employees include:
- Pension: up to 5% pension employer contribution matched after 3 months of employment.
- Holidays: 25 days holiday per year plus one additional day per year after two years of employment, capped at a maximum of 28 day (or the pro rata equivalent for part-time staff).
- Travel: Interest free loan for season ticket or bicycle.
- Volunteering days: All employees can take up to 2 days to volunteer in a mission-aligned charity depending upon length of service.
Other areas of experience may include Volunteer, Volunteering, School, Youth, Support, Education.
Please note this role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of our client.
Student Support Assistant
Are you 18 – 24 and looking to develop your career in a rewarding role? Are you a good communicator that can connect with people? Can you nurture inclusion and belonging?
If you are driven with a passion for raising aspirations, then we want to hear from you!
This is an exciting entry level position to develop your career and support pupils in the process with full training provided.
If you are not in education, training or employment already, then join the team as a School Service Leader and work as part of the UK Year of Service programme.
Position: Student Support Assistant (internal title School Service Leader)
Location: Tameside or South Manchester or another Greater Manchester location. From Monday to Thursday you will be based in our partner school supporting the programme delivery
Training: Fridays you will be based at the Manchester training centre (M12 6FZ) to support learning and development activities with volunteers (travel costs will be subsidised)
Hours: 35 hours per week, from Monday to Friday.
Remuneration: £21,840 per annum
Duration: Fixed-term for 9 months (15th April - January 2025)
Closing Date: 2nd April 2024
Interview Date: Interviews will take place on a rolling basis, so please apply at your earliest opportunity.
The Role
The purpose of the School Service Leader role is to provide support to pupils in schools with their social and emotional achievement, with a particular focus on key stage 2 in primaries, and key stage 4 in secondaries.
Training will be provided to all successful candidates to ensure you have the skills to support school-based interventions.
Key relationships will include:
- Working closely with a team of 5-7 full-time mentors or other School Service Leaders
- Impact Officers, who you are typically based alongside in school two days a week, providing line management support
- Colleagues, school staff and pupils
Depending on the needs of your school and team, you will:
- Delivering interventions to pupils - The School Service Leaders will focus the first half of their placement on helping KS2 or KS4 pupils get or remain on track, by providing a range of targeted interventions; including delivering behaviour and attendance coaching encouraging pupil engagement and social development to promote a positive learning environment. You will also provide mentoring around attendance and behaviour.
- Maintaining a strong relationship with the school - You will assist the Impact Officer (line manager) to maintain a successful school relationship and ensure prompt and accurate data collection.
- Assisting with the support of Mentors - The second half of the placement will require carrying out the duties outlined in above and also assisting with the management and support of a team of mentors who are volunteering.
This is an amazing opportunity for personal development as a significant proportion of working time will be dedicated to your professional development and career growth. This may involve formal qualifications or informal development, which candidates will be allowed to complete during their working hours.
About You
In order to be considered for this role you must be based in the North West, with the ability to travel daily to Greater Manchester and be aged 18-24 (candidates who turn 25 between March - December 2024 will not be eligible) You must have not been in formal Education, Employment or Training within the last six months.
We are looking for someone who:
- Communicates and connects with others in consistent, positive and meaningful ways
- Holds space that nurtures inclusion and belonging
- Sees positivity in others, and has a passion for raising aspirations
- Shares the reasons behind plans/decisions, and helps in creating understanding and significance
- Collaborates towards a common purpose with a deep sense of ownership
- Effectively prioritises and organises to deliver results
- Seeks out opportunities for self-improvement
- Models authenticity
About the Organisation
This youth social action charity challenges 18 to 25-year-olds to tackle educational inequality through a year of full-time voluntary service. As mentors, tutors and role models in schools, the charity support pupils growing up in some of the most disadvantaged areas of the UK.
Benefits to all employees include:
- Pension: up to 5% pension employer contribution matched after 3 months of employment.
- Holidays: 25 days holiday per year plus one additional day per year after two years of employment, capped at a maximum of 28 day (or the pro rata equivalent for part-time staff).
- Travel: Interest free loan for season ticket or bicycle.
- Volunteering days: All employees can take up to 2 days to volunteer in a mission-aligned charity depending upon length of service.
Other areas of experience may include Volunteer, Volunteering, School, Youth, Support, Education.
Please note this role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of our client.