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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.
F2F Fundraising Performance Coach
Salary: £30,000 + Car Cash Allowance
Working Hours: 37 Hours Wednesday to Sunday. Weekend Working.
Location: There are 3 roles to be based in different locations. The locations are East & West Midlands, London or North West & Yorkshire & South East. Please follow the link provided to apply for the role with your desired base location.
Full UK Vaild Driving License Essential
The Canal & River Trust is a charity entrusted with the care of over 2000 miles of canals, rivers, docks and reservoirs in England and Wales. These historic, natural and cultural assets form part of the nation’s strategic and local blue-green infrastructure network, linking urban and rural communities as well as habitats. Our waterways contribute to the health and well-being of local communities and economies, creating attractive and connected places to live, work, volunteer and spend leisure time. They also play an important role in mitigating the impact of climate change and provide valuable habitats and much-needed biodiverse corridors for wildlife.
We are currently recruiting for a F2F Fundraising Performance Coach's. The purpose of this role is to support the delivery of excellent fundraising results and fundraising compliance standards and specifically the delivery of performance improvements in our F2F fundraisers through coaching, training, and continuous development. The role will also involve direct fundraising where you will be expected to meet a personal target.
Key Accountabilities:
- Responsible for coaching the performance of multiple teams in the region that will consist of lone workers, pairs of fundraisers to bigger teams as the income plan increases.
- Responsible for an individual fundraising target and set of KPI’s that include inspiring people to become long-term monthly donors, generating income through contactless one-off donations and acquiring newsletter prospecting sign ups in a range of locations including residential door-to-door, town and city centres, private venues, and events and more commonly on our private land, the canal and river Towpaths.
- Acting as a hands-on fundraiser who leads by example, delivering fundraising income through signing up Friends and generating contactless income whilst demonstrating the Canal & River Trust ‘s values and behaviours.
- Generating income and being present on-site to visit fundraising teams, fundraise with them, cover sickness absence, coach performance, provide training & development of fundraisers, reinforce our culture of health & safety, embed compliance standards.
- Provide phone coaching and in-person coaching of fundraisers to support meeting their targets and KPI’s and in individual cases working with fundraisers to improve their results from their current level of performance to the required standard by equipping them with the technical and psychological training to work to their very best.
- Identify training requirements and deliver on and off field training and coaching to grow income.
- Apply the highest standards of professionalism integrity, work ethic and follow the Trust’s code of conduct consistently the core values of Excellence, Caring, Open, Local, and inclusive.
- Undertake mystery shopping, observations and internal quality control auditing of values, behaviour, and fundraising technique.
- Support and deputise for the Regional F2F Fundraising Manager by providing cover when they are on leave to support the regional strategy of inspiring new supporters and generating income through contactless giving to the F2F Fundraising programme. This includes taking responsibility for the regional fundraising targets and KPI’s.
- Working with our partner recruitment agency to arrange interviews, send out communications to candidates and sit on the interview panel with the aim of recruiting and onboarding new F2F fundraisers into the F2F programme.
- Support the delivery of performance incentives and setting up/editing teams on Evergiving and the rota.
- Provision of daily reports of observations and actions taken, areas of success, results for that day and areas of training and development identified.
- Process all sensitive and data protected information obtained by donors as confidential and in a safe and secure manner in line with the Trust’s GDPR and Security Procedures.
- Carrying out Daily Compliance training, Charity conversation, case for support and storytelling practice and Health and Safety training sessions as per directed by the Regional F2F Fundraising Manager.
- Manages feedback and complaints in a professional manner and follows the complaints process and communicates details to Regional F2F Fundraising Manager so it can be addressed in a timely and efficient manner.
Knowledge, Experience & Skills:
- Driver’s License is essential (requirement for Business insurance)
- Performance management and coaching qualifications are desirable.
- Training qualifications are desirable.
- Knowledge and experience of working within the CIOF, Fundraiser regulator code of practice.
- Significant experience of working in face-to-face fundraising industry.
- Track record of successful individual fundraising and Team leading, meeting performance targets and KPI’s.
- Experience of increasing income through performance coaching of fundraisers.
- Experience of interviewing and recruiting fundraisers.
- Experience of training and developing fundraisers.
- Experience of mystery shopping and leading on delivering performance incentives.
- Ability to work to self-managed targets.
- Ability to be adaptable and flexible to support a geographical region of the network.
- Quick and agile approach to reacting to problems or challenges.
- Confidence to approach the public, storytelling and making an ask for funding.
- Ability to use IT systems, such as an I-pad and contactless devices proficiently.
- Good writing and IT skills to support the analysis of performance management.
DBS
As this role is on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 Exception Order applicants must state the details of any cautions or convictions whether spent or unspent on the self-disclosure section of the application form.
This job involves regulated activity with children and adults at risk as defined by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012. Therefore, a Criminal Record check will be undertaken by the successful candidate prior to employment.
A criminal record is not necessarily a bar to employment with us. HR will advise and decisions made on a case by case basis.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Quality Coordinator
We are looking for a professional and passionate individual that can put the quality of life for the people we support at the heart of everything they do.
· Could you help our teams develop their practice and compliance?
· Could you offer support and assurance to colleagues whilst undertaking audits and supporting with improvements?
· Do you like making sure that our processes work well?
· Could you coach people to find better ways of working?
If you could, then we need you to join Mencap’s Quality team where you can build on the great work we are already doing.
We are currently looking for two Quality Coordinators to join our national team on a full time fixed term contract for 12 months initially. (We are also recruiting for a 6 month FTC - Please apply for this separately if you would also like to be considered)
The Quality Coordinator will work together collaboratively with the Personal Support operational team to provide guidance and coaching so we can provide safe, reliable and stable services, and use Person Centred Practices that deliver Improved Experiences and Outcomes for people.
Working with a focus on audit and improvement, Health and Safety and Practice your work plan will include undertaking agreed independent reviews and audits against the ‘What Matters Most’* standards and regulatory compliance. You will support the development of the quality and practice skills of managers and support workers using coaching and positive role modelling.
It is a challenging role working across the Quality Directorate and you must be willing to travel nationally and to stay away from home on a regular basis (weekly). You will get support with all areas of the work and an in-depth induction.
If you’re ready to make a difference, please get in touch today by providing an up-to-date bespoke CV that demonstrates all your relevant skills and experience.
At Mencap, we value a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we intentionally plan for the success of our colleagues in everything we do. We welcome applications from everyone, so come as you are and join us. Together we are Mencap!
This role will close on 2nd April with interviews taking place on 11th/12th April via Microsoft Teams. If successful at first stage, you will be invited back for a second stage with our inclusion panel the following week.
*What Matters Most is our internal quality framework*
Benefits
As well as knowing that what we do is making a positive difference to people’s lives, you will receive fair pay and have access to a wide range of rewards and benefits as one of our employees.
· 24 days holiday (plus bank holidays) increasing with long service plus the ability to buy up to another 10 days via our HolidayPlus scheme
· Service related sick pay when 6 month probation is completed
· Eligibility to join Mencap Pension Plan where Mencap matches contributions up to 5% on a salary sacrifice basis meaning NI savings. If you don’t join the Plan you start, you will be auto-enrolled after three months with us.
· Membership of Mencap Pension Plan to include up to 3 times salary death in service live cover AND Income Protection of 50% salary to be triggered at 26 weeks of long term sickness
· Loans for debt consolidation, bikes, computers and phones when you have been with us for 6 months
· Interest free season ticket loans
· Discounts and cashback from 3% to 30% at high street shops including major super markets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via Mencap Extras
· Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc.
· Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
· Quarterly award scheme and recognition at every 5 years through our YouRock program
· Access to award winning training and development
*T&C's apply based on contract
About Mencap
We work in partnership with people with a learning disability, and all our services support people to live life as they choose. Everyone wants a purposeful job - to do something meaningful. At Mencap, we can give you that. You will have opportunities to develop as a person, colleague, leader and activist. We want to make you feel inspired to reach your potential.
Our work includes:
· Providing high-quality, flexible services that allow people to live as independently as possible in a place they choose
· Providing advice through our help lines and websites
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You have an excellent understanding of mental health issues, substantial experience of working in a housing and social care environment and the ability to lead a team by example. You’d also like to be part of an organisation that counts on the professionalism, insight, expertise and passion of its staff to inspire individual recovery for the people they work with. Welcome to Richmond Fellowship as a Team Manager.
Princess Court is a 24-hour Mental Health Supported Housing Service that provides a person-centred holistic approach to promote the recovery of the people who live here and help them regain their independence. The individuals entering the service have high-level support and care needs that can include serious mental illness and/or a history of substance misuse.
Our role is to support them, identify and meet their diverse needs and help them on their personalised recovery journey.
This challenging front line role comes with responsibility for the day-to-day management of the service, contracts, staff and building maintenance. As well as ensuring the very best delivery and offering direct employment support to Service Users, you’ll be responsible for promoting the service and managing all referrals. Line managing and provide supervision to front-line staff, providing individual and group support sessions to Service Users, ensuring data entry to MI & reporting systems is accurate and timely, and taking responsibility for the service budget – these are just some aspects of this varied and vital leadership role.
To succeed, you’ll need a proven relevant background that includes experience of managing a caseload of individuals with complex needs and, ideally, an understanding of the CQC Framework. A relevant professional qualification (e.g., CQSW, CIOH, RMN) would be useful too, as would experience of carrying out investigations and writing reports and recommendations and managing a budget. More important however, is your ability to lead, supervise and motivate staff and delegate work appropriately and managing conflicting demands and priorities in a timely manner. A willingness to participate in on call arrangements and a flexible attitude to working hours are essential attributes too, as is tact and diplomacy and a firm but inclusive management style and open and encouraging demeanour.
In return for your skills and enthusiasm, this role comes with some really great benefits and excellent training and development opportunities.
This is a permanent full-time role requiring the post holder to work 37.5 hours per week.
To apply, please visit our website and send a CV and covering letter explaining why you feel you are right for the role.
This is a rolling recruitment process. Candidates will be interviewed as and when they are shortlisted.
We are committed to increasing our diversity and welcome applications from those with Lived Experience.
Richmond Fellowship is part of Recovery Focus, a national group of charities highly experienced in providing specialist support services to individuals and families living with the effects of mental ill health, drug and alcohol use, gambling and domestic violence. From 1st June 2024 Richmond Fellowship will be merging with the mental health charity Humankind to form a single organisation that provides the joined-up mental health, housing and drug and alcohol support we’ve all known has been needed for decades. In October 2024, Humankind will then be renamed to reflect the new, bigger and better organisation.
The primary purpose of this role is to deliver live training workshops as part of our Safer Gambling Training and Worksafe programmes. It will also involve the live facilitation of Lived Experience sessions with our Experts by Experience.
This role gives the postholder the opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of those affected by gambling harms, by educating gambling operator staff and workplace colleagues to be able to better spot the early markers of harm, and to interact in a more effective manner.
A strong facilitator and communicator, you will be able to demonstrate a proven track record. You will confidently learn new content and skills as required and able to deliver exceptional in-person or virtual training to diverse audiences. Being interactive, engaging and able to read the room are essentials for this role. You’ll be curious, and always thinking about how you can improve your delivery and the experience of our customers.
As a self-employed Associate Trainer, acceptance of work offered will be dependent on availability and other commitments. We currently offer between 1-4 days contracted work per month, although we anticipate this will increase.
The postholder will be responsible for assessing and paying their own tax. Payment will be made within 30 days on production of a valid invoice.
Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities
- Deliver engaging and interactive training workshops to a range of organisations (including gambling operators) both in-person and online.
- Facilitate our lived experience sessions with our EbE’s (Experts by Experience) to a range of organisations, both in-person and online.
- Support our EbE’s with wellbeing ‘check-ins’ and follow-up support when required, as part of our training workshop process.
- Maintain our high standards, reputation and relationships associated with each programme.
- Travel to allow for the timely and effective delivery of our in-person training workshops.
- Support learners with the training programme.
- Ensure you are aware of the learners’ needs before delivery and tailor your training style accordingly or inform your line manager.
- Capture any learner data that has not been recorded prior to the training and inform the line manager or co-deliverer about the learners’ attendance.
- Ensure all records are maintained in accordance with GDPR/data protection legislation.
- Communicate with Betknowmore, our partners and customers professionally, timely and courteously.
General
- Adhere to Betknowmore UK’s policies and procedures.
- Demonstrate a commitment to diversity, inclusivity and equal opportunity in working with colleagues and stakeholders with a wide range of perspectives and experiences.
- Be a good team worker, demonstrating enthusiasm and commitment to the organisation, our team and our partners.
- Attend all training as required as part of induction and any ongoing CPD.
Qualifications or Relevant Experience
- Qualification in teaching or training, or extensive relevant experience.
Essential Experience
- Experience of delivering training workshops both online and face-to-face.
- Experience of delivering alone and as a co-facilitator.
- Experience of delivering role-play-based activities in a training workshop environment.
- Experience of delivering skills-based training programmes both online and in-person.
- Experience of delivering externally assured or accredited training programmes (desirable).
Essential Skills & Knowledge
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to present information clearly in an engaging manner.
- Ability to read the room and adjust accordingly.
- Strong administration skills.
- Outstanding understanding of IT applications (MS Word, Excel & PowerPoint especially).
Essential Aptitude
- Supports and champions the vision, mission and values of Betknowmore Global.
- Ability to work flexibly, according to role and service requirements.
- Strong initiative with a practical approach to problem-solving.
- Ability to remain calm and composed, even under pressure.
- Ability to travel where necessary (with occasional evening/weekend travel).
To apply for this role please send your CV along with a maximum 2 page supporting letter outlining why you are the
right person for this role, referring to the job description. You will be required to demonstrate competency at interview.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job Snapshot
This is an exciting opportunity to shape and deliver SocEnv’s ambition to provide and promote pathways into “green jobs”. If you’re a highly organised, keen networker with a good knowledge of HE and/or apprenticeships and skills in research and analysis, read on!
The Opportunity:
The Society for the Environment (SocEnv) is the body responsible for the registration of environmental professionals around the world. Working alongside many key organisations, their aim is to ensure sustainability through environmental professionalism.
This is an exciting opportunity to shape, build and deliver the Society’s aim to provide and promote pathways into “green jobs”. You will be responsible for the Society’s engagement and work with educational settings covering technical, apprenticeship and degree programmes.
About the Role:
As a new role for SocEnv, this is a fantastic opportunity to shape and establish the delivery of the Society’s engagement with training and education providers. Through the development of underpinning vocational and technical pathways to registration, including recognition of education, apprenticeship, and development programmes, you will contribute to the overarching goal of sustainability through environmental professionalism. The successful applicant will deliver the following:
- Manage the development and delivery of the Society’s provider engagement strategy.
- Keep abreast of education and skills developments relevant to the Society’s interests and provide timely briefings for the CEO.
- Create and manage a Skills & Education group with the Society’s Member Bodies.
- Facilitate mapping of SocEnv registrations to green jobs and associated entry routes and career pathways.
- Contribute to the development of standards, processes and guidance.
- Collate and maintain an accessible and up-to-date information hub, including briefing materials on UK and international apprenticeships, vocational and technical education and associated policy – and using this to keep internal and external colleagues informed.
- Draft the Society’s response to consultations on education and skills matters.
- In collaboration with the Employer Engagement Manager, manage the Society’s external education and skills relationships.
- Work with colleagues to support SocEnv’s engagement with external stakeholders including international partners.
- Represent SocEnv at external meetings and build strategic relationships with key partners.
- Act as the Staff lead for relevant committees/working groups as required: producing agendas, papers, reports and minutes, briefing Chairs and members as required, and delivering actions.
- Comply with data protection legislation and act responsibly on matters of data disclosure both internally and to third parties.
Person Specification
Essential:
- Demonstrable knowledge of the HE and/or Apprenticeships sectors, with an awareness of the other key stakeholders in these sectors.
- A keen networker, confident in building and developing effective working relationships internally and externally, including at a senior level.
- An effective and compelling communicator, both in written work and in oral presentation – comfortable using a range of mediums of communication, including virtual platforms.
- A competent researcher, able to analyse information to produce reports suited to a variety of audiences.
- Confident and proactive, able to manage own time effectively and efficiently, prioritising where necessary to meet deadlines with minimal supervision.
- Careful and methodical with data, with an eye for detail.
- Experienced in managing several projects simultaneously.
- A systems-thinker who can identify risks and problems and devise solutions.
- A life-long learner, committed to acquiring, developing and applying specialist knowledge and understanding.
- An effective team player.
- Experienced in use of MS Office applications, especially Word, Excel and Outlook, to be able to produce well-formatted reports and spreadsheets.
Desirable:
- Experienced in working in a regulatory/professional body environment or similar, or in an education support function.
- Educated to degree level or with relevant professional experience.
- Connected to established networks within the education sector.
How to apply
If you wish to apply for this role, please submit a CV and short Covering Letter explaining your motivation for applying and briefly addressing the essential criteria for the role (up to 500 words) via the Change Agents UK Careers Page. We also ask you to complete an optional Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Monitoring form; this does not form any part of the selection process but is used to help us monitor the effectiveness of our policy.
Application Deadline: 10am Monday 15th April 2024
Telephone Interview: w/c 15th April
Interview Date: 30th April 2024
Anticipated Start Date: ASAP
Job offers will be subject to suitable right-to-work and reference checks.
Change Agents UK is committed to reducing inequality, valuing diversity and enabling inclusion. We welcome applications from people from all parts of the community, particularly where there is under-representation. If you need additional support to enable you to complete the application process, please contact us.
About the Society for the Environment:
The Society for the Environment (SocEnv) is the body responsible for the registration of environmental professionals around the world. They are the custodian of the Chartered Environmentalist, Registered Environmental Practitioner and Registered Environmental Technician professional registers, and since 2004 have established a sound platform as the body tasked with championing and registering the expertise of environmental professionals across sectors.
Working under the mandate of our Royal Charter as a partnership of professional bodies (currently 24), they are in a unique position, bringing together a range of disciplines and sectors to reflect the multi-disciplinary practice of environmental professionals. The Society uses this unique position to advance environmental good practice bringing together expert input from our registered environmental professionals and like-minded organisations.
As the climate and environment emergencies continue to develop, they aim to ensure that the decisions being made to effectively adapt to and combat current and future challenges are made by those with the proven competence to do so. This will also require more professionals – with SocEnv aiming to provide and promote pathways into such “green jobs”.
Change Agents UK:
Change Agents UK Trading Ltd works as a non-profit sustainability employment business and agency and is wholly owned by Change Agents UK Charity. Change Agents UK have worked in Sustainability education and employment for 25 years, supporting our partners to create superb opportunities in sustainability, delivering real impact and change and providing training and skills support for our Change Agents on placement.
Benefits:
Annual Leave: 27 days plus 8 bank holidays (pro-rata if p/t or job sharing). Once day added for each year of employment up to five years.
Company Schemes: Up to 5% annual performance bonus
Using Anonymous Recruitment
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Ygam is seeking a proactive, adaptable, creative, resilient individual, who has the ability to work remotely, autonomously and as part of a team. They must have outstanding communication skills, be highly organised, and an excellent team player.
The post holder will be an active member of our programmes team and will work across our portfolio of programmes, particularly focusing on our Parental Engagement Programme.
They will be responsible for regional stakeholder engagement, developing relationships and promoting Ygam training across the UK. They will recruit suitable delegates to workshops, working closely with a range of organisations and families.
They will provide training both face to face and online and will be responsible for the delivery of our assured workshops and promoting the work of Ygam at conferences and events.
They will be able to demonstrate the impact of this work by working with organisations to collate case studies and evidence to support the programmes achievements.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.