Full time permanent post  

Home working, with some days in our Head Office in Reading

Salary range: £26,160 - £29,065 per annum

Parents And Children Together have an exciting new opportunity for a Media Content Officer to help us drive our ambitions forward. 

PACT has developed a unique online platform that is already supporting thousands of adopters, special guardians and professionals across the country. The Adopter Hub is enabling users to build their resilience, learn and develop and find help and support 24/7.

Do you have the passion and skills as our Media Content Officer to help grow The Adopter Hub and help PACT help more people through our digital platforms?

What we do

PACT is a leading independent adoption charity in the UK, placing children with secure and loving families and supporting them with specialist therapeutic support. Our most recent Ofsted inspection rated our adoption service as “Outstanding”.

We are a well-established charity based in the Thames Valley with an office in Reading and second office in London. Our beneficiaries make up the wider PACT family and are supported through several community projects for children and adults facing multiple disadvantages including domestic abuse, homelessness, debt and victims or perpetrators of crime. Our current community projects include the Alana House women’s community programme and Bounce Back 4 Kids, a therapeutic domestic abuse recovery programme for families.

How you could add value

This new role within our Business Development team will produce, publish, and maintain high quality audio and visual content for our Adopter Hub. You will optimise our Adopter Hub service to support our service users and ensure an excellent user journey through any aspect of the platform. 

We are looking for someone with proven experience of creating, designing, and editing both audio and video content who can project manage activities and work well in collaboration with others.

If this is you and you want to make a real difference and join our inspirational team, please visit our website for more information, how to apply and the full job description.

Closing Date -  9am Friday 7th January 2022.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Interviews will take place on Wednesday 19th January 2022.

Please do not submit your CV, only completed application forms will be accepted.  No agencies please.  We may close this advertisement earlier if we receive suitable applications in advance of our stated close date.

PACT is a supportive and respectful place where people are passionate about making a positive difference to the lives of women, children and families from many different backgrounds.  We continuously look to progress the ways in which we create families and bring people together and encourage applications from people across all communities.  We are committed to ensuring that our people and our services reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and applications from people from under-represented groups are particularly welcomed.

PACT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. Anyone joining our team is subject to PACT’s Safer Recruitment pre-appointment enquiries. These include the provision of documentation of the right to work in the UK, Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check, overseas police check where applicable and references covering a minimum 5 year period. All opportunities are based in the UK.

Overview

Family by Family’s (FbF) vision is to see all families thrive, not just survive. The project has 10 years of proven success in Australia and is being pioneered in the UK for the first time by Stoke-on-Trent City Council, DFE and Shared Lives Plus. The project connects sharing families (volunteers) who have been through tough times and want to be alongside seeking families who are currently experiencing tough times and want to improve their family’s life. Families are brought together in link ups and work towards goals of the family’s choice. The project is underpinned by a set of clear principles that places importance of choice, relationships and working from a place of strength rather than deficit. The families are supported by a knowledgeable team of family and kids coaches to catalyse change that participants want to see. What sets this project apart from others is the whole family approach, we recognise the vital role that kids play in creating change in family units as role models, leaders and changemakers.

The project is a blend of strengths based and community development approaches combined with a clear service model incorporating social work practice that enables change for families. It seeks not to replace statutory services but to recognise the gifts, talents and strengths that already existing within families to prevent crisis from happening and to improve outcomes for the whole family. There is a clear evaluative approach supported by the evidence base of The Australian Centre for Social Innovation (TACSI).

You will motivate and problem solve with Coaches and Families who have faced many different challenges and stresses in their lives. The role requires someone who is highly organised and has a proven track record in project managing complexity. You will have working knowledge and expertise in strengths-based and community development approaches and be an excellent connector and relationship builder. You will need to hit the ground running to inject passion and energy into volunteer recruitment and referral pathways. You will also be responsible for local funder management (Stoke City Council and the DFE), local tracking and monitoring including attending meetings and producing reports. The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate that they have the innate ability to build relationships quickly with a range of people, are solutions focused project managers, and has the expertise of strengths-based working, ideally within a health or social care context and can translate this into practical action.

We are seeking a dynamic, creative, and motivated individual to lead the local project in Stoke on Trent. You will be responsible for leading the day-to-day operations of the programme across the agreed neighbourhoods. An effective and experienced leader, you will ensure the goals, aspirations and contractual obligations of the team are met. 

Main responsibilities include:

• Leading the delivery of the project in Stoke on Trent including driving volunteer recruitment and referrals ensuring targets are met.
• Using strengths-based and community development techniques to ensure involvement from families across Stoke on Trent.
• Excellent relationship building and networking with local partners and potential collaborators including developing referral pathways.
• Line Management of the delivery team.
• Monitoring and tracking of progress and KPIs including meeting quality standards of the Australian model.
• Funder relationship management- including attending meetings and producing reports.
• Local comms- using social media and other media to promote the project and raise awareness including speaking at events and meetings about the project.
• Ensuring local evaluation activities are undertaken and working closely with the independent evaluators.
• Working alongside the National Strategic Lead to ensure quality is upheld in the local delivery and that the work contributes to the national strategic ambitions.

Other responsibilities:

• Support family training, link ups and coaching where required,
• Lead regular reflective practice sessions with the team,
• Ensure best practice and standards are adhered to including meeting all contractual requirements and exceeding where possible,
• Manage resources effectively including activity budget,
• Considering how strengths based and community development approaches can support the long-term sustainability of the project,
• Consideration of use of community participatory arts and other methods to capture stories and support public engagement,
• Collecting stories and case studies to demonstrate impact
• Produce reports for internal and external stakeholders
• Ensure monitoring, tracking and adherence to GDPR/data management is upheld,
• Continual asset mapping of the local community including working with local partnerships and community leaders

People management

• Line managing team including supervision and any other employee related tasks,
• Ability to bring people along with you and using coaching/mentoring techniques to support the development of the team,
• Providing learning and training opportunities for the team – sharing your knowledge and expertise,

See full job description 

Interviews: W/C 13th December (Likely slots Tues, Wed, Thurs AM) held via Zoom.