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The Role
This is an exciting opportunity for a Technical Administrator to join our organisation. This post is for a Technical Administrator who will play a central role within The Fostering Networks Practice, Learning and Development service taking a lead on the co-ordination, administrative duties and technical online developments. We are going through an exciting period of digital transformation and this post will be integral to our success. The post will have responsibility for the overall co-ordination and oversight of administration for the L&D function, support the facilitation of training courses delivered both virtually and in-person. Support and facilitate the technical operation of online and in person training and events, order and maintain stocks of, publications and other resources and assist the department in the production of reports including gathering relevant information and statistics.
About you
We are looking for a confident and enthusiastic technical administrator with experience of working in a customer-facing role to support the delivery of practice, learning and development across the UK.
With excellent communication skills and a sound understanding of e-Leaning platforms and Microsoft 365, you will use your organisational expertise to provide reliable and comprehensive coordination and administrative support to a busy team. We are looking for someone with experience of the fostering sector.
Full details of the role can be found on our website.
The Fostering Network Benefits
Holiday entitlement up to 30 days per year dependent on location plus bank holidays
Family friendly and fostering friendly employment leave
24 hours per day, 365 days per year Employee Support Helpline
Pension & Life Assurance
Access to a range of high street and online discounts
Closing date: Monday 22th April at 12noon
Interview date: 30th April 2024 (via Teams)
To apply, please click the below apply via our website and email your completed word application form to the email address provided. CVs will not be accepted.
The Fostering Network is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community and especially encourage applications from groups which are under-represented. All applicants are treated equally and selected on the basis of individual merit and ability to meet the requirements of the role.
The Fostering Network is committed to recruiting staff members with lived experience of fostering, care experienced or related experience.
As an organisation we are committed to supporting flexible working. This post is advertised as full-time, but we are open to applications from individuals who would like to work part time as part of job-share arrangement, please indicate on your application.
The Fostering Network is a registered charity in England and Wales 280852 and in Scotland SC039338.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Advocate
After a strong period of growth and additional funding, we now have an opportunity for an experienced Advocate to join team!
You will focus on carrying regular outreach across Leeds, along with working with local partners, services and third sector projects to find Gypsies and Travellers in the Leeds area. Outreach will cover roadside camps, private yards and people in homes.
This role and project represent the first step in working with Gypsies and Travellers in Leeds.
Position: Advocate
Location: Leeds/hybrid (work will include delivering outreach across Leeds)
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week
Salary: £24,829 per annum pro rata
Contract: initial 12-month contract with possibility to extend subject to funding
Benefits: The provision of workplace wellbeing support and activities, hybrid working where the role allows, flexible working and a range of family friendly policies and free parking.
Closing Date: 17th May 2024
The Role
You will be working holistically to support the community with a wide range of needs having a focus on members with complex needs and with families who require educational support. You will be helping members to develop the necessary skills to self-advocate through providing information, signposting and support.
Duties and responsibilities include:
- Advocacy - to provide members with daily accessible and equitable advocacy appointments. Topics may include welfare rights and entitlement, housing rights and support, health and wellbeing including mental health and equalities and justice
- Project and administration management
- Risk Management, to ensure good management within all the work particularly that all activities are risk assessed, safe and inclusive and follow processes and policies
- Partnerships, including building and maintaining a wide network of partner and services in support of advocacy delivery and community development
About You
We are looking for someone with knowledge of relevant legislation and rights, for example in relation to housing, welfare, family, health and equalities
You will have experience of working with:
- Groups or individuals experiencing exclusion and the barriers they face when accessing services
- Vulnerable people
- Safeguarding frameworks – making decisions and sharing information
About the Organisation
You will be joining a vibrant and brave grassroots organisation led by Gypsy and Traveller people in West Yorkshire. This is an established and award-winning civil society organisation with a national profile. Recognised as being innovative, brave and creative. The overall aim of the charity is to improve the quality of life for Gypsies and Travellers through addressing inequalities in homes, health, education, and employment, financial and social inclusion. There are a number of community-facing and strategic projects to achieve aims including advocacy, community development and youth work.
You may also have experience in areas such as Outreach, Community Outreach, Community Outreach Worker, Community Outreach Advocate, Community Outreach Support Worker, Community Outreach Support, Community Advocate, Advocate, Advocacy, Advocacy Worker.
PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as the applications come in. Don’t miss your opportunity, apply now!
Are you passionate about education and ensuring everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their potential? If you’re knowledgeable in the field of digital skills and able to facilitate engaging, in-person sessions for adult learners, we’d love to hear from you!
The adult learning tutor will be based at our thriving office in North Kensington and will have responsibility for working both individually and as part of the Adult Learning team to plan and deliver the Adult Learning programmes.
About Nova
Based in North Kensington since 1983 and serving its poorest wards and those of surrounding London boroughs, Nova works with individuals from marginalised and disadvantaged communities who are looking to develop their potential and achieve a better future for themselves. Nova brings about real and lasting change in people’s lives by addressing every person as an individual and seeking out ways to best support that person to reach their goals. We endeavour to help every person that comes to us who is motivated and committed to improving his or her life.
Reaching 2,000+ people each year, we:
• Develop knowledge, education and confidence
• Connect diverse groups
• Provide opportunities
Our work, operates on 2 levels:
• Grassroots Community Support – including responsive actions (e.g. Grenfell, COVID-19), adult education, IAG, family programme and volunteering
• Wider Reaching Dialogue Events and Influencing – focusing on challenging stigma,
prejudice and inequality – working with individuals, organisations, networks and decision
makers to move through conversation to action
Purpose of role
We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced tutor who will be able to design and deliver high quality learner-centred teaching, learning and assessment experiences to our adult learners. The role will encompass both the development and delivery of Essential Digital Skills, ICT User Skills and Digital Skills for the workplace qualifications at entry level to level 1, supporting and enhancing the lives of people in the local community.
Duties will include:
-- to work as a member of the Adult Education Team, planning and delivering high-quality teaching and learning sessions, workshops, and tutorials in line with the curriculum requirements and the needs of individual learners, ensuring learning objectives are met;
-- to carry out and keep records of initial and diagnostic assessments, identifying areas for improvement, tailoring teaching and learning methods and resources accordingly;
-- to develop differentiated Individual Learning Plans with students, monitor and track learners’ progress, providing regular feedback and strategically addressing areas of weakness;
-- to collect, present and maintain feedback forms, samples of learners’ work, samples of formative and summative assessments, termly figures (progression routes and achievement grids), and end of course reviews;
-- to prepare groups of learners for accredited assessment and non-accredited assessment (RARPA), mark assessments and take part in internal moderation and/or consultation meetings with the line manager;
-- to maintain course files and submit accurate data on attendance and achievement within agreed deadlines;
-- to be familiar with and understand the necessary regulations and legal requirements, including Safeguarding Adults, Equal Opportunities, Health & Safety and Working with Vulnerable Groups;
-- to undertake any task that may be requested from time to time that may be consistent with the nature and scope of this post.
You need to have:
-- the right to work in the UK;
-- level 3 or above subject specialism qualification, such as IT User Skills;
-- a teaching qualification suitable for working in adult learning sector (PTTLS, DTLLS, PGCE or DET);
-- practical work experience in the ICT/digital sector;
-- experience of teaching adult learners, being able to manage mixed groups of learners;
-- experience of planning, monitoring and evaluation of courses;
-- experience of setting differentiated targets, assessing and recording progress, and maintaining course files;
-- understanding of cybersecurity principles and practices to impart essential knowledge to students;
-- awareness of and commitment to the safeguarding and promotion of welfare of vulnerable adults, according to the charity’s ethos;
-- a flexible approach to work and be able to work flexibly throughout the week/over the year by prior agreement.
Please submit your CV and cover letter outlining why you would like to work with us and how your knowledge and experience meets the person specification.
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to a panel interview.
Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.
We will be doing rolling recruitment for this role, so we advise that you submit an application as soon as possible. We will close the recruitment once we have found a successful candidate.
Could you be our next Snow Camp Midlands Programme Manager?
Since 2003, we have been harnessing the power of skiing & snowboarding to break down barriers, broaden horizons and address the biggest social issues facing underserved young people today.
The Programme Manager will deliver a personal development journey to young people using snowsports as the hook to engage those who are less likely to engage with mainstream provision. We do this in partnership with youth projects and youth service providers across the Midlands.
This is a really exciting opportunity to play a key role in Snow Camp’s development in the Midlands. So, if you love working with young people and have solid experience delivering youth programmes, combined with a passion for snowsports – and if you are looking for a challenging and rewarding role working with a committed team of staff at Snow Camp and some amazing young people – this job could be the job for you!
Experience of working successfully with underserved young people in a range of settings will be essential to the post. Furthermore, experience within a snowsports field and passion for supporting young people generally will be a huge advantage!
Project management, logistical skills, relationship management, communication and presentation skills will all make up the job. Along with youth work experience to deliver life-skills or group workshops to motivate young people to work towards meaningful goals – these will all make up the job.
This is a key post requiring at least 2 years’ experience involving the above skills, together with proven project management and budgeting experience.
Job Description: Please download full JD & Personal spec below in the application resource section.
To Apply: Please send your CV and a covering letter telling us why you want to work for Snow Camp and how you meet the requirements of the job above.
Closing Date: Friday 26th April 2024
Interviews: Wednesday 8th May, Snow Camp Midlands Office, Ackers Adventure, Birmingham, B11 2PY.
Salary: £30,250 per annum (this includes a 10% bonus paid annually in July each year)
Please ensure you submit a covering letter telling us why you want to work for Snow Camp and how you meet the requirements of the Midlands Programme Manager job role.
Since 2003, we have been harnessing the power of skiing & snowboarding to break down barriers, broaden horizons & raise aspirations for young people
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
As Complex Needs Practitioner you will engage young people in a variety of interventions, using a person-centred approach, empowering them to reduce risk, increase resilience and achieve positive outcomes.
Birmingham Young People’s Service provides holistic support services for young people 10 to 25 with needs related to alcohol and substance misuse, including those that are affected by a family members alcohol and substance misuse.
All Complex Needs Practitioners are expected to work days, evenings, and weekends across the community and within our multi-agency partnership settings, when required. Which will need a flexible working pattern from the successful candidate. The caseload will include a mixture of community and multi-agency referral pathways including health, social care, education, youth provision, and criminal justice.
As an energetic and confident self-starter, you will have a qualification in health/social care, youth and community work (e.g., NVQ Level 3 or above, Dip SW, Mental Health Nursing, Counselling, Addiction Studies). Alternatively, we will consider candidates with experience of working in the health & social care field, education settings, alcohol, and substance misuse fields with a commitment to complete NVQ Level 3 Health and Social Care.
Experience of liaising with voluntary and statutory agencies and health professionals and engaging effectively with clients in a variety of settings is essential. You will also need a flexible approach, excellent record keeping and report writing skills. We also work on an outreach basis, with a central hub base at our head office.
We have two vacancies available. This is a permanent full-time role requiring the post-holder to work 37 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 we would welcome applications from those with lived experience and/or who are from a BAME background.
Aquarius 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. We know that recovery can look and feel very different to each and every one of us. But we also know that if we provide the right support, at the right time, we can inspire recovery nationwide and that recovery is possible for everyone
Are you looking for a change in career that can offer you flexible working in an interesting purpose driven role?
We’re the Portman Group, the UK’s self-regulatory body for alcohol marketing and we are looking for someone to provide advice and training to the alcohol industry on our marketing rules. We have two Codes of Practice: the Naming, Packaging and Promotion of Alcoholic Drinks and the Alcohol Sponsorship Code. Each Code outlines a set of responsible marketing rules that the alcohol industry must abide by. Our primary purpose as a regulator is to protect those who are vulnerable, particularly those who are under-18.
No previous experience of working in the alcohol industry or marketing regulation is necessary as full training will be provided.
Why you?
We’re interested to hear from candidates who have experience in training, learning and development or stakeholder engagement.
We’re specifically looking for someone who has the ability to speak to groups of people with a personable, informative style whilst teaching delegates the basics of responsible marketing in the alcohol industry. We’re also looking for someone who can provide clear written advice to companies on how products and promotions may be viewed under our Codes of Practice. We’re the only organisation of our kind in the UK which is why we are looking for individuals with transferable skills that we can train up on the specifics of the role.
Why us?
We’re a small organisation with a big mission and we recognise the importance of a work/life balance. We can offer flexibility and understand that this looks different for each candidate. We’re open to considering those who would like part time or compressed hours. At a minimum, we need someone to work three days a week spread across the week but there is scope for four days or a schedule that works around school hours for the right candidate.
Our office is based in Borough High Street and we currently work Tuesday/Wednesday in the office, with Monday, Thursday and Friday working from home. The nature of this role means that you will sometimes have to travel to deliver a training session in person which you can schedule within your work hours. With the shift to hybrid working, a large amount of our training is delivered virtually online.
You’d be joining an organisation with an important mission where protecting those under-18 plays a significant role in our regulatory work.
Benefits Package
· Salary £38-42k pro rata depending on hours
· Bonus scheme – potential to earn up to additional 8-10% of base salary depending on performance and length of service
· Optional contributory pension scheme (up to 5% of salary)
· Can be part time if requested (minimum of 3 days a week but open to flexi hours)
· Flexible working split typically between London Bridge office and working from home (for the right candidate we are open to discussing working from home with occasional travel for team days)
· 28 days annual leave per annum (pro rata) plus Christmas office closure
· Private Healthcare
· Season ticket loan.
Details of role
· Deliver training and briefing sessions on the Codes and on alcohol social responsibility. This includes delivering sessions virtually and in person within the UK.
· Responsible for responding accurately and promptly to written requests for advice on product marketing from producers and their agencies alongside other members of the Regulatory Affairs Team.
· To raise standards of responsibility in the industry by undertaking proactive trademark searches of newly registered products and providing unsolicited advice where necessary.
· With the support of the team, provide internal and external reporting analysis of advice requests on a monthly basis.
· Monitor product innovations via social media and press publications to identify emerging trends and provide unsolicited advice where necessary.
· Support the team in drafting blogs, newsletters, industry advice pieces and an annual Regulatory Affairs Report.
· Support the team in wider regulatory communications, including distribution of content.
· To support the Regulatory Affairs team more widely by:
o Attending industry events;
o Assisting with the recruitment of new Code Signatories;
o Providing project support as required.
· To be flexibly deployed on any other work as required by the Director of Regulatory Affairs or Chief Executive, taking into account the needs of a small organisation.
Skills, knowledge and experience:
1. Proven experience of presenting, delivering presentations or public speaking to varying levels of stakeholders, this can include teaching;
2. A personable and engaging presenting style;
3. Ability to make sound and consistent judgements;
4. Excellent written and oral communications skills to convey these judgements, with the ability to write clearly, accurately, concisely and appropriately to all correspondents;
5. A persuasive, authoritative manner with the ability to remain calm;
6. Excellent administrative skills and high standards of personal organisation;
7. Competence in use of Microsoft Office;
8. Ability to work on own initiative and be self-motivated as well as enthusiasm for being a team player in a very small organisation with a big mission.
The closing date for applications is 5pm 10 May.
We fulfil the essential self-regulatory role of ensuring the responsible marketing and promotion of alcoholic products to UK consumers.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The main responsibilities of this post, is to design, develop, deliver, prepare and assess training and qualifications on behalf of New Pathways. This might include delivery for volunteers, internal staff and external clients. This post supports the training team to income generate to support the core business of the charity and to train and offer CPD to our staff and volunteers. This post does require some evening and weekend working.
You will share our aims and embody New Pathways’ ethos and values. We are looking for staff who are motivated, enthusiastic, passionate about our work, and who want to make a positive difference to the lives of others.
As well as excellent training and communication skills, you will be someone who likes to work as part of a team, have great organisational skills and good emotional intelligence. You will be committed to delivering the highest quality training that enables volunteers, staff and external clients to reach their full potential.
We believe that our clients deserve the best possible service, and we work hard to achieve this. If you think that you have the skills and qualities that we are looking for, then we would love to hear from you.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Embedded in schools across Leeds
Ref EIM-242
Are you a skilled practitioner, passionate about making a difference to children and young people in school who live in vulnerable contexts? We are looking for an Education Inclusion Mentor to join St Giles, working alongside the SAFE Taskforces, on an exciting new initiative to support young people at Risk of Serious Youth Violence.
This exciting initiative brings together schools and partners to Support young people with challenging behaviour, enabling them to Attend school regularly so they can fulfil their potential and prevent costly poor life outcomes by inspiring them to Exceed their expectations.
About St Giles and the Project
An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes, and the right support they need. Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions, and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others.
St Giles in partnership with Leeds schools and the Area Inclusion Partnership (AIP) and the Leeds Safe Task Force is looking to appoint a team of Education Welfare and Inclusion Mentors to support the delivery of this exciting DfE sponsored programme across the city. Candidates will model values and behaviours to help us to achieve the programme's ambition to support learning and engagement development for our identified cohort of children and young people who live in vulnerable contexts.
About this pivotal role
Have you worked with socially excluded or challenging young people and other vulnerable groups? Do you have personal experience of gangs, knife crime or the other issues they face? Are you able to provide 1:1 mentoring support? Then join us as an Education Inclusion Mentor.
Working as an Education Welfare and Inclusion Mentor you will have relevant experience of successfully engaging and working with children and young people in an inclusive, relational and restorative capacity to secure positive outcomes. You will understand of the needs of vulnerable children and young people, the communities they live in and of how disadvantage can impact on learning and life chances. We would actively encourage interest from candidates who reflect the diverse communities across Leeds.
As part of the team delivering this exciting new intervention, you will need to demonstrate that you have the ability to work flexibly, and at pace to meet appropriate deadlines with independence and be enthusiastic about working with a wide range of professional partners to bring about whole system change.
What we are looking for:
Our successful candidate will be embedded in a secondary school offering intensive one-to-one mentoring to young people who have been identified by their education setting as needing targeted support.
You will work closely with the education setting to prioritise safeguarding and contribute to a shared aim of reducing exclusions, reduce risky behaviour and raise aspirations.
To secure this role:
- You must have a proven track record of engaging positively with young people, young offenders or other vulnerable groups, plus providing support, advocacy, and the ability to assess clients’ needs.
- Want to work in an embedded setting in schools.
- Be able to establish positive and professional relationships with the children, young people, and professionals.
- Be able to build trust and create a safe space for children and young people in which to explore challenging and potentially traumatic issues and topics.
- Have experience of providing 1:1 mentoring to young people.
- Be able to assist with providing monitoring information and the evaluation of the project.
- Be able to represent the organisation externally as required. This includes the ability to embed yourself and work collaboratively with the partner schools and adapting to their culture.
As an organisation that works with children and adults at risk we are committed to safeguarding, protecting, and promoting the safety of our clients and successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced Adult and Child with Child Barred list DBS check.
In return, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, staff pension, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, clinical therapist sessions, life insurance (4 x annual salary), duvet days, season ticket loan, employee perks programme, eye care voucher and much more.
To apply please visit our website via the apply button.
Closing date: 11pm, Friday, 29th April2024. Interview: On a rolling basis
St Giles will guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria set out in the Job Description for the vacancy.
We are an equity and inclusion-confident employer. We welcome all applications and we particularly encourage applications from people of the global majority (black, brown, multi-heritage) and those who identify as disabled, neuroexpansive, neurodiverse, with any protected characteristics and/or social barriers or challenges. We value the empowering and informative impact that all lived experiences and diversity of thought can offer the organisation.
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.
South Wales, based at either Newport, Cardiff or Swansea Office
Ref FWC-241
Are you a proactive, flexible, and target-driven individual with a proven record of working with male adults in the criminal justice system whether in the community or in prisons? Do you have extensive recent experience of providing specialist money and/or welfare benefit advice?
If so, St Giles Trust is looking for a collaborative Financial Wellbeing Coach to join our team, where you will be responsible for the delivery of Finance, Benefit and Debt services to referrals made by Wales Probation Service.
About St Giles Trust
An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes, and the right support they need. Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions, and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others.
About this key role
As our Financial Wellbeing Coach, you will provide person-centred support to a caseload of service users who will either be serving community sentences or have been released from prison. This will involve undertaking assessment and action planning with individual service users and creating a safe and trusting environment, using trauma-informed practice to successfully facilitate a supportive and constructive relationship with service users.
We will also count on you to deliver a range of interventions to service users which contribute towards the achievement of prescribed outcomes, and to work with service users flexibly, meeting and undertaking interventions in a range of locations across a wide geographical area. Developing and maintaining positive working relationships with external agencies and working towards contractual targets and outcomes within agreed timescales and in line with specified quality standards are also vital aspects of the role.
The contract requires clearance through HMPPS vetting.
What we are looking for
• Experience of engaging successfully with challenging people, e.g. those with complex and multiple needs.
• Proven record of working with partner agencies.
• Evidence of training at specialist level in money and/or welfare benefits advice.
• Higher level certificate in money and/or welfare benefit advice from accreditation.
• The ability to assess clients’ needs and provide tailored, client-led support.
• Able to work sensitively with clients applying trauma informed strategies.
• A full driver’s licence and access to a vehicle is desirable.
• Excellent interpersonal, relationship building and communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Welsh language desirable but not a necessity.
In return, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance including 30 days annual leave plus all statutory bank holidays and 2 'duvet days', staff pension, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, 4x Group Life Insurance, season ticket loan, eyecare scheme and much more.
As an equity and inclusive employer, we welcome all applications, but we would particularly welcome applications from Global Majority People (Black, Asian, Brown, Dual Heritage), those living with a disability, those from a neurodiverse group, or have another protected characteristic. We value the positive impact and diversity that your lived experience can bring to our organisation.
As an organisation that works with children and adults at risk we are committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the safety of our clients. Successful applicants must therefore submit an Enhanced Adult Workforce only DBS check.
To apply please visit our website via the apply button.
Closing date: 29 April 2024. 11:45pm
About The King’s Foundation
The King’s Foundation provides holistic solutions to challenges facing the world today. We champion a sustainable approach to how we live our lives and build our communities, we run a diverse programme of education and training for all ages and backgrounds, and we regenerate and care for places where communities thrive and that visitors enjoy.
We work nationally and internationally but at the heart of our organisation is the heritage-led regeneration of the Dumfries House estate and its wider community, where our principles and philosophies are explored and put into practice. The work of The King’s Foundation is inspired by His Majesty’s philosophy of harmony: that by understanding the balance, the order and the relationships between ourselves and the natural world we can create a more sustainable future.
The Role:
The post holder will assist on the development, implementation and delivery of high quality educational experiences including school workshops, short courses, teacher training programmes and public events related to Adventure and Nature Based Outdoor Education.
Our Adventurous and Nature Based offering is currently delivered from The Tamar Manoukian Outdoor Residential Centre on Dumfries House Estate through practical hands-on workshops and events, targeted predominantly at primary and secondary school aged learners. Our offering is being expanded through the Tamar Manoukian Sports Hall. Both centres, alongside our extensive estate grounds, provide workshops that focus on harmony with nature, physical wellbeing, mental wellbeing and opportunity for personal growth and development. The centre’s vision is to ensure there is an understanding between people and planet utilising the importance of green spaces. Due to the holistic nature of our education strategy, the post holder will have the opportunity to work with colleagues, on interdisciplinary programmes, from the wider education team including STEM, Food and Horticulture, Farming and Rural Skills, Hospitality, Textiles and Building Crafts.
Key Tasks
Supporting the Education Manager to ensure the smooth delivery of the King’s Foundation’s education strategy and core TMOC programmes by:
• Delivering Adventurous and Nature Based workshops and activities to a variety of age groups and abilities.
• Designing and evaluating workshops and activities that are in line with the aims and vision of the curriculum area.
• Keeping up to date with current practices and policies in outdoor education and industry, through networking, CPD and personal development.
• Assisting with compiling evidence for annual reports and newsletters for directors, funders and partners.
• Seeking opportunities to build and maintain relationships with industry partners.
Supporting the Education Manager to maintain the education facilities, staff and equipment by:
• Preparing, and maintaining equipment and facilities to a high standard prior to and following education activity, monitoring and requesting stock as appropriate.
• Supporting the Education Manager to ensure the maintenance of the TMOC building is completed, informing relevant King’s Foundation staff when maintenance is required.
• Carrying out, and reviewing risk assessments for TMOC education activities, following procedures for first aid and incident reporting.
• Assisting with mentoring and training fellow instructor team, demonstrating best practice
Contributing to the overall education aims of The King’s Foundation by:
• Furthering the wider education work of The King’s Foundation through contribution to team meetings, joint education activity and events and cross curricular CPD sessions.
• Maintaining familiarity with The King’s Foundation handbook and relevant HR procedures.
• Undertaking any other duties as may reasonably be required of you in the post.
It is in the nature of the work of the King's Foundation that tasks and responsibilities are, in many circumstances, unpredictable and varied. All staff are therefore expected to work in a flexible way when the occasion arises that tasks which are not specifically covered in their Job Description must be undertaken.
Person Specification
Essential Experience and knowledge:
• Minimum three years’ experience working with young people in special education
• Hold a range of National Governing Body qualifications in Archery, Climbing, Forestry School, Experience in wildnerness activities, Bushcraft Award
Essential Qualities:
• Able to represent the King’s Foundation professionally at all times.
• Strong interpersonal, communication and organisational skills.
• Ability to work proactively and flexibly to achieve set objectives
• The ability to work well within a team, maintaining positive relationships with the wider education staff.
Desirable experience, knowledge and qualities are:
• Ensure all outdoor learning activities are compliant with AALA licensing policies and procedure, carrying out daily dynamic risk assessments to ensure the safety of all activities.
• Demonstratable understanding of the value of outdoor learning and associated outcomes.
• Comprehensive understanding and extensive experience in the use of high quality outdoor learning in a range of settings and experience working with groups with a range of different needs.
• Enthusiastic and passionate about nature and the outdoors.
• Experience of planning and implementation of resources and programmes.
• Plan, deliver and review suitable outdoor activity sessions for groups and individuals.
Other:
• The post will be based at Dumfries House, Cumnock Ayrshire. Some travel within the UK may be necessary.
• This post is based on a full time 37.5 hour week linked to the target audience needs.
• Willingness to work occasional weekends or evenings as required for education or wider estate events, with a TOIL system in place.
• You must have the legal right to work in the UK.
• This post is considered to be a regulated activity therefore any offer will be subject to a satisfactory disclosure check with the Disclosure and Barring Service or PVG
Working with communities and partners around the world, we champion a sustainable approach to how we live our lives and build our communities.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About Voice 21
Voice 21 is the national oracy education charity. We exist to empower every child to use their voice for success in school and life. Our work transforms learning and life chances through talk by increasing access to a high-quality oracy education for those that need it most. Follow the links to find out more about why oracy is so vital and the impact Voice 21 has.
Your opportunity
Tackle a vital challenge, with great people. Voice 21 exists to transform childrens’ learning and life chances through talk and we are aiming to be working with 2,000 schools a year by 2025. To reach this goal we recruit great people and give them real responsibility, training and support.
Output focused culture, with flexible working opportunities. We have an agile and flexible approach – our team can work when and wherever works best to deliver the requirements of their role. For staff working at home, we support them to create a workspace and provide technology that enables them to work effectively.
Real development opportunities. We believe in supporting people to develop the skills they need to be excellent – whether this means funding external training, finding a mentor to support them or giving them the time to learn from others in the organisations through our regular CPD sessions. We also offer paid study leave for team members taking part in formal studies outside of work.
Great benefits. 33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays) and additional Christmas closure period. Holiday entitlement increases linked to length of service, 5% employer contribution to pension, interest-free season ticket, cycle and technology loans, employee assistance scheme.
Your purpose
To facilitate the Voice 21 approach in Voice 21 Oracy Schools through leading professional development and school improvement programmes, and by designing and delivering high impact learning experiences and materials for teachers and school leaders.
Your responsibilities
Quality programme delivery
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Lead high quality professional development and school improvement programmes in our Pathway programmes and Open Learning for groups of teachers. These may be delivered in person, online or in school.
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Deliver transformative consultancy support, working with teachers and school leaders to design and implement bespoke improvement plans for their oracy provision, including through in school consultancy support and one-to-one advice.
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Build credibility and purposeful relationships with programme participants, both at programme days and touchpoints, and on an on-going basis to drive impact in our schools.
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Be responsible for participant learning and experience on your programmes, upholding high standards for all elements such as preparation, adapting to participant needs, content and rigour, on-going interactions and support, and participant feedback.
Learning content & programme development
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Proactively share insights and learning from the programmes you deliver, proposing and shaping solutions to enable Voice 21 to continually improve its programme offer.
-
Apply and share expertise through varied outputs such as teaching materials, online learning content, resources, written or video outputs. Proactively identify and respond to opportunities or gaps and fulfil briefs or commissions.
-
Contribute to the continual improvement of Voice 21’s programmes, through development and review cycles, based on first-hand learning from our schools, content expertise, programme insights and external research and evidence.
Team and organisational contribution
-
Act as an ambassador for Voice 21’s national oracy expertise, communicating the value and impact of our approach at conferences, events and through publications.
-
Embody and communicate oracy teaching and learning expertise within the organisation, acting as a resource for the wider team and making contributions to organisational priorities, projects, campaigns and events, outputs and publications etc.
-
Continually and proactively develop your own and others’ expertise in Voice 21’s approach to a high quality oracy education, and use this to leverage impact for our schools through tangible learning outputs.
-
Identify and carry out other tasks commensurate to the level and spirit of the role as required.
Your experience
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You are an excellent teacher (primary or secondary).
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You are passionate about teaching and learning, and the role of talk in learning. You have used talk to support learning in your classroom.
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You have experience leading whole-school change and inspiring teachers to embrace new approaches and ideas.
-
You have a knowledge of a range of speaking and listening techniques and contexts for oracy, these could include: debate, dialogic teaching, storytelling, public speaking or communication and language development.
-
You are a strong communicator both when working in a small team and when facilitating learning for large groups of adults.
-
You are flexible, can think on your feet and can bring your own experiences to the work we do.
-
You are highly-organised, look for solutions and can prioritise and manage a varied workload.
-
You are willing to travel nationally on a frequent basis (2-3 days a week) during term time; this will include regular overnight stays.
Application details
We are particularly interested to hear from applicants who live in London/South East of England. Please send your most recent CV and a document answering the questions below with the subject “Programme Lead application”
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Tell us why you want to work at Voice 21. What is it about us and our mission that excites you? (Max. 400 words)
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Making direct reference to the job description, please tell us the three main reasons why you would make an excellent Programme Lead (Max. 400 words).
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Tell us about something you have achieved recently that you are proud of? (Max 200 words)
Closing date: Friday 26th April, 12pm
Interview date: w/c 6th and 13th May
Start date: August/September 2024
Terms: Permanent, subject to successful probation review at 3 months.
Contract: This is a full time post, but we would welcome applications from those looking for 0.8 FTE.
Location: Home-based with frequent national travel, including overnight stays, to work with schools and attend meetings. Applicants must hold a valid UK driving licence and have access to a car they can use for work.
Valuing every voice
Voice 21 believes that every voice should be heard and valued. We are committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and do not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.
We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join Voice 21.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About Voice 21
Voice 21 is the national oracy education charity. We exist to empower every child to use their voice for success in school and life. Our work transforms learning and life chances through talk by increasing access to a high-quality oracy education for those that need it most. Follow the links to find out more about why oracy is so vital and the impact Voice 21 has.
Your opportunity
Tackle a vital challenge, with great people. Voice 21 exists to transform childrens’ learning and life chances through talk and we are aiming to be working with 2,000 schools a year by 2025. To reach this goal we recruit great people and give them real responsibility, training and support.
Output focused culture, with flexible working opportunities. We have an agile and flexible approach – our team can work when and wherever works best to deliver the requirements of their role. For staff working at home, we support them to create a workspace and provide technology that enables them to work effectively.
Real development opportunities. We believe in supporting people to develop the skills they need to be excellent – whether this means funding external training, finding a mentor to support them or giving them the time to learn from others in the organisations through our regular CPD sessions. We also offer paid study leave for team members taking part in formal studies outside of work.
Great benefits. 33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays) and additional Christmas closure period. Holiday entitlement increases linked to length of service, 5% employer contribution to pension, interest-free season ticket, cycle and technology loans, employee assistance scheme.
Your purpose
To facilitate the Voice 21 approach in Voice 21 Oracy Schools through leading professional development and school improvement programmes, and by designing and delivering high impact learning experiences and materials for teachers and school leaders.
Your responsibilities
Quality programme delivery
-
Lead high quality professional development and school improvement programmes in our Pathway programmes and Open Learning for groups of teachers. These may be delivered in person, online or in school.
-
Deliver transformative consultancy support, working with teachers and school leaders to design and implement bespoke improvement plans for their oracy provision, including through in school consultancy support and one-to-one advice.
-
Build credibility and purposeful relationships with programme participants, both at programme days and touchpoints, and on an on-going basis to drive impact in our schools.
-
Be responsible for participant learning and experience on your programmes, upholding high standards for all elements such as preparation, adapting to participant needs, content and rigour, on-going interactions and support, and participant feedback.
Learning content & programme development
-
Proactively share insights and learning from the programmes you deliver, proposing and shaping solutions to enable Voice 21 to continually improve its programme offer.
-
Apply and share expertise through varied outputs such as teaching materials, online learning content, resources, written or video outputs. Proactively identify and respond to opportunities or gaps and fulfil briefs or commissions.
-
Contribute to the continual improvement of Voice 21’s programmes, through development and review cycles, based on first-hand learning from our schools, content expertise, programme insights and external research and evidence.
Team and organisational contribution
-
Act as an ambassador for Voice 21’s national oracy expertise, communicating the value and impact of our approach at conferences, events and through publications.
-
Embody and communicate oracy teaching and learning expertise within the organisation, acting as a resource for the wider team and making contributions to organisational priorities, projects, campaigns and events, outputs and publications etc.
-
Continually and proactively develop your own and others’ expertise in Voice 21’s approach to a high quality oracy education, and use this to leverage impact for our schools through tangible learning outputs.
-
Identify and carry out other tasks commensurate to the level and spirit of the role as required.
Your experience
-
You are an excellent teacher (primary or secondary).
-
You are passionate about teaching and learning, and the role of talk in learning. You have used talk to support learning in your classroom.
-
You have experience leading whole-school change and inspiring teachers to embrace new approaches and ideas.
-
You have a knowledge of a range of speaking and listening techniques and contexts for oracy, these could include: debate, dialogic teaching, storytelling, public speaking or communication and language development.
-
You are a strong communicator both when working in a small team and when facilitating learning for large groups of adults.
-
You are flexible, can think on your feet and can bring your own experiences to the work we do.
-
You are highly-organised, look for solutions and can prioritise and manage a varied workload.
-
You are willing to travel nationally on a frequent basis (2-3 days a week) during term time; this will include regular overnight stays.
Application details
We are particularly interested to hear from applicants who live in the North East of England. Please send your most recent CV and a document answering the questions with the subject “Programme Lead application”
-
Tell us why you want to work at Voice 21. What is it about us and our mission that excites you? (Max. 400 words)
-
Making direct reference to the job description, please tell us the three main reasons why you would make an excellent Programme Lead (Max. 400 words).
-
Tell us about something you have achieved recently that you are proud of? (Max 200 words)
Closing date: Friday 26th April, 12pm
Interview date: w/c 6th and 13th May
Start date: August/September 2024
Terms: Permanent, subject to successful probation review at 3 months.
Contract: This is a full time post, but we would welcome applications from those looking for 0.8 FTE.
Location: We are looking to appoint someone who is based in the North East of England. Home-based with frequent national travel, including overnight stays, to work with schools and attend meetings. Applicants must hold a valid UK driving licence and have access to a car they can use for work.
Valuing every voice
Voice 21 believes that every voice should be heard and valued. We are committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and do not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.
We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join Voice 21.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Baby Friendly Initiative Team
Circa 44,000 per annum
Permanent, part-time, 14 hours per week
Part home and Part office (London) based
UNICEF ensures more of the world’s children are vaccinated, educated and protected than any other organisation. We have done more to influence laws and policies to help protect children than anyone else. We get things done. And we’re not going to stop until the world is a safe place for all our children.
This is a great opportunity to join the UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK) as a Senior Professional Officer in the Baby Friendly Initiative team.
In this role you will be involved in supporting the effective facilitation of the Baby Friendly programme and helping to develop and support new and existing initiatives. We also expect the job holder to be able to take an active role in carrying out assessments of services seeking Baby Friendly accreditation and training. You will also support the National Infant Feeding Network.
You will be a practitioner with experience of leading on the implementation of the
UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative standards in a relevant UK public service and of teaching infant feeding to health professionals. We especially welcome interest from applicants with current midwifery experience or experience in neonatal services.
Act now and visit the website via the apply button to apply online.
Closing date: 2 May 2024.
In return, we offer:
· excellent pay and benefits (including flexible working, generous annual leave and pension, big brand discounts and wellbeing tools)
· outstanding training and learning opportunities and the support to flourish in your role
· impressive open plan office space and facilities on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
· an open culture and workplace with colleagues who share our values, enjoy their work and are motivated to do their utmost for children.
· the opportunity to work in a leading children’s organisation making a difference to children around the world
Our application process: We use a system called "Applied" that anonymises your response and focuses on your actual skills that are relevant to this role. This benefits you because living you a greater chance of expressing your skills in this objective selection process.
We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, and disabled candidates because we would like to increase the representation of these groups at this level at UNICEF UK. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for children.
UNICEF UK promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We make employment decisions by matching business needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
We welcome a conversation about your flexible working requirements, personal growth, and promoting a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.
The successful candidate will be required to apply for a criminal records check. A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working with us. This will depend on the nature of the role and the circumstances of your offences.
We only accept online applications as this saves us money, making more funds available for us to help ensure children’s rights.
If you require support in completing the online form or an application form in an alternative format, please contact the Supporter Care line during office hours.
If you do not hear from us within 14 days of the closing date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note that we only provide feedback to shortlisted candidates.
Registered Charity Nos. 1072612 (England and Wales) SC043677 (Scotland)
Reading Community Learning Centre is a passionate, women-centred independent charity which provides education and support for migrant, refugee and asylum- seeking women from minority ethnic communities who may be unable to access more mainstream services because of the educational, social or cultural barriers they face.
We are looking for a female creche supervisor with a qualification in childcare at Level 3 NVQ, Cache, NNEB or equivalent in Childcare or a similar subject, have a good understanding of OFSTED, Safeguarding and EYFS.
You would be working in a friendly, relaxed, multi-cultural creche with children from 0 – 5 years, helping them to develop socially, intellectually, emotionally and physically, paying particular attention to their language development. The work is sessional and term-time only (three 10-week terms per year). Applicants who can fluently speak a second language preferably in one of the following is desirable; Arabic, Chinese, Bengali, Nepali, Hindi/ Urdu or Pashto or Tigrinya.
MAIN ACTIVITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Following the Early Years Foundation Stage agenda, to plan a programme of purposeful and imaginative child-centred play offering the widest possible range of choices to each child.
- To manage staff so that they can develop and contribute their skills effectively to the care of children in the creche.
- To ensure that a safe and healthy environment exists at all times.
- To ensure that all activities reflect the Centre’s policies on equality of opportunity.
- To keep appropriate records as required by the Centre Manager
- To consult with and inform parents / carers of issues regarding their child, the crèche and other matters of interest to them.
- To plan and manage the training needs of all staff in the crèche.
- Other activities as required from time to time.