This post is fixed term until 01/03/2022 due to funding.

Sandwell Council has established a pilot to transform local services using a community development approach, developing community lead projects in partnership with the voluntary sector aligned to Vision 2030, the council’s strategic objectives and local town priorities.

We are seeking two experienced community development workers to join our Community Partnerships Team, delivering an ‘Asset Based Community Development’ approach.  You will play a key role in developing partnerships and engagement activity, building sustainable relationships with communities across Sandwell. With the ability to empower and motivate others, you will work closely with local voluntary sector organisations, coproducing projects to support local identified needs, building strong, effective relationships with communities and partner organisations, promoting a community development approach.

You must be a strong team player and an excellent communicator, who has experience of community development work.

You will also need to evidence 5 GCSE grade C or above, including English and Maths and it is important for the successful candidate to hold a qualification by a recognised and accredited body in youth and/or community work OR significant experience in community development work.

If you are looking for a new challenge and enjoy working in a varied role, making positive changes within communities then, this could be the role for you.

Our Values; Trust, Unity and Progress make us unique, they define how we do things and are reflected in the way we behave. They are important to us, guiding and shaping our organisational culture. Our values are key to us achieving Sandwell’s Vision 2030 and also guide us when we recruit.

This advert will close as soon as sufficient applications are received. Therefore, you are strongly advised to complete and return your application as soon as possible. When completing your application please refer to the supporting documents attached.

We are recruiting a full time (35 hrs per week) Key Worker to lead on a new and exciting project working with people who’ve experienced homelessness and have been involved with the criminal justice system. The projects aim is to develop best practice, improve the local response and involve people with lived experience to create a service user led forum. The post holder will work with a small caseload of service users providing support to help them identify their strengths, goals, and aspirations.

£19,847 – £23,350 p/a (please note successful candidates should expect to be appointed at the starting point of the salary scale and consideration may be given to a higher salary depending on the experience of the individual)

Fixed-term contract until March 31st, 2022

Coventry

Are you a compassionate, target-driven and highly motivated individual with a proven record of engaging positively with young people or other vulnerable groups? Looking for a highly rewarding new challenge?

If so, St Giles Trust is looking for a Youth Violence Community Caseworker to join our team and provide a high-level service to young people under 25 years old who are impacted by gangs, youth violence, county lines and exploitation as either victims or perpetrators.

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. 

St Giles is now a kickstart employer, so we are part of the scheme which provides job opportunities for 16-24 year olds who are currently on Universal Credit and are at risk of long-term unemployment.

About this exciting opportunity

Our successful candidate will engage and support children and young people once they have been identified as being involved in a violence-related incident, being at risk of exploitation or gang affiliated. You will build positive relationships with both them and their families and work directly with them to promote positive change, build resilience, reduce risks and prevent them from experiencing significant harm, while also producing risk management plans based on each person’s assessments.

You will also provide a vital practical service, including social and housing support, engagement with education, training and employment options, and debt advice, plus offer practical advice to professionals who come into contact with children and young adults who are involved, suspected or at risk of being exploited through gangs. Assisting with providing monitoring information and the evaluation of the project and maintaining accurate records of all sessions, interventions and data collection are also key duties.

What we are looking for:

• Experience of providing support, advice and advocacy and the ability to assess clients’ needs
• Experience in negotiating with partner agencies to establish links to further the aims of a project
• A sound understanding of the client group and the challenges and motivations of young people
• Experience of working to targets and recording information to enable effective performance monitoring
• Excellent communication abilities, both verbal and written, and strong IT skills
• The ability to use and develop monitoring systems to record all aspects of the project
• A flexible, professional and collaborative approach to your work

In return, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, staff pension, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, childcare vouchers, season ticket loan and much more.

For further information, or to apply, please visit our website via the ‘Apply’ button.

Closing date: 11pm, 23rd March 2021. Interview date: April 2nd, 2021

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35 hours per week
Based in Birmingham
Job Ref: 963

We are currently recruiting for Lead Workers for our Housing Support Teams.

Our Housing Support Lead Worker Service provides housing-related support for Vulnerable Families in temporary accommodation, Single Adults and Couples & Survivors of Domestic Abuse. We support people to prevent the loss of their accommodation if it is at risk, or help them find/settle into suitable alternative accommodation. We also work with key strategic partners to help address other social related issues, such as benefit/welfare reform processes, helping to maximise people’s incomes, signposting to relevant primary and secondary health care services and more.

As Lead Worker, you will be expected to:

• Be motivated, committed and confident at liaising with other professionals.
• Be able to work autonomously, and as part of a team.
• Possess some understanding of the issues faced by homeless or vulnerably housed people and the difficulties they experience in accessing services.
• Have the ability to empower individuals to make positive changes and a willingness to develop these valuable skills.
• Effectively manage your own caseloads and time.
• Provide individual, tailored support, in accordance with the agreed support plan.
• Assess and manage risk.
• Maintain accurate records.
• Understand the importance of maintaining professional boundaries.
• Ensure safeguarding protocols are followed.

You will be part of a team reporting to a Team Leader and Service Manager. We will provide a supportive work environment and appropriate IT equipment, including a smart phone and laptop. You will have the freedom to manage your caseload as you see fit, supporting your service users to achieve the best outcomes for them. Working collaboratively with your colleagues and other agencies, you will receive regular supervision from your Team Leader who will be there to support and encourage you.

To download an application pack, visit our website via the apply link.

Unfortunately, we are unable to accept CVs.

Closing date: Rolling Recruitment

Interviews: TBC  

We are an inclusive employer, committed to promoting equality and diversity in all areas of our work

Registered Charity

No. 1061582.

Join our dynamic team and you will be at the heart of delivering first class support to rare disease patients as part of an innovative third-sector Charity/NHS partnership.  Working from home and within NHS specialised multi-disciplinary clinics held in London and Birmingham, the successful candidate will assist our Patient Liaison Officer within our patient support team to provide information, support and advocacy services to those living with Bardet-Biedl Syndrome.  This exciting role offers excellent learning and development opportunities for anyone looking to work within health and social care.

This is a permanent, part-time position commencing at 20hrs per week.

The successful candidate will live within commuting distance of London and Birmingham

About us
Crisis works throughout Birmingham, offering advice, support and access to training and employment opportunities for people experiencing homelessness. 

About the role
The role of the Housing Coach is a full time, permanent contract located within the Crisis Birmingham Skylight. You will be required to provide high quality information, advice and guidance, as well as coaching and support, to people who are currently homeless or at immediate risk of homelessness. The role will require a high level of knowledge on housing and homelessness legislation and welfare legislation which you will use to provide direct support to members, as well as support to the rest of the skylight staff on more complex and protracted housing enquiries.
 
About you
To be successful in this role you must have:
•  Experience of providing direct support to people experiencing homelessness.
•  Extensive knowledge of housing and homelessness legislation, as well as knowledge of how to access private rented sector accommodation and the necessary requirements to secure a tenancy
•  Extensive knowledge of welfare legislation, legacy benefits and Universal Credit.
•  Ability to use own initiative and proactively contribute to the effective provision of a homelessness service
•  Excellent interpersonal skills with a high level of written and communication skills, and the ability to break down and deliver complex information

Benefits
As a member of the team you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:
•  Interest free loans to purchase a train season ticket or a bike or for a deposit to secure a tenancy 
•  Mandatory pension scheme, with an employer contribution of 8.5% 
•  25 days annual leave which increases with service to 28 days

Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience and career.

How To Apply 
If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please click on the 'Apply for Job' button below.

Closing date: Monday 15th March 2021

If you need to request an application in an alternative format, please contact the Recruitment Team, contact details can be found on our website.

We value diversity, promote equality and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of homelessness.

Are you interested in working with people experiencing common mental health problems such as anxiety and depression?

St Germain’s Emotional Wellbeing Support Service is offering an exciting opportunity for an emotional wellbeing practitioner to work as part of a pioneering, community-based mental health team. The service was established in May 2020, initially as part of the church’s response to Covid-19. It has grown considerably as relationships with city-wide referral agents have developed and is now seeking to expand the capacity of its offer of an open-access, fast-response emotional wellbeing service.

The postholder will:

• Provide low-intensity, solution-focused psychological interventions (currently up-to four session per service user) to individuals experiencing common mental health problems, including depression and anxiety, stress and adjustment to life events, both face-to-face and over the telephone
• Support the service to effectively deliver brief, evidence-based interventions, including guided self-help (teaching core CBT skills, mindfulness etc), psychoeducational work – predominately individual but possibly group – cognitive restructuring, graded exposure and behavioural activation
• Liaise with GP-based social prescribers and other local referral agents, providing mental health advice and screening referrals for appropriateness based on a stepped-care approach
• Support the ongoing development of the service.
   

This role is based at St Germain’s site, where the service currently operates out of the church hall facilities. It includes face-to-face work that is regularly Covid risk-assessed with extensive risk mitigation measures taken. The role involves offering up-to 16 appointments per week, up to 50 minutes each. This will be predominately low-intensity guided self-help type support sessions but will sometimes include initial assessments.

Skills/Responsibilities

To apply for this post, you will have:

• A qualification in a relevant subject (minimum Level 5): e.g. Psychology, Counselling, Health and Social Care, Mental Health Nursing, Low-Intensity Psychological Interventions
• One year’s experience of working with people who have experienced mental health problems
• Ability to form non-judgemental, positive therapeutic relationships with service users, whilst maintaining appropriate boundaries
• Understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in Primary Care

Contract: permanent subject to funding – currently until 31 December 2021

How to apply: please submit your CV and a personal statement outlining how you meet the person specification for role through this website. Please note: applications without a person statement will not be considered.

Closing date: This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.

Support Coordinator

This is an exciting opportunity to join the service in Sandwell. We’re looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and well organised individual to join the team in leading and delivering a Stroke Recovery Service across the region.

Position: Stroke Association Support Coordinator

Location: Home based, Sandwell with extensive travel across the area

Hours: 35 hours per week

Salary: Circa £23,100 per annum

Contract: Our services are contracted; we currently have funding for this contract until 30 June 2021.

Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (this will increase with service up to 30 days, full time equivalent) cashback and discount scheme, employee assistance programme, learning and development, pension scheme, Life Assurance, season ticket loan, Eye Care vouchers, Long Service Award, Tax-free childcare, Health Cash Plan, Working Pattern Agreement, flexible working opportunities available.

Closing Date: 12 March 2021

Interview Date: 26 March 2021

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic interviews may be held via video conferencing. Please let us know if this will present any challenges when you email your application

The Role

Reporting to the Stroke Association Support Manager, the Stroke Association Support Coordinator will work with the local Health and Social Care services to receive referrals and support stroke survivors and their carers. You’ll provide personalised information, advice and support with regular reviews throughout.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Working with the local Health and Social services to receive referrals to support stroke survivors and their careers
• Providing personalised information, advice and support
• Completing Needs Assessments with stroke survivors and supporting them to develop a stroke recovery plan
• Providing regular reviews to support people in establishing and achieving their own personal goals

About You

As Support Coordinator you will:

• Have a background in a caring and/or charity profession supporting people with disabilities.
• Be able to demonstrate previous experience of working collaboratively with other organisations to achieve joint ambitions.
• Have experience being solely responsible for the delivery of a project or service.
• Have the ability to use basic Microsoft system.

This role is home based, but extensive travel is required across the local area and occasionally further afield.

The use of a car with business use cover and the ability to drive is essential to be able to fulfil the requirements of the role.

You will be asked to submit your CV and a Covering Letter of no more than two pages demonstrating how you meet the person specification and what you bring to the role in terms of your skills and experience.

In return…

This is an exciting opportunity to work with stroke survivors and their families to support them following stroke and to raise stroke awareness in the local population. We offer a host of amazing benefits and flexible working options, with opportunities to progress your career.

About the Organisation

Stroke Association. Rebuilding lives after stroke.

We believe everyone deserves to live the best life they can after stroke. And it’s a team effort to get there. We provide specialist support, fund critical research and campaign to make sure people affected by stroke get the very best care and support to rebuild their lives. Every five minutes, stroke destroys lives. Help us rebuild them and join our team.

You may also have experience in areas such as Care Coordinator, Stroke Support, Stroke, Care, Care Worker, Support Worker, Carer, Care Team Leader, Support Team Leader, Volunteering Manager, Volunteer Coordinator, Support Group, Support and Advice.

Our charity is on an incredible journey and this is a hugely exciting time to join our team.

2020 saw the UK come together in an outpouring of love and support for the NHS. As the NHS’ national charity and membership organisation for the NHS’ official charities throughout the UK, NHS Charities Together is the central charity receiving additional funding and support for our National Health Service where and when it needs it most. Thanks to phenomenal public support, our national Covid-19 Appeal has raised more than £150 million to help NHS staff, volunteers and patients through the immediate and long-term effects of coronavirus. 

The recruitment of this post is part of an ambitious plan to develop and execute a proactive and sustainable Fundraising strategy.

We are a small but growing staff team and as Supporter Care Officer you will play a key role as we work hard to make a difference to the lives of NHS patients, staff and volunteers.

You will be responsible for responding to enquiries from potential supporters by providing information on the latest fundraising activities and ensure when thanking donors, the impact of their donation is highlighted.

If you have a can-do, positive attitude with a passion for building relationships that can inspire an enquirer to become a supporter for NHS Charities Together then we would love to hear from you.

Locations: Nationwide – initial work likely to be around London and SE, Midlands, East of England, Yorkshire, and Wales, with long term opportunities across the UK.

Salary: Outside M25 – £23- £25 per hour; Inside M25 (London) - £25 - £27 per hour

Ref: TAS-211

About us

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 ‘lived experience’ of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions, or gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others. 

About the roles

Are you up for a challenge?

Passionate about delivering high quality training to enable people with lived experience to achieve goals and support others in their communities?

Seeking flexible and sessional work?

Our Peer Advisor Programme provides training, support and placement opportunities for people with lived experience of disadvantage. This enables them to gain professional qualifications, and work towards a future career supporting others.

We are currently delivering our peer advisor programme in every nation of the UK through a range of different projects. As we look to the future, we now need you to help us build flexibility and agility for our future offer both to take on additional demand in areas we already work, and to help us expand the programme and our offer to new locations and partnerships.

We are keen to hear from you NOW if you have the skills and attitude to work in this exciting environment, and will have a rolling recruitment programme over coming months as we build our sessional worker team.

The people we are looking for will have:

• Preferably have a Trainer Assessor Quality Assurance (TAQA) qualification demonstrating your ability to train people to achieve NVQs, especially on Advice & Guidance
• Experience of delivering training to non-traditional learners, especially to adults facing disadvantage
• Experience of Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG) services
• Ability to deliver high quality training in groups and individually using a range of approaches, including delivering online.

To have an initial discussion about the opportunities please visit our website for contact details.

We also hold regular information sessions for prospective Trainer Assessors - to book a place please get in touch on the contact details provided on our website.

We offer excellent benefits such as staff pension, mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, access to clinical supervisions, eye care scheme and much more.

Please note St Giles will guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria set out in the Job Description for the vacancy

Closing date: 11pm, 7th April 2021. Interviews: w/c 19th April 2021 (to be held virtually)

You can be based from any of our UK Trust offices, not just the locations advertised.

The Prince’s Trust is seeking a talented and enthusiastic person to be our Safeguarding Training Manager. Passionate and knowledgeable about safeguarding children and young people with a proven track record in designing and developing engaging and insightful safeguarding training, you will be working with a range of stakeholders at the Trust to ensure everyone who works, volunteers or delivers our programmes knows how we safeguard and protect every child and young person we engage with.  

Sitting within the National Safeguarding Team and working closely with our colleagues in our Learning Team to deliver consistent, high-quality safeguarding training at scale, you will benefit from a range of benefits outlined below. 

We anticipate the role will need to provide support to colleagues based in delivery centres across the UK, so being able to commit to UK wide travel (when restrictions ease) and potential weekend work, is a must.

For more information, please go to the job description. To apply, click on apply now and you will be directed to our website.

We are expecting a high level of interest in this role, so would encourage you to include all of your relevant experience, alongside your motivation to help young people and interest in the Trust, in your supporting statement.

Why we need Safeguarding Training Managers:

Last year, we helped more than 70,000 young people, with three in four young people on our programmes, move into work, education or training. 

The young people we help face a range of challenges, such as unemployment, mental health issues or some who have been in trouble with the law. Our job is to inspire and support young people, to help them reach their potential so that they can thrive and society can prosper.

We believe all young people should have the chance to succeed, and that young people are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us.

Perks for working at The Trust:

• Great holiday package! 30 days of annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays. Office closure the days between Christmas and New Year
• Fantastic Family leave! Receive 13 weeks full pay and 13 weeks half pay for maternity and adoption leave. Receive 8 weeks full pay for paternity leave.
• Flexible working! Where operationally possible, you can work hours to fit in with, school hours or care arrangements for example and you can also work from home.
• Interest-free season ticket loans
• Benefits platform! Everything from health and financial wellbeing support to discounts on your favourite restaurants, shops and cinemas
• In-house learning platform! Develop your skills for your career and your role
• The Trust will contribute 5% of your salary to the Trust Pension Scheme
• You can volunteer for and/or attend events – music festivals, The Prince’s Trust Awards, active events etc.
• Generous life assurance cover (4 x annual salary)

Here at The Prince's Trust, we're committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We want to be an organisation that's representative of the communities we serve, which is why we strive for diversity of age, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity and perspective. More importantly, creating an environment where everyone, from any background, can be themselves and do the best work of their lives is the right thing to do.

We’re a Stonewall Diversity Champion and we are an employer that is Disability Confident. Our staff, volunteers and young people are supported by PT CAN (our Cultural Awareness Network), PT NOW (Network of Women), PT DAWN (Disability & Wellbeing Network) and Pulse (LGBT Network). For more information, click here.

The Prince's Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of this commitment, we undertake basic disclosure checks in accordance with the Codes of Practice for all roles within the Trust, and for our roles working directly with young people, at an enhanced level. Having a criminal record will not automatically exclude applicants.

A NOTE FOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES:

We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a preferred supplier list for when we need a helping hand. We'll be in touch directly if we need you!

Req ID: 686 

The Vegan Society is an anagram of The Nicest Voyage. Quite fitting, we think, as for many people veganism is a journey – and a pretty remarkable one at that. Regardless of where you are on your vegan journey, our staff are on hand to make it easier, healthier and more fun. And if you think you’d be great at helping others with this, read on, as this may be right up your street.

The Vegan Society makes veganism more accessible and an easily adopted approach by supporting individuals, policy and decision makers, caterers, manufacturers, health care professionals and the media.

In order to meet our ambitious growth plans for the next few years, we need to recruit some additional people to join our team in our new offices conveniently located by Snow Hill station in Birmingham. As such we are looking to recruit a Assistant Account Manager for our Trademark Team, this role is key in supporting our growth strategy.

As an Assistant Account Manager within our Trademark Team, you will;

• Support a number of teams, situated within the trademark team. You will work with a number of businesses including supermarkets, retailers, suppliers, e-tailers and manufacturers across the UK and around the world, actively promoting the Vegan Society’s trademark.
• Communicate with potential clients and account holders, discussing their needs and assisting with onsite / virtual meetings where necessary.
• Provide telesales support.
• Data inputting of all relevant information into the CRM system.
• Ensure the correct use of the trademark logo is understood by all new applications and key accounts at registration, along with regular checks to avoid misuse and to maintain trademark compliance.
• Deal with trademark applications and enquiries from the UK and International markets.
• Assist the Account Manager on multiple accounts to provide a continuous and high level of customer care support.
• Develop a good understanding of the varying business lines and the range of products registering with the trademark.
• Assist with ingredient checking for products efficiently and proactively, and add to the knowledge base within the team.

To be considered as our Account Manager for the Trademark Team, you will need;

• Excellent communication and customer care skills, to retain, maintain and increase client accounts.
• Accurate data entry skills, with the ability to analyse and manipulate data.
• Ability to establish strong working relationships.
• You must be willing to adhere to a vegan lifestyle for the duration of your employment.

What We Offer

• A fun and supportive team.
• A solution-focused atmosphere and hard-working environment.
• Flexible working hours.
• Employee Assistance Programme and health cash-back scheme.
• Cycle-to-work scheme.
• Childcare vouchers scheme.
• Animal companion compassionate leave.
• Ethical pension scheme (5-7% employer contribution).
• Death in service benefit.
• 28 days leave + 8 bank holidays.
• Central Birmingham office location (our roles are typically office-based, however remote working will be in place until social distancing measures are relaxed/removed. After these restrictions are eased a flexible work schedule could be considered).

The Vegan Society as an organisation values equality, diversity, and inclusion. We want to be an organisation that tackles any structural discrimination or prejudice. We are actively trying to increase diversity in our organisation and encourage applications from all sections of the community.

Registered Residential Care Home Manager / Mental Health

Location: Bartley Green, Birmingham

Salary: £30,191 plus additional on- call allowance and sleep in allowance.

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Are you a natural leader, able to facilitate recovery activities, passionate about mental health and able to motivate others?

Do you have an interest in working with those who experience mental health distress who are living in a Residential Care Home?

Our client is a leading provider of mental health services in Birmingham and the West Midlands.  They are currently looking for an experienced Residential Care Home Manager to join their forward thinking and innovative team.

At their registered residential care home in Bartley Green, our client provides a high level of support for up to seven adults who are experiencing mental health problems. Here they support people who have more complex mental health needs, including people with dual diagnoses.

In this post, you will be responsible for the day to day management of the Registered Care Home, in line with the standards set by the Care Quality Commission, and our client’s funders.

You will ensure that the appropriate level of provision of services to service users is maintained. Leading a skilled team, you will take responsibility for the assessment of peoples’ skills, needs and wishes, and the coordination of support packages, with the twin objectives of creating conditions conducive to recovery, and improving service user’s ability to lead an ordinary life and to be part of their community.

The successful candidate will have previous management / supervisory experience in the care field and an NVQ Level 3 in Care and an equivalent Management qualification.  You must be committed to recovery based practice and able to demonstrate a positive and enabling attitude towards people recovering from severe mental distress.

If you wish to apply please provide a detailed explanation of how you feel that you meet each of the values, attributes and experience required for these positions.

Benefits include an attractive defined contribution pension scheme, Paycare which offers employees affordable cover for a range of healthcare treatments, an Employee Assistance Programme which includes free counselling and a comprehensive training programme.

Our client’s people are key to the success of the organisation and they are recognised as both a Mindful Employer as well as achieving Gold standard success in Investors in People. They welcome applications from people who have experienced mental health difficulties.

The closing date for applications is 21st February 2021 

Interviews will take place on 2nd and 5th March 2021

Team Leader (Employment Advisor Teams) WHP JETS

£26,250 - £31,250 per annum

37.5 hours per week, permanent

Ref: 21934

Location: Home based with the potential to do some face-to-face activity post COVID-19

Working across – Central England CPA 1 geographical areas include: Bedfordshire & Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Staffordshire, Walsall and Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Herefordshire & Worcestershire

The Shaw Trust, in tandem with government and the broader employment support community across the UK is working hard to make sure we support as many individuals as possible to get and keep a job. We believe that everyone who needs help and support to attain their employment goals should be able to access it as soon as possible and that support should reflect their individual needs.

To help us in this mission we are looking to expand our employability services and looking for Team Leaders to work on our DWP Work & Health Programme Job Entry – Targeted Support (WHP JETS) Programme.

The WHP JETS Team Leader role is integral to the success of our employment programmes, to ensure our staff integrate in multi-disciplinary teams and work together to provide regular, high quality support to participants. The role requires an engaging, empathetic and motivating individual, with the ability to support staff to achieve day-to-day performance. The Team Leaders will develop and maintain effective relationships with key stakeholders and ensure the effective management of staff caseloads in a fast pace environment.

This role is perfect for individuals with proven leadership skills and experience of leading and supporting customer focused teams. The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal skills, a solution-focussed approach, target driven and be highly organised.

Reporting to the Regional Delivery Manager, you will be responsible for managing and assisting the Regional Delivery Manager in the day to day management and support of the teams.

Shaw Trust operates on a national level with over 2,000 staff and 1,000 volunteers. We work with the government, local authorities, combined authorities, health service providers, employers, and other stakeholders – including the Education and Skills Funding Agency, Department for Work and Pensions, clinical commissioning groups and NHS Trusts.

The ideal candidate must have an understanding of the local and regional labour market and employment issues within Central England regions of Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and able to maintain an up-to-date working knowledge of the benefit system and entitlements.

The ideal candidate will need to be inclusive and embrace our culture and values, putting those we serve at the heart of everything we do. You will consistently deliver high quality services to support our communities and beneficiaries.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Enhanced Pension Scheme after 6 months
• Life Assurance x 3 of your salary
• Enhanced annual leave

For further information and to apply online, please visit our website via the button below quoting the reference number 21934.

Closing date: 8 March 2021.

Shaw Trust reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.

Shaw Trust is committed to a policy of equality of opportunity and inclusion. We are Disability Confident Leaders, support the guaranteed interview scheme and use of the government’s Access to Work scheme. Living our values, we are keen to reflect the diversity of UK society at every level within our organisation. We welcome applications from all sections of the community including from people with lived-experience and/or knowledge of disability or social exclusion. If you have accessibility requirements and would like information in a different format, please contact our HR Service Centre to make alternative arrangements.