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Join our Finance team and you’ll be working with the existing Finance Office,r and supporting the Finance Manager in handling all our accounting needs.
If you have excellent attention to detail, experience of day-to-day finance procedures, and would like to work with an organisation that champions disabled artists, you could be our new team member.
Unlimited commissions extraordinary work from disabled artists that will change and challenge the world. We support, fund and promote new work by disabled artists, for UK and international audiences. We’re funded by Arts Council England, Arts Council of Wales, British Council, Creative Scotland, and Paul Hamlyn Foundation.
Since 2013 we’ve supported over 521 artists and their work has reached audiences of over five million people. This makes us the largest supporter of disabled artists world-wide. With an intersectional disabled-led team and board, we’re passionate not just about talking about equality and diversity, but actually putting it into action.
This is a permanent, remote working role with a salary of £29,757 per annum, pro rata. We welcome applications for 40 hours full time or 32 hours (0.8 full time equivalent) including breaks. Your responsibilities will include recording transactions, processing invoices, expense claims and grants, administering the charity’s bank accounts, payroll, and audits.
Unlimited is delighted to make reasonable adjustments to existing practices and procedures to meet access requirements and supports all team members to apply to Access to Work to cover relevant costs. Our recruitment pack is available in a variety of formats, including large print, audio, Easy Read, and English, Scottish Gaelic and Welsh languages.
We also love inclusivity and value lived experience in all its forms, so people from the global majority*, who are LGBTQIA+, disabled** and/or from working class or low socio-economic backgrounds are particularly encouraged to apply.
* This includes, but is not limited to, people of Black Caribbean, Black African, South Asian, East Asian, Southeast Asian, West Asian, Arab, Latinx, Jewish, Romany and Irish Traveller heritage.
** This includes but is not limited to, those who define as disabled people, as people with long term health conditions, as deaf, Deaf, neurodivergent or in relation to their health-related access requirements.
People from these groups are still currently under-represented in the arts nationwide, and we’re committed to challenging and changing this.
Unlimited is an arts commissioning body that supports, funds and promotes new work by disabled artists for UK and international audiences.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Department: Governance, Compliance, and Risk Team
Location: Remote working, with travel to Head Office in Aldgate, London on ad-hoc basis
Hours of Work: 37.5 hours per week
Contract: Full-time, permanent
Salary: £32,000 – £35,000 per annum
Closing date: 4th June 2024 at 10.00am
Annual Leave: 33 days (plus eight bank holidays)
Benefits:
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption, and shared parental pay
- Family friendly policies
- 8% employer pension contribution (Aviva) or opportunity to continue NHS Pension
- Free health cashback plan (Medicash) employee cover plus up to four dependent children)
- 24/7 virtual GP access (UK registered), plus access to Best Doctors
- Free confidential employee assistance programme (Health Assured)
- Access to wellbeing app (healthy living tips and Bright TV )
- Flexible working options; including hybrid working, flexible working patterns such as part-time, compressed hours and more*
- Learning and development committed (bespoke training, LinkedIn Learning etc.)
- Employee health and wellbeing committed (menopause friendly, disability confident employer etc.)
Background:
Every three minutes someone in the UK develops dementia; a progressive and complex condition that can be devastating for the whole family. One in two of us will be affected by dementia in our lifetime – either by caring for someone with the condition, developing it ourselves, or both.
Dementia UK is the specialist dementia nursing charity that is there for the whole family. Our specialist nurses, known as Admiral Nurses, provide free, expert advice, support and understanding to help families care for their loved one. Every day, Admiral Nurses help families up and down the country to have the best life possible for as long as possible.
Purpose of the job/About the role
Join Dementia UK as a Governance Officer, where you will provide comprehensive, efficient, and high-quality administrative support for risk, compliance, and governance matters.
As part of the Governance, Compliance and Risk team, you will help ensure a robust governance framework is in place across the Charity. You will support the Head of Governance, Compliance, and Risk in maintaining effective governance processes, policy frameworks, and establishing high levels of corporate governance practices. You will also work under the direction of the Company Secretary on governance matters and administrative support.
Your responsibilities will include attending meetings, ensuring effective record-keeping, and taking accurate minutes when appropriate. This will also involve arranging meetings, collating papers, prioritising diaries, and managing associated tasks.
The ideal candidate will have prior experience in an administrative role, including the administration of formal meetings and minute-taking. You should have excellent written and communication skills, attention to detail and the ability to handle confidential and sensitive information appropriately. Strong organisational and work management skills, along with the ability to prioritise tasks, are essential.
If this sounds like you, join us in making a difference in the lives of those affected by dementia.
Our Culture
In addition to a competitive salary and a generous benefits package, we truly value our people. It’s important for us to create a working environment that looks after our workforce to achieve their full potential. You will become part of a diverse and dedicated team who are supported to use and develop their skills. We recognise and value the key role you will play in delivering our strategic plans for the benefit of those living with dementia.
Our staff have a voice. Representatives from different roles and levels across the organisation positively contribute and lead on our working groups around health and wellbeing, menopause, and equality, diversity and inclusion.
Dementia UK is proud to welcome everyone, we aim for a truly inclusive culture with talented, diverse teams that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We celebrate differences and individuality and encourage everyone to join us and be their whole selves always.
*Please note that any decision on flexible working is based on business needs
This role will be subject to basic DBS check.
Citizens Advice Eastleigh are delighted to be the recent recipients of 5 years of National Lottery Reaching Communities funding to help us future-proof our service and develop sustainably to meet the needs of our community.
We’re seeking a dynamic, engaging person to help us develop and deliver on our volunteer support offer and be a key part of our mission to help as many people as we can. It’s a huge opportunity to help us develop and deliver our volunteer recruitment, training and support processes so that we can help as many people as possible.
Could this be you?
We are seeking someone with a minimum of 2 years experience of Citizens Advice or a similar advice giving organisation and who has experience of supporting volunteers or other workers to advise the public. This post would suit an existing Advice Session Supervisor, trainer or an experienced generalist adviser who is seeking to progress.
In return we can offer a bustling, hard-working environment, ongoing development, free parking, an employee support scheme, 6% employer pension contribution, 25 day's leave (plus bank holidays) and a valued place in a charity where 100% of our team would recommend it as a place to work or volunteer.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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As a non-profession specific charity, we at the Professionals Aid Guild are dedicated to improving the lives of, and relieving poverty for, professionals and graduates throughout the UK, and can make a real difference to those affected by redundancy, illness, disability, family breakdown or poverty in retirement. The charity is in an exciting place of growth and development, and this role offers the right candidate the opportunity to contribute and impact positive change.
Every year we assist hundreds of people with direct grants towards general living, further education costs, children's education costs, white goods, furniture, and essential repairs. These grants frequently make a substantial difference to the person involved. We also signpost and collaborate with a number of organisations and professional bodies to achieve a more holistic solution. Would you like to be part of this small team who are dedicated to making a big difference?
As the Grants and Information Officer, you would be playing a vital role as part of the team in processing applications and requests for support from receipt to award, attending committee meetings and assisting in the general operations of the charity.
Position: Grants and Information Officer
Responsible to: CEO
Hours: Part-time - 21 hours per week (Flexible working and hybrid working considered with at least one day per week in the office required)
Salary: £28,000 - £31,500 FTE
Annual Leave and Benefits:
- 25 days annual leave FTE (not including bank holidays and Christmas closure)
- Increased annual leave after three years service - one extra day accrued per year up to a maximum of five extra days.
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Flexible working
- Hybrid Working
- Training and equipment provided.
How to apply: Please send your CV along with a supporting statement detailing how you meet the requirements for the role.
Closing Date: 12th June 2024. However, we will be reviewing applications as they come in and may close the vacancy early if we receive sufficient interest from candidates. Interviews will be held in the week commencing 24th June 2024.
What you'll be working on:
Casework
- You will undertake case work and processing of applications, from performing initial checks and review to presentation to Case and Education Committees.
- You will liaise with beneficiaries and maintain appropriate records.
- You'll write agendas and minutes for committees.
- You'll advise and refer applicants to alternative sources of support when applicable.
Finance
- You'll administer grants and gifts to agreed levels.
- You will organise payments to beneficiaries and service providers.
- You will support the audit process.
Grants Management System/Benefactor
- You'll maintain and update grant management system.
- You'll review content and create reports, as necessary.
In-house resources/General Admin
- You will help update and produce in-house resources for approval by CEO and/or Executive Committee. These include application forms and guidance notes, annual review and reports, standard letters to beneficiaries, contact lists etc.
- You'll update website pages, with other members of staff team
- You will maintain and update standard operating procedures for processing applications.
- You will provide general office administration including replenishing office supplies.
Any other duties
- You will service and attend AGM and other meetings of PAG, as required.
- You'll represent PAG with other organisations, as required.
- You will undertake any other duties required by the CEO, Executive Committee and Committee of Management.
- You will assist the CEO in developing a fundraising strategy and policy.
This job is for you if you...
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Are educated to degree level
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Are proficient in MS Office
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Have experience of developing and updating IT applications, especially databases and websites
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Have experience in fundraising applications
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Have experience of the charity sector/benevolent funds/welfare services
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Have proven knowledge and experience of the statutory benefit system
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Have knowledge of Xero/ Dext accountancy package
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Have good planning and organisational skills – and can use initiative to manage and prioritise demanding workload
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Have a flexible approach to tasks in a small team environment (3 staff in total)
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Have excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
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Are a strong team player able to work effectively with diverse groups and individual
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Have the ability to identify and resolve problems
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Have empathy with organisational objectives and values
The Professionals Aid Guild (PAG) works towards the relief of poverty and access to education for professional graduates and their families.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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EMPLOYMENT SPECIALIST ROLES (multiple openings across mild to moderate or severe mental health conditions)
Twining Enterprise supports people across North & West London with mental health challenges to find and sustain work, using the internationally recognized Individual Placement and Support (IPS) approach.
We are now looking to recruit a number of professional and self-motivated Employment Specialists to join our dynamic and high performing teams in Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Harrow, Hounslow, Hillingdon, Hammersmith & Fulham and Haringey. You will provide an employment support service to help people with mental health conditions gain and sustain paid employment.
In return we offer a friendly and supportive working environment, flexible working, career development opportunities, a comprehensive training and induction programme, a generous holiday entitlement and competitive financial rewards. We also practice what we preach in terms of creating a positive working environment to support our own employee’s wellbeing. We are strongly committed to equality of opportunity in employment and oppose all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination.
Job title – Employment Specialists (multiple openings across primary and secondary care)
Salary - £29,432 – £32,760
Responsible to – Team Leader
Location – Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Harrow, Hounslow, Hillingdon, Hammersmith & Fulham and Haringey.
Contract – Permanent, full time
JOB PURPOSE
To inspire people with mental health conditions to progress, and to gain and sustain paid employment. Some Employment Specialists will support clients with common (mild to moderate) mental health conditions (e.g. anxiety, depression), whilst others will support clients with more severe and enduring mental illness (e.g. schizophrenia, bipolar, personality disorders).
Depending on what clients are right for you to work with, you will either work across the local NHS primary or secondary care network alongside NHS clinicians to secure client referrals.
To work with clients with more serious mental illness, you will need to be comfortable supporting people who have experienced / are experiencing serious mental health challenges, as well as possibly other serious difficulties in their lives. Although you will receive full training and support, it’s important you are aware of the potential impact this may have on your own mental wellbeing.
All Employment Specialists will follow the 8 principles of IPS, adhere to the IPS Fidelity Scale and achieve monthly targets and KPIs with the required administration and compliance.
Responsibilities and Duties
1. Engage a caseload of clients with mental health problems and establish trusting, collaborative relationships to support them into employment in line with contract targets and IPS fidelity.
2. Assess clients’ employment support needs; implementing and adjusting employment plans as necessary to support each client’s desired outcomes along IPS requirements.
3. Develop and deliver a range of practical services to meet clients’ needs including career guidance, job searching, CV preparation, interview skills, individual coping techniques or work coaching.
4. Build a constant flow of referrals to ensure a dynamic caseload.
5. Conduct weekly employer engagement activity in line with IPS Fidelity.
6. Understand the complex issues a client may face, recognise holistic support needs and work in conjunction with clinical staff.
7. Facilitate access to expert financial advice on welfare benefits and ‘access to work’ resources.
8. Provide support and reasonable adjustments if required, to employed clients to support them to stay and progress in work.
9. As requested, attend clinical team meetings to provide advice and information on employment and IPS.
10. Collaborate with community partners to raise awareness of employment and mental health issues and promote access to the service.
11. Maintain accurate and up to date records of activity and outcomes in line with service requirements, ensuring the IT database is up to date and paperwork compliant.
12. Update and maintain NHS database (IAPTus).
13. Receive regular supervision and training to meet individual, team and organization’s needs.
14. Contribute to the development of a service that is locally responsive and supports minority/disadvantaged communities.
15. Comply with and actively promote all Twining policies and procedures including Equality and Diversity, safeguarding and data protection.
16. Perform other tasks as required by your manager.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Essential Knowledge, Skills and Abilities we will shortlist you on.
We are also interested in transferable skills and experience which could support your attributes in these areas.
· Understanding and experience of the support needs of people with mental health conditions in finding, returning to/retaining mainstream employment.
· Knowledge and experience of working in a health or social care setting.
· Able to present confidently to external stakeholders and partners at various levels.
· Experience working within a quality assured framework/standards and commitment to adhering to the IPS model of employment support/fidelity and employment retention (training will be provided).
· Experience of effective diary management, prioritising tasks and working to tight deadlines.
· Proven ability to work effectively and be accountable in an outcome-driven environment.
· Strong client needs assessment and action planning and competent in accurate record keeping and casework administration.
· Excellent computer skills including ability to utilise database and Microsoft packages.
· Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with clients (face to face, by telephone and in writing) and as part of a team.
· Ability to think creatively to provide solutions for clients and provide excellent local partnership work.
· Willingness to travel in designated London Borough.
· Knowledge of and commitment to relevant policies, procedures, and standards e.g. Health & Safety, Confidentiality (Data Protection), Equality & Diversity and Sustainable Development, Equality Act 2010 and employment law.
Desirable Experience and Skills
· Experience working in an IPS or employment and disability service.
· Experience working in a mental health setting.
Attitudes
· Positive, professional, and self-motivated
· Dynamic personality, confident engaging with a range of stakeholders to promote the service.
· Strong belief in the value of employment in supporting good mental health.
· Empathetic and person centred.
· Committed to equality of opportunity and diversity.
· Open to feedback and proactive in addressing self-development.
· Proactive in managing one’s own health and wellbeing.
ABOUT TWINING ENTERPRISE
Who we are
Twining Enterprise exists to improve mental wellbeing by supporting people in and into work. Everything we do is aimed at helping people with mental health conditions gain access to the benefits work has to offer. Our tailored practical employment support doesn’t just help with work-related goals, it improves our clients’ wellbeing and lives.
We are one of London’s leading mental health employment charities. We provide life-changing support to 2,000 Londoners with mental health problems every year. Our clients regularly tell us that our support has helped them achieve progress they didn’t believe was possible.
How we work
Individual Placement & Support (IPS) is an internationally recognised and evidence-based supported employment intervention. IPS is regarded as the most effective and efficient way of helping people with mental health issues into competitive and sustainable employment.
Twining was the first non-NHS provider to be awarded Centre of Excellence status for its IPS service in Barnet.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are recruiting for a Community and Events Fundraising Assistant to join our team in Fundraising; the scope on this job involves….
Job Title: Community and Events Fundraising Assistant
Location: Tower Hill, with flexible hybrid working
Salary: £27,200 per annum
Contract type: Permanent, Full-time
Hours: 37.5
We want kind and empathic people to work at Refuge, who believe in equality, diversity, and inclusion, are experts in their area of knowledge, want to make a positive difference and improve the lives of the women and children we support.
This is an opportunity to join Refuge as a Community and Events Fundraising Assistant.
In the role the key responsibilities will be supporting the delivery of Refuge’s Community and Events Fundraising Programme, providing vital administrative support to enable us to maximise income generation and deliver exceptional stewardship.
Closing date: 9am on 3 June 2024
Interview date: 18 & 19 June 2024
Benefits
Refuge offers a variety of exciting opportunities to learn, develop and grow in your career. We recognise the value everyone brings to the organisation to achieve our aims and are dedicated to developing and rewarding our staff. More details of our benefits can be found in Job Information Pack.
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In this exciting role you will be responsible for implementing the charity’s Individual Giving, Legacy and In Memory fundraising programmes (target of £1.3m in 2024).
You will manage a team of two with the support from the Head of Fundraising, with whom you will work closely with to develop a series of targeted multi-channelled appeals and campaigns to engage with existing supporters and to attract, recruit and retain new ones.
You will be confident in handling and interrogating data, utilising your experience to deliver insight led creative campaigns across several channels. You will use data to test and learn through the delivery of persuasive and compelling appeals and campaigns - aiming to grow supporter loyalty and inspire repeat donations.
The delivery of exceptional supporter care and stewardship is paramount in this role, the post holder will require excellent communication skills to help deepen engagement strategies with supporters and work with an ambitious, positive, and creative approach - with experience in working collaboratively organisation wide.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Accountable for the accurate and timely processing of financial information in line with the Trust’s systems and keeping records in good order. The role provides quality information and compliant service to support strategic decision making and build a solid foundation for an evolving organisation.
Role responsibilities
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Process payments and maintain purchase ledger - process expenses, invoices and other payments in XLedger for payment in a timely and accurate manner and reviews supplier statements and outstanding items regularly and efficiently.
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Compliance and internal controls - Ensure relevant authorisations are obtained, and safeguards and protocols are followed about data protection, internal financial controls, and ethical standards.
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Act as the first point contact for purchasing queries - primary management of the shared finance email inbox; Acting as the first point of contact for external and internal questions. Ensures high levels of customer service and effective representation of the Finance Team and the Trust.
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Organisation - Maintain paperwork in an orderly manner: current/prior year records to remain accessible yet secure, older items archived and destroyed when appropriate. Ensuring proper records are maintained in the financial system.
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Finance Team assistance - Support finance team colleagues in providing information to other parties as appropriate, e.g.: as budget holding colleagues, fundraising colleagues, or external auditors.
Person Specification
Technical skills and minimum knowledge:
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Relevant bookkeeping qualification (e.g., AAT) or QBE
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Experience in a similar role, ideally working with large transactional volumes.
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Able to demonstrate a good understanding of the implications of accurate record keeping.
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Able to identify situations where any risk of non-compliance/adherence may arise
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Adept at working with accounting systems and MS applications.
Behaviours and competencies:
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Has a clear idea of priorities and manages own time appropriately by delivering key outputs and replies to requests in a timely fashion
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Adopts a customer service approach when communicating with stakeholders.
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Demonstrates resilience, resourcefulness, flexibility, and perseverance
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Demonstrates personal integrity and commitment to compliance and ethical standards
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Demonstrates empathy for people from disadvantaged, marginalised or socially excluded backgrounds
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Role models inclusive behaviours and values
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Demonstrate a commitment to the values of the Trussell Trust
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Position Title: Positive Pathways Navigator
Contract: Permanent, 4 days a week
Salary: £26-28,000 FTE depending on experience
Location: Hybrid - Doncaster Complex Lives Team offices, in the community and home working
Following 5 successful years (2018-2023) of running Positive Pathways in Yorkshire and Middlesbrough, Church Urban Fund have partnered with Doncaster City Complex Lives Team – an alliance of agencies working to deliver a highly integrated approach to support people who have become locked in a cycle of homelessness, rough sleeping, addiction, offending behaviour, poor physical and mental health - to continue our work to support people that have experienced Homelessness in the local area.
In this role, you'll provide vital housing support for those exiting homelessness, ensuring they maintain their tenancies. Collaborating closely with colleagues and services, you'll offer tailored assistance to help clients secure and sustain their tenancies. Responsibilities include facilitating engagement with services, maintaining support plans, and addressing barriers to progress. You will also contribute to exit plans and engage with clients on personal growth and community integration.
Our ideal candidate is someone who can:
- Manage a case load of clients with varying levels of complexity.
- Have the resilience to deal with complex and challenging situations whilst keeping a level head.
- Approachable and supportive demeanour.
- Demonstrate empathy and understanding towards all clients.
- Can be assertive in challenging situations.
- An understanding of how different aspects can affect someone’s journey – such as drug and alcohol misuse or mental illness.
- Flexible and organised.
- Passionate about supporting people that have experienced Homelessness.
- Demonstrate understanding and sensitivity towards clients of diverse backgrounds, including ethnicities, genders, and cultures, to effectively engage with a wide range of clients
For more information please see full role description and person specification.
How to apply
For an informal conversation about this role and for more information, please contact us.
To apply, please submit an up-to-date CV and covering letter outlining your relevant skills and experience, relating to the listed responsibilities and person specification
Closing date: 9am, Monday 10th June 2024
Whilst you will predominately work with and through the City of Doncaster Complex Lives Team, the Church Urban Fund will be the legal employer and will be overseeing your employment.
Salary: £27,584 FTE
Hours: Full time (35 hours per week)
Department: Prison delivery
Job Type: Full time
Contract Type: Permanent
Do you want to join an organisation committed to addressing illiteracy amongst people in prison?
Shannon Trust are delighted to be working with His Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service (HMPPS) to provide peer-led literacy and numeracy programmes across a number of prisons. We now have the opportunity to provide a service at HMP Onley. Working closely with the prison and their staff, people in prison, Shannon Trust volunteers and mentors, this post will lead the delivery and development of our literacy and numeracy programme at HMP Onley, maximising opportunities for people in prison to learn to read.
Ideally you will have some experience of prison settings underpinned by the ability to build relationships and personal qualities that include resilience, determination and a problem-solving approach.
This role will be prison-based. Employee benefits include a company contribution to pension scheme of up to 5%, 30 days holiday plus bank holidays, life insurance, paid volunteering days, discounts via Reward Gateway and an Employee Assistance Programme. The biggest benefit though is our culture – our people really want to work for the organisation.
We welcome job applications from people with lived experience of the criminal justice system and do not routinely ask for details of any criminal convictions. These roles do require prison security clearance, so we will need to ask for details of any relevant criminal convictions before an offer of employment is finalised.
?Interviews are planned for the week commencing 24 June 2024.
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Veterans Support Employment Consultant (North East)
JOB DESCRIPTION
The Forces Employment Charity are looking for a highly motivated Employment Support Consultant to promote and provide employability and employment support for veterans within the region.
Reporting to National Veteran Support Programme Manager. the successful applicant will have a track record of providing employment and job finding support. A strong customer focus and an ability to work independently to achieve targets and deadlines is an essential requirement along with strong communication and organising skills, knowledge of the local employment market, training, and adult education opportunities.
This is a full-time role working 35 hours per week with a salary of £28,325 depending on experience. The role is Home based with local and regional travel.Veteran Support Consultants will spend an average of 30% of their time networking within their region.
Job Role: To promote the Forces Employment Charity and Veteran Support Programme across the UK and provide employability and employment support for veterans in order that they find appropriate sustainable employment, or other Preferred Vocational Outcome.
Principal Responsibilities:
- Provide advice and guidance to support veterans into employment.
- Develop links with local and regional businesses and business forums to develop relationships with Corporate Mentors and to provide enhanced local level employment opportunities, working collaboratively with Employer Relationship Managers (ERMs).
- Facilitate veterans to access suitable training courses.
- Post and maintain an exemplar professional LinkedIn profile and engage with appropriate content from FEC and partner organisations.
- Link with local and regional Ex-Armed Forces support agencies initiatives to create a flow of veterans requiring employment support. This will include as a minimum creating working relationships with Armed Forces Charities and DWP and regional Armed Forces Champions (including Armed Forces Covenant groups).
- Contribute to FEC’s online community engaging veterans with the self-help tools and Corporate Mentors.
- Attend all CTP Employment Fairs in your region as an exhibitor. Publicise the role of FEC in supporting veteran employment.
- Co-ordinate with partner charities and refer clients to that support as identified by their needs assessment.
- Manage client caseload on Salesforce in accordance with work instructions.
- Represent the values and professional expertise of FEC to all external audiences.
- The 30% networking time will involve attending partner meetings, employment events and collaboration with other charities/agencies that specialise in support to veterans. The time spent doing this will be captured on our CRM and will be measurable.
- Undertake other actions as required by the Programme Manager.
PERSONAL SPECIFICATION
Essential Competencies:
- Empathy with Armed Forces personnel and an understanding of the challenges they face.
- Strong networking skills and the enthusiasm and ability to create relationships that will support the work of FEC.
- Motivated self-starter with ability to work largely unsupervised within a multi-disciplinary environment dedicated to achieving successful outcomes for veterans.
- Extensive experience in blended provision of support.
- Clean driving licence and exclusive use of a car.
Desirable Competencies: - Demonstrable experience of supporting adults into employment.
- Existing network of regional and local organisations who support the Armed Forces Community.
- Existing LinkedIn network of veterans and individuals within Armed Forces Charities, statutory organisations, and employers.
- A good understanding of the employment market, including recruitment, welfare to work provision, work-based learning, and vocational training.
- Mental Health First Aid Training.
- NVQ L4 in Advice, Information and Guidance.
The successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (EDBS) check and National Police Vetting.
Forces Employment Charity is an equal opportunities employer, and values having a diverse workforce. We actively encourage applications from all qualified candidates.
If you meet the criteria and are passionate about supporting service leavers in their transition to civilian employment, we encourage you to apply, Closing date for the position is Midnight Tuesday 11th June 2024.
Service Coordinator, L'Arche London
ABOUT L'ARCHE LONDON
At L’Arche we build Communities together with people with learning disabilities rather than doing it for them, and we are committed to mutually transforming relationships in a world where all belong.
L’Arche London is a diverse and inclusive Christian community of 100 people with and without learning disabilities, sharing ordinary life and building extraordinary relationships. Excellence in care and a commitment to living in community is what makes us unique. We are a high quality care and support provider, regulated by the Care Quality Commission in England.
Are you inspired to bring your skills, experience and values to support our vision of a more human society?
ABOUT THE ROLE
Reports to: Head of Support and Care (Registered Manager)
Hours of work: 37.5 hours per week, usually Monday - Friday 9 - 5pm
NB Service Coordinators are required to balance management administration with being present in the group's houses. This necessitates some occasional evening and weekend work to be agreed with their line manager.
Salary: £35,000 per annum (with an increment in the second year)
Place of work: L’Arche London community houses and office (all within a walking distance, based in West Norwood, London)
Main purpose of the role:
- To lead and manage the Oak Group, one of three groups in the L'Arche London community, comprising of a range of services for people with learning disabilities and its team of assistants.
- To lead the service delivery within this group in line with L'Arche values, standards and the requirements of the Care Quality Commission [CQC].
- To play an active role in the leadership of L'Arche London, helping shape a vibrant community of people with and without learning disabilities.
Leadership and People Management:
- Supervise and work with the Deputy Service Coordinator to lead a team of 15 Support Assistants. Ensure each assistant in the group is regularly supervised, trained, and appraised, and that action is taken to effectively manage performance issues.
- Understand the requirements of the CQC and other relevant legislation and ensure that all applicable standards are met including adult safeguarding.
- As part of the Community Coordinating Team, implement appropriate policies and procedures, promoting the wider L'Arche mission, vision and values.
- Be on the On-Call rota every 6 - 8 weeks, with flexibility as service requires. (Additional pay provided.)
- Contribute to the recruitment/ interviewing of Assistants.
Provision of Support to People with Learning Disabilities
- Ensure the provision of high quality personalised support for each person with a learning disability in the Oak group, implementing Person Centred Support Plans to maximise independence, personal choice, and autonomy.
- Enable each person with learning disabilities to feel at home, encouraging both individuality and belonging, ensuring that everyone is informed of their rights and responsibilities as a member of the Community group and as a tenant.
- Support each person to manage various aspects of their life, from their personal budgets to their health and well-being.
- On occasion, provide one-to-one support to people with learning disabilities at home or in the community.
Administration and Management
- Maintain high standards of communication and record keeping, ensuring an effective flow of information within the Group, with the rest of L'Arche London, the local community, family and professionals.
- Work closely with the Deputy Service Coordinator to oversee the work rota.
Creating Community
- Attend and organise Community events and celebrations relevant to the role and foster a sense of welcome for all visitors and friends; ensure a regular rhythm of prayer and reflection in accordance with the traditions of L’Arche.
General
- Attend training and personal development courses as required.
- Any other reasonable duties commensurate with the post which may be required from time to time.
What We Offer
- This post is offered subject to a probationary period of 6 months; 3 clear references; a completed work history form; a satisfactory and up-to-date enhanced DBS check; and a satisfactory right to work check as appointees must have the right to work in the UK.
- There is no additional pay for overtime, but Time off in lieu (TOIL) will be given and agreed with the line manager when circumstances require the post-holder to work extra hours. TOIL should be taken within 2 weeks of being accrued.
- All Service Coordinators are the on-call rota for 1 week every 6 - 8 weeks. There is an additional payment of £56 a week for being on-call.
- Paid holiday allowance of 33 days leave per year. (This total is inclusive of 8 days in lieu of bank holidays).
- Service Coordinators will be provided with a programme of personal development and training including opportunities to study for QCF qualifications in social care and leadership development through L'Arche in the UK's leadership development programme.
- Employee Assistance Programme with Care First which offers confidential support in terms of performance, health, mental and emotional well-being including access to short term free counselling services.
A full job description and person specification can be found in the recruitment pack.
To apply, please submit your CV and answer the questions on our online application form. Please also include a cover letter providing in depth explanation of how you meet the job and person specifications for this role. Please give examples where you can.
Closing date for applications is midnight on Sunday 15 June 2024. We will carry out interviews as applications are received and may close the role early if a suitable candidate is appointed. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Please also read our privacy notice for job applicants.
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Full time (flexible working options available)
Permanent
Hybrid – Farringdon, London/Home based
Closing date: 2nd June 2024
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Save the Children UK have an exciting opportunity for an individual with extensive leadership and education experience to join us as our Senior Education Advisor where you will work with the Programme Quality and Impact (PQI) department to ensure we deliver high-quality, evidence-based programmes and develop technical approaches to achieve positive sector-wide change for children.
About Us
Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children's unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.
About the role
As Senior Advisor, you will provide global thought leadership in your technical area and drive work on specific parts of the Save the Children UK's strategy. You will represent the organisation regularly with external experts and will lead on technical engagement with partners. You will be a recognised expert in your field, providing leadership on complex assignments and projects, and providing technical guidance to others in resolving complex issues in a specialised area.
Senior Education Advisor – Teachers
As the Senior Education Advisor, you will have a strong focus on our work on Teacher Wellbeing and Professional Development. Save the Children UK leads the Enabling Teachers Common Approach for the Movement and seeks to ensure our programming with teachers delivers improvements in learning outcomes. This role would lead aspects of our Enabling Teachers work and represent it externally and internally. It will also ensure we are building evidence of learning in our teacher and other education programmes, especially acquisition of foundational skills.
You will be responsible for leadership in this focus area for SCUK and across the Movement to advance the organisations strategy ambition and LEARN Global Goal. This will include global thought leadership internally and externally in this focus area. This role will provide leadership to advance our teacher work through advocacy, programming, thought leadership and evidence & learning.
In this role, you will:
- Provide global leadership (e.g., in internal and external working groups) in the technical area within the Save the Children Movement and/or wider sector.
- Lead on elements of Save the Children UK's strategy with minimum supervision, reflecting your high-level responsibilities, and articulate a compelling vision to inspire others to achieve our ambitious goals for children.
- Play a leadership role in the technical design and delivery of high-quality, strategic, inclusive, and impactful programmes, working collaboratively with stakeholders, and particularly with colleagues in country offices and partners.
- Lead the development and implementation of technical strategies and products (such as best practice & evidence based approaches, minimum standards, and publications) to a high standard.
- Build and maintain strategic partnerships, leading on engagement with partners to amplify impact.
- Drive research, evaluation, and innovation projects in your field of expertise, to expand the knowledge base, promote a learning culture and identify new / enhanced approaches to amplify impact.
About you
To be successful, it is important that you have:
- Experience and knowledge working in international development programming
- Experience of providing technical assistance and individual mentoring to NGO programmes teams in education
- Experience in the design, implementation and management of education programmes
- Experience of working in a matrix-managed context and promoting change across multiple networks
- Understanding of; child rights principles, gender and education & conflict sensitive education.
- Strong analytical and conceptual skills, and the ability to think and plan strategically; well-developed negotiation and communication skills, including spoken and written English.
- An internationally recognised postgraduate degree or equivalent experience
- Teacher training qualification or experience in teaching experience would be desirable
- Working knowledge of French is desirable
- Ability to travel up to 40% of work time.
What we offer you:
Working for a charity provides one of the best benefits there is – a sense of purpose and reward for helping others. However, we understand the importance of giving back to our employees to ensure a happy and healthy working environment and work/life balance.
- We focus on flexibility, inclusion, collaboration, health and wellbeing both in and outside of work.
- We provide a wide range of benefits which will reward your hard work, motivate you, and inspire you to work to improve the lives of children every day.
Please note: To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately, once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.
Ways of Working:
The majority of our roles can be performed remotely in the UK, but there are likely to be times when you will be required to come to your contracted office (up to 2-4 days per month or 6-8 days per quarter). This will be agreed with your Line Manager and team and is intended to be time spent on collaborating with colleagues and relationship building.
Please note: travel costs to your contracted office will be at your own expense.
Flexible Working - We are happy to discuss flexible working options at interview.
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
Save the Children UK believes in a world that is fair, inclusive and equitable where all children have the opportunity to change their world. We apply this to our workforce and we are committed to developing and supporting a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organisation where all employees have a sense of belonging and feel that they can be "Free to Be Me". We are not looking for just one type of person - we want to recruit people who can add fresh perspectives, innovative ideas or challenge that disrupts the risk of group think.
We are especially interested in people whose childhood experiences - of life on a low income, of migration, of being in a racialised community, of the care system, of being LGBT+ or in an LGBT+ family or living with (or with someone with) a disability - help us to see things we might otherwise miss. Whatever your story is we want to hear it because we know that different voices, ideas, perspectives and knowledge, working together will enable us to better the lives of children around the world. This is the reason why we are all here.
Carer
Location: Barnstaple - Little Bridge House
Job Type: Full time, 25 - 40 hours per week, 12.5-hour shift pattern available (please specify your preferred number of hours in the supporting statement when applying)
Contract Type: Permanent/ Full time
Permanent Salary: £25,071 - £29,245 per annum - FTE (plus enhancements for night, weekend and bank holiday working)
“Happy, amazing, special and fun” are perhaps not the first words that spring to mind when you think of a children’s hospice but this is exactly how families describe the hospices. Matched by staff feeling “proud, rewarded and making a difference” by working in this special setting, this is perhaps quite a different carers role to what you might have expected.
They provide respite, palliative and bereavement care for children with life-limiting conditions on a one-to-one basis. Having the time to build relationships with children and their families whilst they are at the hospice and between visits helps to make the roles incredibly fulfilling. There are vacancies to join the Care Team at Little Bridge House, Barnstaple. Applicants should be experienced in caring for children with life-limiting conditions, complex needs, or chronic illnesses.
Working as part of a friendly team, Little Bridge House offers a beautiful, homely, well equipped workplace within a supportive environment where you will be recognised as a valuable individual member of the care team. 96% of the staff strongly agree that they enjoy the work they do, and they value their staff and offer an excellent working environment with an enthusiastic and committed team.
Employees work hard every day to make the most of short and precious lives. They are proud to support them with a range of enhanced benefits which include:
• 33 days (plus bank holidays) holiday entitlement, which increases with service • Enhanced sick pay scheme rising up to 6 months full and 6 months half pay • Personal pension scheme with 7% employer contribution • Family friendly policies, with enhanced maternity/adoption pay • Occupational health, wellbeing and counselling services and employee assistance programme • Group life insurance scheme • Training and development opportunities • Environmental and green agenda • Free on-site parking • A nurturing and inclusive environment • A chance to make a real difference
If you are not sure about what it is like to work in a Children's Hospice or the precious service offered to children and families, please look at the website and be inspired by family stories.
How to Apply
Please apply by clicking on the link before the closing date (see below). If you have any questions, please visit the website to find out more, or use the email to contact and speak to one of the HR team today.
Closing Date: 03/06/2024 Anticipated Interviews: TBC
They are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and all employees must obtain an enhanced DBS disclosure. Applications are welcome from all sections of the community.
Why Work For Them?
This fantastic opportunity will give you the chance to explore the wonders of the South West, whether you are already located here, you are a returner or looking for a different way of life; the South West offers a high quality of life and great leisure opportunities. These environmental attractions are matched by the excellent reputation of the highly successful organisation as a local employer.
You may also have experience in the following: Bereavement support, palliative care, Child Care, Community Support Worker, Care Worker, Support Worker, Care Assistant, Home Carer, Reablement Support Worker, Care Responder, Domiciliary Care, Care Home, Key Worker, Case Worker, Social Care, Charities, Not for Profit, etc
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Are you looking for a new challenge? Do you have at least 6 months’ experience giving advice on a broad range of subjects such as money, benefits and housing? Are you an excellent communicator and willing to take the lead? If so, this could be the perfect opportunity for you!
North Yorkshire Citizens Advice & Law Centre is an independent charity providing free, confidential and impartial information and advice on a range of issues. We have 8 offices throughout North Yorkshire and help over 25,000 people every year. We are seeking an Advice Session Supervisor who will be responsible for providing support and supervision to staff and volunteers in our Harrogate and Skipton offices, as well as team members working remotely or at outreach settings. The successful candidate will be willing and able to work within and travel between both offices.
The role involves managing the practicalities of advice sessions and supporting staff and volunteers to ensure we are consistently providing high quality advice. We are seeking someone who works well within a team and who has the ability to adapt the level of support to each individual whilst giving appropriate encouragement and challenging constructively when necessary.
Applications closing date: 10 June 2024 (9.00am)
Reserved interview dates: 13 – 17 June 2024