Touchstone (registered charity No. 1012053) is a leading voluntary sector agency providing high quality services to improve the health and wellbeing of local people.

Liaison and Diversion Support Time Recovery Worker
NJC Scale Points, 12 – 17, starting at £22,183 pa
37 hours per week
This role will be based in Kirklees.

Any job offer will be dependent on the outcome of police vetting at level 3, and reference checks.

The Liaison and Diversion (L&D) Service works with people of all ages (including children and young people) with a wide range of vulnerabilities including poor mental health and learning disabilities, who have offended or are at risk of offending.  We support service users who have contact with police stations, the courts, prisons and probation. The Liaison and Diversion service is delivered by Wakefield Council across the West Yorkshire Police force area.  The team is a multi-agency, multi skilled team.  Touchstone is one of the partners in the service.

The aim is to work together to reduce the risk factors for reoffending by providing short-term support and signposting service users into longer-term support services.

L&D service across West Yorkshire will operate 7 days per week from 08.00 to 18.00.  Project Workers will be required to work shifts to ensure appropriate cover, this will include regular weekend and evening work.

Closing date: 8th March 2021
Interviews will be held on: 19th March 2021

How to apply:

Please click 'Apply' to be redirected to our website, where you can download the application pack. Please note, you are not applying at this stage.

Touchstone is an equal opportunities organisation, a Trans Positive employer and applications are welcome from all sections of the community, particularly, BME and LGBT communities and/or people with disabilities who are under-represented within Touchstone.

Touchstone is a Trans Positive employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Mindful Employer, has been granted the Positive about Disabled People mark and Investors in People Platinum.

Please note that we do not hold a sponsor licence and we do not intend to offer sponsorship for this particular role. You should therefore ensure that you have/will have the right to work in the UK to be able to undertake this role, if appointed, you will be required to provide relevant right to work documents at the point of an offer being made to you.

No agencies please.

Do you have a passion for project development? Do you want to empower mental health service users and carers to deliver high quality support for their peers? Are you looking to make a significant social impact through your work?

Project Development Worker
Salford
Salary: £24,400
This post is for 37.5 hours per week.

Mind in Salford are working alongside Salford Mental Health Forum to develop and deliver a high quality peer mentoring service as part of the Living Well Salford programme. We are looking for a talented Project Development Worker who will be responsible for the day to day management, delivery and development of new and existing projects.

Your main duties and responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

• Developing and delivering growth strategies and plans
• Managing and implementing new and existing services and projects
• Strategically leading and overseeing financial management of the organisation

An enhanced DBS check and comprehensive references will be required.

We are committed to equal opportunities, value diversity in our workforce and aim to recruit a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage applications from everyone irrespective of age, disability (including those with lived experience of mental or emotional distress), gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity.

Closing date for applications: 25th March 2021

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Please read the person specification and job description for details and relate to the person specification in your application.

No agencies please.

About us:

PTMWA is a women-led organisation whose vision is to ensure that people, suffering, or at risk of domestic abuse receive appropriate support. We assist recovery by providing safe accommodation, specialist support services and by working in partnership with other agencies. We also run the only museum dedicated to telling the story of women’s fight for the right to vote at our Pankhurst Centre headquarters.

We are a diverse organisation with c31% of our staff coming from BAME and c12% from LGBT communities. We span the generations with c11% of staff being aged 18-24 and c25% aged 55-64. 11% of staff identify as having a disability.

Our staff, volunteers and service users have recently taken time to reflect on who we are and what we do when we are at our best. This reflection showed that we can proudly claim to be: 

Courageous by challenging inequality, stepping forward and making change

Affirming by supporting and inspiring, paying attention to discover what matters

Generous by sharing our skills, creating energetic positive links, and thriving together

Rooted by being secure in our communities, participating and nurturing a sense of belonging

About You:

You will be a pro-active, reliable individual who reflects the values of PTMWA in all that you do. Your experiences, whether in paid or voluntary work, will enable you to fulfil the role requirements but it is your attitude and character that will make you a successful team member.

You will enjoy a challenge and actively participate in delivering and developing services of the highest standard.

About the roles:

We have recently been successful in securing 3 x new projects and need additional staff and volunteers to deliver them. We welcome applications from people seeking part-time (17.5 hours) work as well as full-time (35). All roles are subject to a DBS check and we seek 2 x references, 1 of whom must be your current employer if applicable

1St 1000 Days Family Intervention Worker

The First 1,000 Days Project is a collaborative approach between 3 VCS agencies to establish a new service for children and their parents who are or have been affected by domestic abuse working directly with BAME parents and their children from conception to 2 years old.

You will work as part of a small team with colleagues in Wai Yin, Manchester Women’s Aid, (MWA,) and Manchester Young Lives to deliver a range of interventions which will help families and children thrive. 

You will be skilled in partnership working, with the ability to apply a whole family approach to protect children and families from harm and improve family functioning. The two year project will assist families to form meaningful links within their communities.

This role has been assessed and confirmed as open to women only under the Equality Act 2010, schedule 9, part 1

Hours of work: 35 per week, on a rota covering the hours of 09.00 – 20.00

Salary: £23 868.00 per annum

Duration: 12 Months from start

Annual Leave: 25 days plus Bank Holidays, pro rata for part-time workers

Working within local communities across Cheshire East and surrounding areas, you will be joining our successful team as we work to further improve access to information, support, activities and opportunities for all adults with learning disabilities. You will be working with individuals, families and groups both in the community and in their own homes. In addition you will be working closely with local GP surgeries and other primary care providers to provide a supported link to what they offer to our membership.

You will be an ambassador for our charity and promote our activities and opportunities to the local community. You will work with local communities to further build upon and support what is being offered as well as working with individuals and their families to connect them with TOG support and opportunities. We are passionate about supporting and empowering people so that they can maintain their independence, health, wellbeing and to become local community assets.

What we expect

Like all our roles within Time Out, we expect the right person to show passion, advocacy, dignity and respect in all that they do. You will be an ambassador for our charity out in the community and beyond, and will lead our senior and support workers in delivering a high standard of care and support to our members.

The candidate/this role will:

1. Primarily be out facing in the community advocating for Time Out services

2. Engaging with past, present and future members, increasing our membership

3. Bridging the gap between primary, secondary and social care services

4. Engaging with likeminded organisations and being an ambassador for Time Out

5. Leading our support staff to deliver high standard quality activities and support

6. Look out for business development opportunities working closely with our project manager

7. Deputise from time to time, for the charity manager and project manager as appropriate

8. Be very much part of the team and keep excellent communication going

9. Passionate about health and social care and want to make a difference

10. Be flexible and have a can do attitude

Full clean driving licence and access to a car is essential - this role will involve regularly visiting locations throughout Cheshire East and surrounding areas.

NB please read the job description and person specification for full details. 

What you can expect from Time Out:

1. Full training and CPD opportunities

2. Competitive salary

3. Expenses paid

4. No uniform needed

5. Enhanced DBS check paid for

6. Flexible hours

7. Pension scheme

8. Career fulfilment, you will be able to see the difference you make

9. Lovely team environment/workplace

10. Line managed effectively, developed and supported in your role

Information to know

Applications should be made by submitting your CV AND covering letter detailing how you meet the person specification.  CVs alone will not be considered.

Closing date for applications is 5pm Wednesday 10th March 2021.

First stage of our recruitment process will take place via a telephone screening call on the 18th March between 11am and 2pm with the Charity Manager.

Interviews will be held on 25th March day or early evening via Zoom (given the current circumstances) time TBC. This will comprise of interview questions from the charity manager and a selection of trustees and a task/presentation.

We will invite the successful candidate will be invited to our premises to meet in person before the start date. Current restrictions willing. 

As we are proudly a member led organisation, we very much like to get our members involved in the recruitment process. We currently have all our activities as a virtual option. We will give you a date and time to join one of those activities so our members get to meet you (virtually) and to ask their questions.

Fixed term contract until 31st December 2021 (maternity cover)
Flexible location with occasional travel to Manchester, Birmingham or Sheffield

Closing date: 14 March 2021 at 11:30pm

Are you a customer-focused individual with recent experience of providing specialist level debt advice? Then join Shelter as a Specialist Debt Adviser supporting client-facing debt advisers with their complex casework, contributing to resources and helping us to influence the debt advice sector.

A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet millions of people across Britain struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change, with individuals, in communities, across society, and leading the way to a safe home. We need individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.

At Shelter we are united by our purpose to defend the right to a safe home. Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. We believe that to win that fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement for change. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, fair, equitable and transparent.

We have committed to combat racism both within and outside Shelter and welcome you on our journey to becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.

About the Team
Our Specialist Debt Advice service works with front-line debt advisers based across England & Wales, providing support with their complex case work. The service currently operates between 9-5 Monday to Friday, with advisers offering live support to clients on a rota basis throughout the week. We are expanding the availability of our service and now need to recruit additional Specialist Debt Advisers, some on a permanent basis and some on fixed term contracts which may become permanent depending on the outcome of the contract re-tender due early 2021.

About the Role
As a Specialist Debt Adviser, you'll be responsible for handling phone and email enquiries to the service, using diagnostic questioning to fully establish the caller's enquiry and providing detailed and timely responses. We'll also rely on you to identify and act upon any emergency enquiries and prioritise your workload accordingly. Helping our Team to produce written and on-line content and provide service users with the latest developments in debt regulation, policy and good practice will be important too.

We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

About you
You're someone who champions user-focused advice and who can take complex language and processes and make them easy to understand for professional advisers and other audiences. You'll need excellent all-round understanding of debt advice, with experience of contributing to, and producing, written and on-line resources, including guidance documents, webinars and attendance at networking events, providing services users with the latest debt regulation, policy and good practice. What's more, you have good typing skills and proficiency using Microsoft office applications and case management and reporting systems.

Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave (pro rata), enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We're here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.

To find out more about the role and the benefits of working for Shelter please visit our website. Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.

Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.

Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

We're proud to be talent spotting for a brand-new, collaborative project between Homestart Manchester and Homestart Trafford, Salford and Wigan. This is a unique opportunity for a fluent Arabic or Urdu speaker to support families in local communities as a Parent Infant Mental Health (PIMH) Wellbeing Co-ordinator.

Homestart provides support and friendship for families who are struggling to cope with a wide of range of situations - loneliness, mental ill health, disabilities or increasing poverty and debt. They provide support to help prevent crisis and family breakdown by recruiting, training and supporting volunteers who are parents from the local community to visit families in their own homes to provide practical help and emotional support to families.

In this brand-new role, you'll look after a casework of families from the BAME community providing advice, guidance, support and signposting during the peri-natal period. You'll be experienced in working with parents from BAME communities with emotional and mental health needs and will work in close partnership at all times with specialist services, forming a vital conduit for ensuring that escalating needs are identified and met earlier.

To apply for this role, you'll need:
* Ability to speak either fluent Arabic or Urdu
* Recent experience of working with BAME children and families
* Knowledge of early attachment and of the impact of parental mental health issues on the parent infant relationship
* Skills in managing barriers that families may have to engagement e.g. language and cultural barriers or digital exclusion
* Knowledge of the roles of agencies providing services for families

These roles would be particularly well suited to health visitors, midwives, mental health professionals, family support workers or social workers with experience of working with families. However, we'd also be keen to speak to those with transferable skills and relevant volunteer experience. Most of all, you'll be incredibly passionate about supporting families.

Because of the work Homestart does, they offer a flexible, grown-up working culture. This is a charity that understands the importance of life and family-friendly working.

Initial 2 year fixed-term contract.
Salary £23,836 per annum pro rata

If you're the person we're looking for, please send a copy of your CV to Charity People's consultant, Tatiana Ambrose, for lots more detail.

Closing date: 9am on 19th March

Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.

About us:

PTMWA is a women-led organisation whose vision is to ensure that people, suffering, or at risk of domestic abuse receive appropriate support. We assist recovery by providing safe accommodation, specialist support services and by working in partnership with other agencies. We also run the only museum dedicated to telling the story of women’s fight for the right to vote at our Pankhurst Centre headquarters.

We are a diverse organisation, c31% of our staff identify as BME, c12% as LGBT+. We span the generations with c11% of staff being aged 18-24 and 25% aged 55-64. And, c11% of staff identify as having a disability.

Our staff, volunteers and service users have recently taken time to reflect on who we are and what we do when we are at our best. This reflection showed that we can proudly claim to be: 

Courageous by challenging inequality, stepping forward and making change

Affirming by supporting and inspiring, paying attention to discover what matters

Generous by sharing our skills, creating energetic positive links, and thriving together

Rooted by being secure in our communities, participating and nurturing a sense of belonging

About You:

You will be a pro-active, reliable individual who reflects the values of PTMWA in all that you do. Your experiences, whether in paid or voluntary work, will enable you to fulfil the role requirements but it is your attitude and character that will make you a successful team member.

You will enjoy a challenge and actively participate in delivering and developing services of the highest standard. You will be the organisation’s operational lead for the case management system, ensuring that it is effectively embedded within practice. You will require excellent IT skills, the ability to analyse and communicate data and enjoy working across and with different groups of people and teams.

About the role:

We welcome applications from people seeking part-time (17.5 hours) work as well as full-time (35). All roles are subject to a DBS check and we seek 2 x references, 1 of whom must be your current employer if applicable.

Practitioner and Trainer (MiDASS) – 1 Role

The post holder will be responsible for delivering domestic violence and abuse (DVA) training to health professionals working with pre and post-natal women within a maternity hospital setting to improve their understanding of domestic violence and abuse (DVA) and to increase the numbers of victims identified and referred for support. The post holder will provide risk assessment, holistic support and advocacy for the individuals referred by the participating maternity hospital professionals.

Other responsibilities will include delivering effective DVA awareness training to clinical and non-clinical staff members based within a maternity hospital setting and providing effective one to one support, advice, information and advocacy to pregnant women and new mothers who are experiencing or who have experienced DVA as they are referred from participating maternity hospital departments. You will also maintain awareness of safeguarding and complete Early Help assessment or social services referrals as a matter of urgency.

This role has been assessed and confirmed as open to women only under the Equality Act 2010, schedule 9, part 1

Hours of work: 35 per week

Salary: £24 868 per annum

Duration: Fixed term contract to 31st March 2022, extension subject to funding

Annual Leave: 25 days plus Bank Holidays, pro rata for part-time workers

About us:

PTMWA is a women-led organisation whose vision is to ensure that people, suffering, or at risk of domestic abuse receive appropriate support. We assist recovery by providing safe accommodation, specialist support services and by working in partnership with other agencies. We also run the only museum dedicated to telling the story of women’s fight for the right to vote at our Pankhurst Centre headquarters.

We are a diverse organisation, c31% of our staff identify as BME, c12% as LGBT+. We span the generations with c11% of staff being aged 18-24 and 25% aged 55-64. And, c11% of staff identify as having a disability.

Our staff, volunteers and service users have taken time to reflect on who we are and what we do when we are at our best. This reflection showed that we can proudly claim to be: 

Courageous by challenging inequality, stepping forward and making change

Affirming by supporting and inspiring, paying attention to discover what matters

Generous by sharing our skills, creating energetic positive links, and thriving together

Rooted by being secure in our communities, participating and nurturing a sense of belonging

About You:

You will be a pro-active, reliable individual who reflects the values of PTMWA in all that you do. Your experiences, whether in paid or voluntary work, will enable you to fulfil the role requirements but it is your attitude and character that will make you a successful team member.

You will enjoy a challenge and actively participate in delivering and developing services of the highest standard.

About the role:

We welcome applications from people seeking part-time (17.5 hours) work as well as full-time (35). All roles are subject to a DBS check and we seek 2 x references, 1 of whom must be your current employer if applicable

Advocate Educator – 1 role available

The purpose of this position is to provide holistic support and advocacy for individuals referred by the GP Practices across the city. The responsibilities will amongst others include:

Practice-based Work to promote an awareness of the experiences and needs of people, predominantly women who are living with, escaping or have a history of DVA particularly in relation to their health.

Advocacy and Support Work by providing effective one to one support, advice, information and advocacy to service users who are experiencing or who have experienced DVA as they are referred from participating GP Practices. Maintain awareness of safeguarding and complete Early Help and/or social services referrals as a matter of urgency and,

Contributing to Project Success by managing workload to ensure compliance with IRIS National and local commissioning reporting requirements. Contribute to the development of the IRIS online case management and reporting tool to ensure this is fit for purpose. 

This role has been assessed and confirmed as open to women only under the Equality Act 2010, schedule 9, part 1

Hours of work: 35 per week

Salary: £26 065.00 per annum

Duration: Fixed Term up to 31st March 2022, extension subject to availability of funding

Annual Leave: 25 days plus Bank Holidays, pro rata for part-time workers

We are delighted to be advertising an exciting new role at MASH.

MASH is a busy city-centre based charity working with women who sex work to help keep them safe and more empowered to make decisions about their lives. Our small and dedicated staff team, supported by volunteers, work with more than 600 women every year and we are the only agency in Manchester working specifically with women with complex needs. In 2018, MASH was awarded the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the equivalent of an MBE, which recognises exceptional work done by volunteer groups in their communities. All our staff benefit from regular development opportunities including trauma-informed training.

We are recruiting a new Drop-in Development Officer to join our team full time for 6 months.

Using a gender and trauma-informed approach, the Drop-in Development Officer will manage our city centre Drop-in Centre and support the women who attend. This will involve managing volunteers, providing support and advice to women, and delivering a range of activities. Please note there may be some evening work involved in this post.

We are looking for an experienced individual who has an understanding of complex needs including, homelessness, mental health, substance misuse and offending behaviour.

It is an occupational requirement under the Equality Act 2010 (Schedule 9, part 1) for this post to be filled only by a woman.

This role is fixed term until 31st September 2021.

The closing date is Sunday 7th March. Interviews will be held on the 9th and 10th of March and will be conducted via zoom.

The post is subject to DBS checks, suitable references, and completion of a 6-month probation period.

Rochdale and District Mind has over 30 years' experience of supporting emotional health and wellbeing. We are seeking to recruit a counsellor to undertake clinical assessments and counselling interventions (both face-to-face and telephone) with children and young people aged 12 - 18 years old. This support will be in line with the Thrive Model,developed by the Anna Freud Centre and Tavistock.
Job-sharing will be considered.
The successful candidate(s) will be professionally qualified, will hold individual BACP (or equivalent) registration or accreditation (or be working towards accreditation) and will have experience of counselling children/young people/young adults with complex mental health and psychosocial issues and managing client risk and safeguarding issues.
Interview date: Wednesday 10th March 2021

12 Month Fixed Term Contract (Maternity Cover), Part Time (21.5 hours per week)

About the Together Trust

We are one of the North West’s leading disability charities, offering individual care, support and education to thousands of people each year.

Our work wouldn’t be possible without our incredible team of staff and volunteers who are positive role models to the people we support.

You will be joining an organisation driven by its values and desire to see meaningful change - the people we support really are at the heart of everything we do.

We want you to grow and develop - so we’ll support you to shape the career that you want to have.

We can’t promise a job with us will be easy. But what we can say is your work will be filled with meaning.

A job at the Together Trust is more than just a job. Together we’ll change lives.

Bridge College educates a broad range of young people 16-25 years with learning disabilities, physical disabilities and /or autism. Speech and Language Therapy, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy are integral to facilitating students’ education and progress, and removing barriers to learning.

Bridge has a range of specialist facilities including a hydrotherapy pool, sensory areas, rebound therapy and a Multi-use Therapy room. However, much of the impact of the Speech and Language Therapy team comes from working closely with the multidisciplinary team (MDT) to embed interventions into all aspects of the college’s delivery.

The Together Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. It is a commitment we expect and require from all our staff and volunteers. All Successful applicants will undertake stringent recruitment checks including an enhanced DBS.

We are looking for a part time Speech and Language therapist (21.5 hours)

The main clinical duties are;

• To assess student’s language and communication skills upon entry to the college.
• To make differential diagnosis on the basis on evidence from assessment.
• To carry out assessment for suitable Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) and make recommendations with advice from a senior colleagues.
• To clearly share individualised communication guidelines and strategies in verbal and written formal.
• To promote, support and embed a culture of Total Communication within the college.
• To define clear communication goals for students.
• To assess, monitor and record student’s progress with respect to their development in all areas of speech, language and communication.
• To formulate, deliver and monitor evidence-based speech and language therapy programmes to support students’ communication skills and educational development
• To liaise with families/carers and staff to advise on issues relating to speech and language development.

All other duties are outlined in the job description

Benefits

You'll get to help the people we support celebrate along the road to a brighter future. And, be part of an incredible team of like-minded peers. Together we work hard, laugh a lot, and support each other. We also have a range of rewards and benefits for our staff:

• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays. Pro rated for part time roles) rising to 27 days after 5 years and 30 days after 10 years.
• A company pension plan with 7% employer contribution.

• Opportunity to purchase a health plan to claim towards therapy, dental and more.
• Unlimited access to our employee assistance programme for advice and support.
• Support from mental health first aiders.
• Follow your ambitions and progress your career through on-the-job training, apprenticeships and qualifications.

HideOut Youth Zone’s state-of-the-art £6.6m facility opened in September 2020 to provide an engaging and inspiring place for thousands of young people aged 8 – 19 (up to 25 for those with additional needs) to spend their leisure time. Open 7-nights a week, 52-weeks a year plus school holidays, the Youth Zone’s incredible facilities include a 3G pitch, skate park, 30ft climbing wall, boxing/mixed martial arts gym, 4-court sports hall, sensory room, fitness suite, recreation area and dance, arts, music and media suites and much more.

Manchester has higher than the national average rates of young people 16-18 who are NEET but the Covid-19 pandemic has only intensified this issue and increased risks of young people not securing a positive post 16 destination. This new, exciting role within HideOut Youth Zones management team, will provide the right candidate with an opportunity to establish and shape the youth zone’s employment and enterprise offer. This offer will not only target those young people locally aged 16-18 who are not in employment education or training (NEET) but also develop an early universal information advice and guidance service for young people aged 13+ in parallel with our core youth work offer.

Candidates must:

▪ Have extensive experience of delivering Enterprise and Employability activities to young people aged 8 to 19 (or up to 25 for those with additional needs) in a variety of settings

▪ Be able to engage vulnerable, disengaged or hard to reach young people

▪ Have experience of managing partnerships with employers and training providers

▪ Demonstrate a strong commitment to young people and have the ability to engage and build positive relationships

▪ Be passionate about the aims and mission of HideOut Youth Zone and East Manchester

A role profile with person specification can be found on our website.

This is truly a fantastic opportunity to be part of the HideOut team and to help to create a long-lasting legacy for young people in the area.

In accordance with our Child Protection and Safeguarding procedures, the position requires an enhanced DBS check.

HOW TO APPLY

Please complete a HideOut Youth Zone Application Form and email together with a copy of your up-to-date CV

Deadline for applications: 9am, Thursday 18th March 2021

We place huge value on equal opportunities and encourage applications from candidates of diverse backgrounds, communities and abilities. The one thing we all have in common is our desire to raise the aspirations of young people across the country.

For further information about HideOut Youth Zone please visit our website and follow us on Twitter.

Mahdlo Youth Zone is a young people’s charity based in Oldham with a vision to be a beacon of excellence for youth-led provision. Our mission is to deliver high quality, innovative activities and experiences for young people aged 8-19 (25 with a disability) to provide opportunities to raise aspirations and support young people to be the best they can be.

We have an exciting opportunity to recruit a highly motivated and pro-active person to the role of Junior Zone Coordinator.

The post holder will manage and coordinate our Junior Zone offer, developing and delivering youth work programmes for Junior Zone members aged 8-12 years old and develop and deliver the Holiday Zone provision. You will provide direct line management support, coaching, and development for coordinators, sessional workers and volunteers to ensure young people receive high quality opportunities, activities and support.

The ideal candidate will have experience in leading activities and working face to face with diverse groups of young people as well as supervising and managing staff and volunteers. You will have demonstrable in-depth knowledge and understanding of safeguarding best practices and the ability to identify and challenge discrimination and discriminatory behaviour, taking appropriate action as necessary.

You must be committed to working within the spirit of Mahdlo’s core values – Pride, Respect, Inclusion, Dependability and Excellence – which describe the way we work.

Benefit package

This role offers:

• A competitive salary
• Flexible working hours
• 33 days annual leave (including bank/public holidays) per annum
• Automatic enrolment to Medicash Health Care scheme on successful completion of probationary period
• Free onsite gym access

About us:

PTMWA is a women-led organisation whose vision is to ensure that people, suffering, or at risk of domestic abuse receive appropriate support. We assist recovery by providing safe accommodation, specialist support services and by working in partnership with other agencies. We also run the only museum dedicated to telling the story of women’s fight for the right to vote at our Pankhurst Centre headquarters.

We are a diverse organisation, c31% of our staff identify as BME, c12% as LGBT+. We span the generations with c11% of staff being aged 18-24 and 25% aged 55-64. And, c11% of staff identify as having a disability.

Our staff, volunteers and service users have recently taken time to reflect on who we are and what we do when we are at our best. This reflection showed that we can proudly claim to be: 

Courageous by challenging inequality, stepping forward and making change

Affirming by supporting and inspiring, paying attention to discover what matters

Generous by sharing our skills, creating energetic positive links, and thriving together

Rooted by being secure in our communities, participating and nurturing a sense of belonging

About You:

You will be a pro-active, reliable individual who reflects the values of PTMWA in all that you do. Your experiences, whether in paid or voluntary work, will enable you to fulfil the role requirements but it is your attitude and character that will make you a successful team member.

You will enjoy a challenge and actively participate in delivering and developing services of the highest standard. You will be the organisation’s operational lead for the case management system, ensuring that it is effectively embedded within practice. You will require excellent IT skills, the ability to analyse and communicate data and enjoy working across and with different groups of people and teams.

About the role:

We welcome applications from people seeking part-time (17.5 hours) work as well as full-time (35). All roles are subject to a DBS check and we seek 2 x references, 1 of whom must be your current employer if applicable.

Navigator  – 1 Role

This role is part of an exciting new national project led by Solace Women’s Aid (Solace). The Labyrinth Project aims to join up women’s centred outcomes across women’s centres, children’s centres and older women’s spaces, providing holistic support to women to untangle the complexities within their lives. The Project will also set up grants schemes and Centre of Excellence to build capacity, supporting sustainability of the women’s sector for the future.

Reporting to the Project Manager you will work closely with the Navigators across England, Scotland and Northern Ireland to develop the new Labyrinth Project and support women to navigate through complex issues heightened by COVID-19.

Other responsibilities will include supporting the development of capacity of professionals, community groups and women themselves to respond to women’s needs across unemployment, legal issues, debt and other financial problems, as well as to map current services and women’s journeys-mapping gaps and good practice.

This role has been assessed and confirmed as open to women only under the Equality Act 2010, schedule 9, part 1

Hours of work: 35 per week

Salary: £28 190 per annum

Duration: 18 months from start date

Annual Leave: 25 days plus Bank Holidays, pro rata for part-time workers