Head of Link Work

We are looking for highly motivated individuals with significant professional experience in education, social work, youth and/or play work, counselling or similar. Applicants will be excellent leaders, professional and passionate about providing young people and families with the opportunities and relationships to enable them to flourish  in life.

The Head of Link Work leads and manages the frontline delivery of the WLZ programme in order that children achieve well. There are five key components to the role:

• To manage the Link Work team to deliver a high quality programme consistent with programme design.
• To support and enable the Link Work team to ensure good team health and culture 
• To work collaboratively and relationally with a range of stakeholders to include school leaders, partner organisations, funders, parents, carers and children 
•  To ensure Link Work is delivered in line with WLZ’s Safeguarding Framework and that all aspects of Link Work comply with relevant legislation and safer working practices – e.g. data protection, health and safety
• To work closely with the Head of Impact and Head of Partnerships to ensure alignment of the Link Work team and the WLZ Delivery Partners to the impact mission of the organisation.

To apply, please complete and email your application form, which is also available on our website.

Applications received before 5pm on the 31st January 2020 will be considered. Shortlisted candidates will be notified by 5pm on Monday 3rd February 2020. The first round interviews will take place on the 7th February.

SWR/HIGH/10271

Location: Highland , Closing Date: 31-Jan-2020

Support Worker £9.50 (£9.00 induction rate) Relief Support Workers £9.00. Sleepover Hourly Rate £9.00

Could you be Key?

Working locally, join one of our teams delivering great quality individualised support.

Every day is different in this challenging but rewarding role.

We also offer good terms and conditions as well as excellent training and support.

So if you are creative, flexible and passionate about getting alongside people to achieve the life they want then... you could be Key!
 

Age UK Kensington and Chelsea is seeking experienced care assistants who are available for weekend work, as well as those who are looking for regular weekday work. You will be joining our dedicated At Home Services team who provide a range of support services for adults who are either 55 years and over, or who have physical and learning difficulties. This support may include personal care, respite care, post hospital discharge care and light housework. Please see the Job Description for more detail.

Our aim is to support our service users to stay as independent as possible in their homes, by providing a personalised service to meet their needs. If you are passionate about providing person-centred care and looking for a rewarding role where you will make a real difference to the lives of the people you support, then we would love to hear from you!

Candidates for this role should have a minimum of six months experience and be able to demonstrate that they share our values. Training will be provided.

Age UK K&C are proud to be an accredited Living Wage employer, committed to paying our employees a fair wage that reflects the real cost of living.

Applications: Please send completed applications to:At Home Service, Age UK Kensington & Chelsea, 1 Thorpe Close, London W10 5XL 

Contract and Salary: £10.55 per hour on a zero hours contract.

Closing Date: We are recruiting for this role on an ongoing basis until all vacancies are filled.

This is an exciting opportunity to join an established team working with children and young people with mild to moderate disabilities, delivering a programme of after school café-style groups (8-15 years), Saturday Clubs (15-19 years) and school holiday trips.

You will join an established team working and have responsibility for a dedicated area (Ashford and Shepway), managing an existing caseload and new referrals to the service. You will plan, organise and risk assess group activities that support personal development, and promote independence, community engagement and social activities. We want the young people taking part to have opportunities to try new things, make friends and have fun!

As lead staff, you will work with colleagues and volunteers to deliver sessions, supporting the young people to participate, interact and achieve their goals. It’s expected that you will keep excellent records and keep in regular communication with families to build trusted relationships.

A key aspect of this role is to raise awareness and promote the service so you will attend events, meet with schools and develop wider networks.

This role has a working pattern of Wednesdays - Saturdays and requires the applicant to hold a full driving license and their own car.

Join us and make a difference.

Sense is looking for a Business Development Officer to join our team based at our TouchBase Pears centre in Selly Oak, Birmingham. This is a full time, permanent position, working 37.5 hours per week.

Title: Business Development Officer
Ref: 43998
Location: Selly Oak, Birmingham
Salary: Circa £31,500 per annum
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, full time
Contract type: Permanent

About the role

This is an exciting time to join the Business Development team as we support the growth and retention of the organisation in line with Sense’s new strategy. You will play an important role in ensuring that existing business services are maintained and that contracts are monitored against specified outcomes and objectives. You will ensure that we meet the needs and preferences of local people with complex disabilities.

You will also play a significant part in our tendering process, ensuring quality submissions and ongoing relationships with commissioners, partners and stakeholders.

About you

We are looking for an individual who has:

• Experience of developing new and innovative services and have confidence in influencing at local and Commissioner level.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate with stakeholders at all levels.
• Has the ability to analyse data and make recommendations around improvements to services as well as identifying gaps and potential new business opportunities.
• Persuasive writing skills and strong attention to detail.
• A knowledge of and a passion for the charity and social care sectors.
• Ideally you will have a sound understanding of social care agendas and current practice governance and legislation.

Please see the Job Description below for the full person specification and role responsibilities.

About us

For everyone living with complex disabilities. For everyone who is deafblind. Sense is here to help people communicate and experience the world.

We believe that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential.

Sense has a proven record of offering high quality, pioneering services.

Working at Sense can be incredibly rewarding; we offer the opportunity to work in a large, diverse and successful charity where people can develop their skills, knowledge and careers in a supportive and flexible environment. In addition we have excellent training and development, the opportunity for you to join our Group Personal Pension scheme and a generous annual leave entitlement.

Closing date: Wednesday 22 January 2020
Interview date: Tuesday 28 January 2020

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the apply button to be directed to our website where you can download the job description and complete the application process. 

We would recommend that you read the candidate guidelines and job description (available on our website) before applying. If you are a disabled candidate and require a hard copy pack or a different format for example large print, Braille or audio, further details can be found on our website.

Sense is an Equal Opportunities Employer and is committed to ensuring that all staff are motivated, skilled and rewarded by their work.  Sense is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable children and adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. Therefore, all offers of employment are subject to a number of checks including an enhanced DBS check where appropriate.

No agencies please.

PART-TIME ROLE, 21 HOURS PER WEEK

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Contact a Family is a national charity for families with disabled children. We provide information, advice and support, and bring families together so they can support each other. We campaign to improve their circumstances, and for their right to be included and equal in society.

Your role:

Based in our office in Southall, you will manage our team of 2 staff members to deliver, information, advice and support to families with disabled children in Ealing.

What we are looking for:

You will need a strong understanding of the issues facing families with disabled children, and an empathetic, friendly and organised  approach.  You will be a good listener, able to build positive relationships within our local team and with external partners, as well as be responsible for delivering a bust programme of events, support and outreach.

To Apply:

Press the APPLY NOW button to go to our website and then follow the instructions.

Relevant Person's Representative.    Part Time.... Home based... Flexible Hours.... 

Matrix SDT are seeking to employ an RPR to work with clients in the East of Surrey. 2-3 days per week possibly increasing when demand arises. The post will be home based and on occasion at The Abraham Cowley Unit, St Peter’s Hospital in Chertsey.

Previous advocacy experience or working with those lacking capacity is desirable though not essential for the role. Training will be given.

• Good holiday allowance.

• Small and supportive team.

Location: Southwark, SE5
1 x Permanent and 1 x Fixed Term Contract (12 Months)

Closing Date: Midnight 2nd February 2020
Interviews:  W/C 11th February 2020

Thames Reach is a London-based charity helping homeless and vulnerable people to find decent homes, build supportive relationships and lead fulfilling lives. An opportunity has come up to join Thames Reach’s team of Area Managers. Area Managers oversee a group of services with a similar approach and ethos and play an important role in continually improving the organisation’s services, systems and practice.

As Area Manager, you will work with managers of services to respond to local and organisational developments and maintain effective working relationships with a variety of stakeholders, as well as working closely with senior colleagues to ensure Thames Reach is positioned to respond to changing needs.

We currently have two vacancies covering:

• Prevention, employment and skills.
• Hostel and other accommodation services

Thames Reach is an exciting place to work, the organisation is constantly evolving and the service areas covered by these posts are likely to change over time.

To succeed as Area Manager you will need to demonstrate:

• Expertise in managing and leading staff
• Interest and enthusiasm in remaining well informed in best practice in the homelessness sector and relevant legislative and other changes.
• The ability to interpret financial information to manage large and complex budgets.
• An understanding of what makes services effective and delivering outcomes for people accessing Thames Reach’s services
• The ability to establish and maintain partnerships with many stakeholders, internal and external to the organisation, who are critical to high quality, enhanced and effective service delivery.

This role involves travel to service delivery sites and requires an organised, flexible approach in order to meet the many demands of working across the organisation in a range of services and settings. In doing so, there is consideration of flexible working, a supportive work environment and a team approach to creating ideas and finding solutions.

As well as a great working environment we also offer:

• 6.5% employer & 1.5% employee pension contribution.
• Development opportunities.
• 29 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Reimbursement of the cost of annual eye test
• Season ticket/cycle loan
• Flexible Working
• EAP services

Thames Reach is committed to achieving a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We value, respect, and celebrate diversity. We welcome and encourage applicants from all sections of the community regardless of their history of homelessness, sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, or religious belief.

For more information and to apply, please visit our website.

Birmingham Rathbone is a local charity, which works to enable people with learning disabilities to achieve their full potential. We invite you to join our team of professionals providing an excellent service to clients all over the City.

We have a number of vacancies for full and part-time:

Support Workers 
Full-time posts are for 36.5 hours per week
Part-time posts are typically for between 20 and 30 hours per week. 
Salary range £17,651 - £19,182 p.a. full-time (pro rata for part-time) plus pension and travel costs. 
Training provided.

You will support people with learning disabilities to be able to live as independently as possible.  You will have experience of supported housing and/or care work, learning disabilities, safeguarding, knowledge of welfare benefits, risk and needs assessments, key working, and good domestic and budgeting skills.

Closing date: Midday, Monday 10 February 2020
Interview date: Monday 17 February 2020

To Apply and for More Information:

If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the apply button to be directed to our website where you can download the application pack.

Enhanced Disclosure & Barring (DBS) check will be required.

We are committed to equality of opportunity and invite applications from all sections of the community.

Please do not send CV’s. Only applications forms will be accepted.

No agencies please.

This year, do you want to Help People Turn their Lives Around by enabling them to improve their health, wellbeing and resilience? If so, Developing Health & Independence (DHI) and West of England Rural Network’s (WERN) social prescribing project in Bath and North East Somerset could be the right job for you.  

We are working with Virgin Care and local GPs to provide a new and innovative Social Prescribing Service which will enable people to change their lives by connecting them into community services, groups, activities and other pursuits.

As a social prescriber you will work in a personalised way with a range of people who have different levels of needs. You will develop and maintain and excellent knowledge of what’s out there in the local community and will supervise volunteers.

If you have at least 2 years of working with people who have health or social care needs we would love from you.

How To Apply

Please complete an application form and skills form using the Job Description and Person Specification and email to HR before midday Wednesday 29th January

As a practitioner in the GBV and family support sector, you will provide advocacy, 1-1 support for women & families that is cohesive and respectful to foster a therapeutic approach to providing a cohesive specialist service for African Caribbean heritage women and families who present with complex layering of issues.

The Brent Gateway Services is a new project to deliver preventative social care services and statutory advocacy to Brent residents. The project is a partnership between Age UK HHB, Harrow Mencap and Capable Communities.

As part of the new Brent Gateway Services project, we are delighted to advertise the post for a Carers Support Service Manager. The post is a part-time position for 28 hours per week.

The successful candidate will be required to co-ordinate and develop the Carers Support and Social Isolation Services. With experience of working with and knowledge of the issues faced by carers, you will be able to directly impact the services carers receive.

Core aspects of the role will include:

• Development of the Carers services and Social Isolation services to ensure these are delivered to a high standard in line with funding streams
• Setting and cascading of Brent Gateway Partnership goals and objectives to staff and volunteers
• Ensure staff and volunteers have up-to-date resources relevant to their role

For full details of the role please visit our website: 

Contract type: Full time / Permanent

Reports to: PLCF Quality Assurance and Governance Manager with direct reporting line to the PLCF Senior Safeguarding Lead where required

Location: Premier League Charitable Fund, Brunel Building, 57 North Wharf Road, London, W2 1HQ

Overview

The Premier League Charitable Fund is looking to appoint an experienced safeguarding professional to lead on the charity’s safeguarding provision, ensuring robust arrangements are in place whilst providing support, advice and guidance to the PLCF Board and Executive team.

The Safeguarding Manager will be responsible for the development and review of all PLCF and professional football club community organisations (CCOs) safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring that all relevant statutory and regulatory requirements are met, and that the charity works collaboratively with the Premier League and other football bodies to continuously improve and evaluate the performance and effectiveness of safeguarding provision at CCOs.

Who we are

Established in 2010, the PLCF is one of the biggest sports charities in the world, with an annual budget in excess of £35m. The independent charity supports CCOs in delivering high quality projects and evidences its success to key stakeholders.  

Aligned with the Premier League (PL) Communities strategy, the PLCF is highly ambitious and aims to create positive and lasting sporting, social, health and education outcomes for a wide range of beneficiaries, especially children and young people. The PLCF team supports and inspires impactful work via 92+ CCOs, including those in the PL and English Football League (EFL). In turn, their work directly benefits more than 500,000 individuals at thousands of community venues and schools each year.

The role

• Leading and managing PLCF safeguarding provision ensuring that PLCF has robust arrangements in place, and that practice changes as a result of learning, development and innovation.
• Ensuring that PLCF Board members and senior leaders are provided with effective safeguarding support and advice, and that all relevant statutory and regulatory requirements are met including e-safety, knife crime and gang management, modern slavery and human trafficking.
• Hold responsibility for safeguarding and serious incident reporting policy and procedure development, implementation and review. This will include involvement and awareness at all levels, from the PLCF Board, to effective deployment in the field.
• Develop the PLCF’s Safeguarding Strategy ensuring consistent implementation across all PLCF programmes, events and activities, and advising on internal matters including safer recruitment and risk management.
• Monitor safer recruitment records in line with the organisation’s recruitment policy, ensuring staff, volunteer and contractor records remain current and that disclosures due for renewal or status checks are kept up to date.
• Provide advice and support to CCOs regarding safeguarding concerns, maintaining locally held records relating to any reported poor practice or abuse and liaising with statutory agencies on individual cases where required.
• Identify accessible, relevant and high-quality training and development which will support CCOs with their own safeguarding governance, risk management and organisational capacity.
• Work collaboratively with the PLCF Quality Assurance and Governance team and Premier League to continually improve consistent quality assurance measures to evaluate the performance and effectiveness of CCO safeguarding provision, including the Premier League and PLCF ‘s joint programme of independent audits and checks.
• Review policies, procedures and practices of CCOs, ensuring compliance with the PLCF’s Capability Code of Practice and that all relevant statutory and regulatory requirements are met, providing appropriate support and advice as required.
• Undertake quality assurance and support visits of CCOs to ensure that safeguarding arrangements are of the highest standard and meet the expectations of the PLCF and relevant statutory and regulatory bodies, providing support and advice as required.
• Support the review of CCO project performance and provide improvement recommendations to ensure the safety and welfare of children and adults at risk. Identify and share best practice to support the continuous improvement of safe working practices.
• Ensure all PLCF’s funding grants, tenders, commissioned and direct services and projects are developed, delivered and promoted in line with safeguarding policies, statutory requirements and evidence-based practice.
• Work collaboratively with the PLCF Education and Community Programme Teams to ensure that the safety and welfare of participants, staff and volunteers takes precedence at all PLCF events, overseeing pre-event safeguarding checks and provide on-the-day safeguarding briefings for on-site staff, volunteers and contractors.
• Ensure the PLCF is well linked to other initiatives and organisations working in the same fields through participating in a range of relevant external groups and networks. Keep up to date with current debates within the sports and voluntary sectors, disseminating to relevant audiences, as necessary.
• Liaise with the relevant departments of the Premier League to ensure complementarity and to influence strategy and policy, ensuring there is no duplication of effort asked of CCOs.
• Where appropriate, carry out other duties as may reasonably be required, giving support to other members of the team at busy times.

Requirements for the role

• Experienced safeguarding professional.
• A successful track record of setting safeguarding strategy and driving organisational change.
• Significant experience of effective safeguarding policy, procedure and quality assurance and improvement process implementation.
• Excellent knowledge of relevant statutory and regulatory safeguarding and serious incident reporting requirements.
• Ability to work effectively under own direction and demonstrate effective strategic leadership without close supervision or day to day management.
• Ability to communicate well to a range of audiences, and using different mediums, with written skills to an excellent standard.
• Ability to effectively develop and implement thorough safeguarding practices.
• Project management skills, including the ability to manage a complex network of stakeholders
• Excellent interpersonal, influencing and relationship management skills
• Team player with excellent planning and organisational ability.
• Ability to work effectively under pressure, make sound judgement calls and solve problems
• High level of computer proficiency, particularly with MS Office packages
• Educated to degree standard or equivalent
• Willingness to travel within England and Wales
• Satisfactory enhanced DBS check

Nice-to-haves for the role

• Knowledge of how Club Community Organisations operate as charitable businesses
• Football and sport knowledge / interest

The Premier League Charitable Fund is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. All appointments will be made based on merit.

The closing date for applications is Monday 20 January 2020 with interviews scheduled for Tuesday 4th February 2020.

Closing date: 23 January 2020 at 11.30pm Interviews: w/c 27th January 2020

Do you have proven experience of project or business planning, ideally gained within a Business Development or relevant context? Then join Shelter as a Development Officer and you could soon be playing a key role in helping us to generate additional income and develop new products and services.

A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet millions of people across Britain struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change — with individuals, in communities, across society – and leading the way to a safe home. We need ambitious, best-in-class individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.

About the Role

You’ll be joining a Business Development team that’s focussed on maintaining and growing our services. In practice, this means securing income through bidding for statutory funded contracts, developing new products and services that better meet the needs of our clients and working with, and developing, current services. As a Development Officer, we’ll rely on you to help deliver our Hub income generation and development goals. One day you might be supporting income generation projects, including the completion of tenders, the next, proactively pursuing development opportunities. Producing content for bids, Selection Questionnaires, business cases and cost estimations will be important too. And, when it comes to helping to project manage contract mobilisation/implementation, carrying out research or contributing to wider team projects, again, we’ll count on you.

About you
You’ll need a basic knowledge of public sector commissioning or grant making and experience of, or a keen interest in, playing your part in a business development team. The ability to produce high quality written content for proposals, tenders and written submissions and maintain accurate and current records is essential too. Someone who enjoys working collaboratively, you’re great at building a network of good relationships. What’s more, you respond positively to change and are willing to challenge the status quo and introduce new ideas when appropriate. Proficiency using Microsoft Office applications, including Word and Excel is also required.

We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.

To find out more about the role and the benefits of working for Shelter please visit our website. Apply to be part of our Business Development team and be the change you want to see in society.

Safeguarding is everyone’s business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.

At Shelter, we welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation. We also encourage applications from people, who have been homeless or have been at risk of homelessness. We are facing diverse problems, so need diverse people to tackle them.

Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.