Purposes of the job: The purpose of the Scheme Manager role is to ensure that Home-Start Warrington has in place effective leadership required to meet its charitable objectives.

• To execute the strategic plan as laid down by the Trustees
• To hold responsibility for maintaining an overview of the scheme
• To ensure the effective day to day management of the scheme in accordance with the Home-Start Memorandum & Articles of Association; the Home-Start Standards & Methods of Practice, Home-Start Agreement and Quality Assurance Standards.
• To ensure the scheme maintains high standards of practice in supporting families within the Home-Start model
• To ensure equality of opportunity, fairness and diversity in all aspects of the scheme’s work.
• To ensure good safeguarding practice in all aspects of the scheme’s work
• To take responsibility for providing leadership and management to the staff team.
• To increase the profile of Home-Start Warrington in the region.

This is a strategic role for which the key responsibilities are:

• Leadership & People Management
• Business Development and Planning
• Effective Networking, PR and Marketing
• Income Generation
• Performance Management
• Operational Management

Key Skills and Experience:

• The successful candidate will be an experienced Manager/Leader with a demonstrable track record of success.

• They will possess strong leadership, strategic management and governance skills as well as being solution focussed.

• Strong change management skills are essential.

Detail of Responsibilities

Leadership and People Management

• To provide leadership to staff, delegating specific responsibilities to them where appropriate, and to maintain a climate which attracts, retains and motivates good quality staff.
• To undertake the leadership and line management of the staff team, including individual coaching, team development and motivation.
• To be responsible for ensuring that all aspects of staff recruitment, development and training, supervision, grievance and appraisal procedures are developed and conducted in accordance with accepted good practice and in line with Home Start UK Policies and Home Start Warrington business plan.
• To foster good communications within Home-Start Warrington and develop the organisation’s initiatives.
• To agree continuous professional development priorities with all staff.
• To oversee and ensure all aspects of volunteer recruitment, development, training, supervision procedures are developed and conducted in accordance with accepted good practice.

Operational Management

• To effectively manage all operational activities, monitoring and reporting to the Trustees on performance against objectives
• To ensure systems and processes are fit for purpose, aligned with Home Start UK practices and consistent throughout the organisation

Support for families/volunteers

• Maintaining an overview of the work with families.

• Ensuring support to families is of a high standard, in accordance with Home-Start’s model, policies and procedures.

• To undertake the Strategic Lead role on safeguarding and promoting children’s welfare.
• Ensuring the scheme maintains an effective team of volunteers

Fundraising and Income Generation

• To work with the Trustees on the development and implementation of a fundraising strategy in line with the organisation’s plans.
• To manage, support and work with the Trustees to secure adequate resources for Home-Start Warrington.
• To ensure research and funding priorities are up to date.
• To ensure new opportunities for income generation that will support Home-Start Warrington’s ambition are identified.
• To manage the relationship with key stakeholders ensuring excellent understanding of the value and importance of Home-Start Warrington’s work.
• To ensure all relationships are carefully managed, and to act in the best interests of the scheme at all times.

Finance

• To manage the financial plan and yearly budgets, working with the Trustees to ensure continued financial viability.
• To be responsible for ensuring adequate resources for Home-Start Warrington through sound financial management and effective budgeting.
• To take responsibility for service agreements, negotiating contracts and agreements as appropriate, in consultation with the Trustees.
• To ensure that the annual financial audit takes place, and to oversee the preparation.
• To ensure that the Trustees Annual Report is produced in line with current guidance.

Board and Governance

• Together with the Chair, to prepare an annual board timetable and regular meeting agendas.
• To attend all Trustee meetings, including sub-groups, as required.
• To ensure that such papers are available so as to enable the Trustees to make considered decisions about all matters of strategy, policy and finance.
• To work with the Chair and other trustees to identify, recruit and induct new trustees.
• To ensure compliance with relevant regulatory and HSUK requirements (either directly or through delegation) through appropriate policy development and standards of behaviour.

JOB DESCRIPTION

PAPYRUS is the national UK charity dedicated to preventing young suicide.

DESIGNATION                             Marketing and Communications Manager

HOURS                                           36 per week (some planned unsocial hours)

SALARY                                           NJC Scale 27-30 (£30,507 - £32,878) & 5% pension contribution 

LOCATION                                     Registered Office, Warrington

RESPONSIBLE TO                       Head of Marketing and Communications

ACCOUNTABLE FOR                   Some staff and volunteer supervision

PURPOSE OF POST

The post holder will report to and the Head of Marketing and Communications, helping to champion and manage the PAPYRUS brand and supporting the delivery of our projects and services through developing engaging and targeted content. They will oversee the day-to-day activities whilst developing, inspiring and motivating the Marketing and Communications Team.

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

Head of Marketing and Communications; Marketing and Communications Team; CEO; Staff and Volunteers; PAPYRUS members and supporters; Press Officer.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support the Head of Marketing and Communications in implementing the Marketing and Communications Strategy for PAPYRUS
• Supervise and support the Marketing and Communications Team to ensure they are able to conduct their day to day activities
• Proactively search for, curate and share content from appropriate third parties and monitor news and developments within mental health and suicide prevention
• Oversee the tracking of our reach and engagement using insight and analytics tools, including Meltwater, reporting regularly to the Head of Marketing and Communications
• Lead on the management of the charity’s google AdWords account and support Marketing and Communications Officers in the delivery of campaigns, budgets and keyword research
• Report on outcomes from monthly activities including impression share, quality score and other account metrics
• Collate and maintain calendar of key awareness dates whilst considering potential campaigns and activities around key dates and themes;
• Oversee requests from other teams for newsletters, design needs and other communications support and ensure this are monitored for consistency and are in line with our charity’s objectives and messages;
• Provide communications support to other teams within PAPYRUS as required.

OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Press Office

• Support Press Officer in the management of general press enquiries;
• Identify opportunities to widen our reach and engage with new audiences including industry specific publications;
• Support Press Officer in ‘creating the news’ by understanding key developments and activities within PAPYRUS and championing the work of the charity;
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with journalists and other media outlets and contacts.

Assist with brand management and design

• Overseeing requests from supporters to use our logo to ensure this meets our brand guidance and challenging incorrect use of our assets;
• Support Marketing and Communications Officers in the design of PAPYRUS and managing workload through the use of a design schedule;
• Maintain and update in-house branding and collateral, our image library, stock photography, templates and presentations.

Support with the maintenance of our website and content management

• Support the Head of Marketing and Communications in regularly updating the website with new content or features through the content management system, liaising with web providers where necessary;
• Create comprehensive reports showing the performance of the website, demographic of users, identifying pages that are underperforming and suggesting improvements where needed.

Engage with and support members and stakeholders when required.

Respect confidentiality and manage data according to PAPYRUS policy.

Understand your duties and manage any matters relating to safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults within PAPYRUS policy.

ADDITIONAL DUTIES

It is the nature of the work of PAPYRUS prevention of young suicides that tasks and responsibilities are in many circumstances, unpredictable and varied. All staff are, therefore, expected to work in a flexible way when the occasion arises and when tasks not specifically covered in their job description have to be undertaken. These additional duties will normally be to cover unforeseen circumstances or changes in work and they will normally be compatible with the regular type of work. If the additional responsibility or task becomes a regular or frequent part of the member of staff’s job, it will be included in the job description in consultation with the member of staff.

CONFIDENTIALITY

It is expected that all PAPYRUS employees understand that our work is confidential and that neither details about those who use its services nor any other PAPYRUS business should be divulged to members of the public. A confidentiality agreement must be signed on taking up this post. Further details are outlined in the PAPYRUS Confidentiality Policy.

BASIC PRINCIPLES

The post holder is expected to be familiar with and have regard to the ethos and values of PAPYRUS and work within that framework. He/she must be prepared to operate without prejudice to all who approach PAPYRUS or work with the organisation at any level.

CONDITIONS OF SERVICE

Conditions of Service are broadly in line with those set out by the National Joint Council for Local Government Services. PAPYRUS has a probationary period of 6 months for all posts. Appointment to this post may be subject to satisfactory Enhanced CRB Disclosure and/or completion of Vetting and Barring Scheme checks.

QUALIFICATIONS

See Person Specification

As a recognised youth charity striving for Excellence in its field with a vision to provide the best opportunities for children and young people in Bolton, especially those most in need, Bolton Lads & Girls Club is looking to appoint an exceptional External Funding Manager to join us to develop our ambitious plans for the future. 

The successful candidate will support and oversee the strategic and operational delivery of our highly professional pre award and post award funding activity, identifying and securing external funding sources to fund both existing and new areas of the Clubs offer. In addition to effective horizon scanning, bid development and submission, this also includes supporting post award functions, such as timely claims submission, grant monitoring and reporting, performance analysis and preparations for meeting any other requirements during and post funding periods.  All pre and post award grant and contract management activity is co-ordinated and managed through the External Funding Team.  You will secure both revenue and capital funds, tenders and contracts, and development funding from a range of sources.

The External Funding team consists of the External Funding Manager, and the External Funding Officer. The team sit within the wider Professional Support Services function within the organisation, and the role reports directly into the Chief Executive. You will have a degree or equivalent or be qualified by your experience, and have significant experience preparing bids for funding across a wide range of funders. You will provide high level reports in line with KPIs and growth opportunities to the Clubs CEO and Board of Trustees on a regular basis.  The successful candidate will be highly numerate and have excellent organisational abilities, a knowledge of the children and young people’s sector and have the interpersonal and communications skills needed to work effectively across all levels of the organisation.

Closing date: 5.00pm – Monday 25th November 2019

Provisional Interview Date: 12th & 17th December 2019

To apply please email your up to date CV and covering letter, no more than 2 sides of A4, outlining how you would contribute to this role, and how you meet the criteria outlined in the person specification, 

For a full job description, please visit the vacancies section on our website or see attched document on CharityJob 

*Please note that due to the number of applications that we receive, only candidates that are shortlisted will be contacted within 2 weeks of the closing date. Candidates who do not provide a detailed covering letter and detailed employment history, will not be considered*

The Club is committed to safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed.  This post is subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure. The Club is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and it expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

EMPOWERING – DRIVEN – CARING – EXCELLENCE - FUN

Job Title: Operations Manager - Volunteering

Contract: 2 years (fixed term)

Hours: Full time- 35 hours a week

Location: Manchester

The Prince's Trust is a youth charity whose mission is to help young people transform their lives by developing the confidence and skills, to live, learn and earn. This year we will support more than 70,000 young people through a range of proven programmes, with three in four achieving a positive outcome.

As an organisation we have big growth ambitions to reach another one million young people over the next 10 years and to best the best organisation to work and volunteer for. In order to achieve this, we will need to fundamentally change our approach to volunteering, enabling more of our services to be delivered by volunteers, bringing them close to the heart of the organisation and improving the level of service we provide them.

This role has specific responsibility for developing, delivering and testing new volunteer interventions which will enable the Operations team in Greater Manchester to reach more young people and provide higher quality provision. You will work closely with colleagues in the Operations team to identify opportunities to better utilise volunteers and help develop bespoke resources and guidance to enable the opportunity to run. From helping our Operations teams engage more young people to take their first step with The Trust, to delivering one of our programmes entirely by volunteers, the role will be diverse. This role will also focus on evaluating the impact of new interventions and working with the Volunteering Development, National Operations and Service Design teams to share learning across the UK.

To learn more about the role please visit our website

The Prince’s Trust is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare of the children and young people we work with. Successful applicants to roles at The Prince’s Trust will be subject to criminal vetting checks, and where necessary for the role, a check at an enhanced level will be required.

To apply for this vacancy please complete the online application.  To help you with the supporting statement section, you may want to visit our website to download a copy of the Prince’s Trust Behavioural Framework.

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One Million Mentors is looking for an experienced, full-time Office Manager to be responsible for diary management, meeting organisation and general office management across several office and remote locations. 

About One Million Mentors:

One Million Mentors (1MM) is a project within UpRising Leadership, working in Greater Manchester, Cardiff Capital Region, West Midlands and expanding into London.

1MM’s mission is to transform the process of mentoring for all in the UK. We aim to train, recruit and connect a million mentors to a million young people in order to increase youth employability, support social action and help break down social barriers.

We recognise the value of high quality mentoring for young people and are determined to widen the scope of mentoring, increase the provision of mentoring to areas across the UK and strengthen the mentoring network by connecting existing organisations through our shared online platform.

The Role:

As Office Manager you will be responsible for Chief Exec’s Diary, organising team travel, supporting some functions of HR, Health and Safety including safeguarding, data protection, finance support, and where required insurances and banking. 

Applicants will need excellent communication skills as well as the ability to work in a fast moving environment with multiple deadlines. Please note this is a full time role offered on an initial 3-month contract and can be based in either our Manchester or our London office.

For full information about the role (including complete job description; frequency of work and rate of pay), please see our job pack attached.

Application is made by submitting a CV and personalised Cover Letter:

- CV should be tailored to demonstrate how you meet the competencies. Cover Letter should highlight how you demonstrate good secretarial skills, diary management and broader office management skills.

- Cover Letter should also detail why you are interested in the role, why you want to work for One Million Mentors, and how your values match those of our own. The Cover letter should be no more than 2 pages of A4.

Important application details:

Application deadline: 12 noon on Friday 6th December 2019. Please note, that we may be contacting suitable applicants before the deadline, so you are encouraged to apply early.

Interview dates: Tuesday 10th December 2019 in Manchester / Friday 13th December in London.

National Programme Manager, Disrupting Exploitation (maternity cover)

Maternity cover fixed term contract, which is estimated to end in January 2021. 37 hours per week. £47,759 per annum.

Location. The preferred location for this role is London, but other Disrupting Exploitation delivery locations will be considered. These are Birmingham and Manchester.

This role sits within our children and families directorate. The role of National Programme Manager is a high-profile role, both internally and externally. If successful, you'll be managing an ambitious and innovative team. You have overall responsibility for the line management of 20 members of staff within the Disrupting Exploitation Programme and two members of staff who are part of Tackling Child Exploitation Support Programme.

The Children's Society has been helping children and young people in this country for over 130 years. We run national programmes and local services that support children when they are at their most vulnerable and in desperate need of help. We're there for children, every step of the way.

We are currently looking for an experienced team manager, with a passion for systems change to join our dynamic, ambitious team. The Disrupting Exploitation Programme works both one-to-one with young people and on systems change. Our systems change work is focused on the policies, procedures, contexts and cultures around young people to improve the response to children in comparable situations in the future

A key part of this role will be your ability to lead and manage a diverse and ambitious team, be an organisational spokesperson on child exploitation and be relied on as a subject matter expert in the field of child exploitation.

In order to be successful in this role, you must have:

-Knowledge and understanding of the protection of vulnerable young people and safe

-An understanding of leading and managing continuous improvement in a changing funding and policy context.

-Understanding the principles of systems change as applied within children's policy.

-Experience of developing brilliant, sustaining and well functioning relationships and partnerships with external organisations and individuals

The Children's Society runs over 100 local services that help thousands of young people who desperately need our support, and we campaign to get laws and policies changed to make children's lives happier and safer.

Every day we're changing the lives of children in this country for the better - and with your help, tomorrow we can be there for even more.

The Children's Society is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services.

Candidates applying for work in our CYP Directorate will be required to complete an “Employment history template” document prior to interview. Please note this will be sent to candidates prior to interview.

The closing date for applications is 5pm on 22nd of November. Interviews will be held on Thursday 12th December.

Job Title:  Learning and Development Manager

Contract: Fixed Term – 2 years

Hours: Full time- 35 hours a week

Location: Manchester

We are a youth charity whose mission is to help young people transform their lives by developing the confidence and skills, to live, learn and earn. This year we will support more than 70,000 young people through a range of proven programmes, with three in four achieving a positive outcome!

We are looking for a Learning and Development Manager to join our Greater Manchester team and support a ground-breaking new initiative (subject to treasury sign-off) which will see The Prince’s Trust work in partnership with employers to address issues facing youth unemployment by improving productivity gains of a young, resilient and diverse local workforce.

Our new Learning and Development Manager will play a key role in supporting the delivery for one of the largest and impactful initiatives in the Prince’s Trust history. Specifically, the Learning and Development Manager will be responsible for designing and enabling the delivery of learning interventions to meet the needs of Prince’s Trust colleagues and volunteers.

Through Future Workforce Fund, business and government are co-investing £14 million into young people from Greater Manchester to give them the confidence and skills to become more prosperous citizens and part of a growing and inclusive economy. Future Workforce Fund will act as a catalyst for change, by encouraging businesses to proactively shape and invest in the programmes and interventions that help to counteract these concerns. The programme will provide a unique opportunity to put employability skills and employers at the centre of each young person’s journey.

Future Workforce Fund will focus on three key strategic themes:

• Live: Developing the personal and social skills of young people
• Learn: Raising aspirations and fulfilling educational potential
• Earn: Equipping young people with skills for work and access to jobs

Recognising young people require different types of support and needing the programme to offer a broad range of tiered interventions to different groups of young people, an approach of test and learn and embracing innovation will be championed. There is a huge opportunity for transformation and leaving a legacy of delivery as part of this programme.

In order to significantly increase the amount of young people who engage with The Prince’s Trust and its partners in Greater Manchester we will run a co-branded, co-designed permanent marketing campaign that utilised digital, out of home and other forms of media.

To learn more about the role please visit our website

About The Prince’s Trust

We have a bold ambition to extend the reach and impact of our work and help one million more young people transform their lives over the next ten years.  Our job is to inspire them, support them and release their potential, so that they can thrive and society can prosper.  We will focus on innovation, to ensure we adapt and remain relevant in a rapidly changing world.  We owe it to ourselves and the young people we serve, to do the best work of our lives and to help give them an increasing stake in our economy and society. They are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us.

The Prince’s Trust is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare of the children and young people we work with. Successful applicants to roles at The Prince’s Trust will be subject to criminal vetting checks, and where necessary for the role, a check at an enhanced level will be required.

To apply for this vacancy please complete the online application.  To help you with the supporting statement section, you may want to visit our website to download a copy of the Prince’s Trust Behavioural Framework.

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ABOUT GENERATION

Generation's mission is to provide a career-launching job for every young person, anywhere in the world. 

We are a not-for-profit social enterprise that delivers tailored programmes to recruit, train and place unemployed young people into work. Though our unique approach we also solve a wide range of employer challenges—skilled talent shortages, poor job performance, lack of diversity, and high turnover.

Generation launched globally in 2015, and has grown quickly to become the world’s largest demand-led youth employment initiative. We have placed over 30,000 young people into roles (many of whom have suffered some form of adversity), working with over 2,000 employer partners to date across 10 countries and 26 professions.

Generation successfully launched the first UK programmes in March 2019, following 18 months of planning. This included a healthcare programme developed in collaboration with the NHS, and a Cloud Operations programme developed in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS). Following successful pilots, both programmes are now being scaled up, and we are expanding across London, Manchester, Birmingham, and Dublin.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are looking for someone to launch Generation's programmes in Manchester. This is a very entrepreneurial role - you'll initially be quite hands-on in planning and delivering the first programmes, and sourcing and selecting the right students and employers. Over time you'll be building out a team, managing partnerships (local government, corporate partners etc), securing funding, and growing the volume and selection of programmes.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who relishes the challenge of working autonomously to build a scalable, high-impact initiative in their local area.

RESPONSIBILITIES

There are three main areas of responsibility:

1. Business Development

• Develop a pipeline of likely employers through direct outreach and effective sales processes, as well as leveraging partner networks to engage employers at wider scale.
• Work with employers to secure their commitment to recruit graduates from Generation programmes, and managing commercials on a ‘fee per hire’ basis.
• Manage Generation’s existing relationships with major providers, and develop new relationships with local partners, CSR groups and authorities who can provide the following types of support : attracting youth to Generation programmes, providing training / work space, engaging quality instructors and mentors, providing funding for the expansion and growth of Generation in your region.
• Develop funding proposals / applications to support the securing of future funding.
• Implement a range of marketing initiatives that will build awareness of the programmes. Design and implement marketing collateral, pricing and processes to support these initiatives.
• Ensure your region has the support and funding to grow the volume of programmes in future years.

2. Programme Delivery & Team Management

• Oversee all planning of programmes in your region. Over time this may include : determining the right programmes to run, identifying elements that need to be customised for your region, scheduling of programmes / classes, ensuring there is sufficient support in place, implementing mechanisms to track and analyse data.
• Ensure the successful delivery of all programmes in your region, meeting targets related to : filling classrooms with target groups, course completion rates, job placement rates, improvements in students’ financial and personal wellbeing (in line with our charitable mission).
• Identify the resources needed to achieve Generation’s goals, ensuring they are aligned with your funding targets. Successfully recruit and manage these resources, taking responsibility for their engagement and development.
• Remain connected with wider Generation teams, sharing progress, leveraging services and resources, and ensuring your region’s programmes are aligned to other regions.
• Equally, remain connected with partners supporting programme delivery, ensuring they experience value, deliver quality, and can scale alongside Generation.

3. Contribute to the wider success and growth of Generation in the UK & globally

• Work closely with Generation UK and global colleagues to feed in learnings and share best practices.
• Facilitate roll-out of new initiatives from the global or UK team to your region.
• Work closely with Generation leadership to identify and develop new opportunities, plus help to shape and grow the UK and Global organisations.
• Support the design and development of Generation UK’s playbook, ensuring there is a consistent approach to business development, programme delivery, and team management.

BENEFITS

At Generation, we're changing the lives of many young adults, and that in itself gets us out of bed! Here are a few other benefits you'll experience working with the UK team:

• Work alongside some of the best minds to tackle one of the most pressing issues of our time—youth unemployment.
• Opportunity to make your mark - you'll have a lot of autonomy to bring the Generation blueprint to life in a way that makes sense for your region.
• Opportunity to get involved with a range of activities and projects - we're a small team so there's lots of opportunities to get involved!
• Flexible working - we try and accommodate everyone's preferred working pattern / preferences.

Would you like to be part of transforming mental wellbeing in Greater Manchester?  Mind in Greater Manchester are recruiting a pro-active, energetic and dedicated Network Development Lead to lead on the creation of a network of Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) partner organisations committed to improving mental wellbeing across the whole of Greater Manchester.  If you have experience of building relationships with key stakeholders and have successfully persuaded diverse organisations to commit to a programme, project, scheme, vision or strategy – and kept them on track – we would love to hear from you.

Objectives

You will engage partner organisations in the VCSE sector to commit to staff being trained to deliver ‘Connect 5’ – a workforce development programme that empowers individuals to improve and sustain mental wellbeing, both in themselves and in others. These trainers will then cascade the training to colleagues, service users and members of the public. They will be supported by a community of practice aimed at developing knowledge, skills and best practice, and ensuring high quality, consistent training that is safe, effective and genuinely transformative. First-class digital resources will further support this work.

Mind in Greater Manchester, in partnership with The Big Life Company, have been commission to create the ‘Greater Manchester Connect 5 Hub’ to deliver this vision.

Connect 5

Connect 5 is a well-established prevention toolkit that promotes psychological awareness, knowledge and understanding. It teaches the development of skills, which empower people to take pro-active steps to build mental health resilience for themselves and others. The programme will be disseminated more widely than anywhere it has previously been attempted, in an effort to reform and enhance normal ways of working and embed the GM-Connect 5 principles across the whole Public Service and Voluntary Community Social Enterprise (VCSE) system and the communities they serve.

The Lead Engagement Worker will be responsible for driving the adoption of the Connect 5 model within the VCSE sector in Greater Manchester while ensuring inclusivity across geographies, sectors and communities of identity. The Lead Engagement Worker will be responsible for making sure partner organisations remain active participants in the project.

Can you win commitment and maintain energy within a diverse network of partner organisations?

We would like to work with someone who shares in our vision and will really invest in turning it into a reality. You will have a passion for enabling individuals improve and sustain their mental wellbeing, whilst tackling the stigma and discrimination surrounding mental health.

This role includes all aspects of stakeholder engagement:

• Horizon scanning for partner organisations;

• Strategic planning and implementation;

• Networking, relationship building with key stakeholders;

• Involving, engaging and motivating individuals and organisations;

• Attending meetings and events;

• Following up/re-engaging organisations.

Who we are:

We are a flexible and fast-moving charity delivering mental health services across part of Greater Manchester. Our aim is to continue to provide the best quality local mental health services in prevention, early intervention and primary care; alongside empowering individuals and our communities to live well. We offer various services across the community and to individuals aiming to improve wellbeing and raise awareness around the importance of mental health support.

Why choose Tameside, Oldham and Glossop Mind?

1. We offer a dynamic, stimulating environment that embraces change and is open to new ways of working.

2. We provide a real opportunity to influence meaningful change within our society and for you to contribute your expertise to this process.

3. We maintain a strong commitment to ethical standards of working within a socially inclusive environment.

4. We offer ongoing training and development to all staff and volunteers, enabling you to gain qualifications and expertise in mental health and therapeutic interventions.

5. We offer a degree of flexibility around working hours, balancing work and personal commitments.

6. Other benefits include 25 days annual leave plus public holidays, a 5% pension contribution and a discount in our café.

Mind in Greater Manchester is a partnership of five local mind associations: Tameside, Oldham and Glossop Mind, Manchester Mind, Mind in Salford, Rochdale and District Mind and Stockport and District Mind. By working together, we can achieve better mental health for everyone in Greater Manchester.

Ready to apply? We’d love to hear from you.

The closing date for applications is midnight on Sunday 8th December 2019.  However, the vacancy may close earlier if enough applications are received. 

The Sycamore Project (Zac's Youth Bars) is seeking a new CEO to have oversight and responsibility for all aspects of the organisations work. "Zac's" is a Christian charity providing a wide range of activities and support for over 1,400 young people annually in Bolton and seeks to have a positive and lasting impact, helping young people to achieve their potential.  

We are looking to appoint an exceptional individual who will continue to build on the foundations, address the challenges and take advantage of the opportunities to lead the charity forward. You will be working alongside a dedicated team of currently seventeen full and part time staff, together with a team of volunteers.

The successful candidate will be required to provide Christian leadership and have specific focus on funding bids and fund raising, as well as ensuring aims are achieved, targets met, and legislation and regulation complied with.

Overall, you will need to be able to hold and manage the  bigger picture.

Zac’s ( The Sycamore Project) has always put the needs of the young people at the heart of all it does, and so its projects are always evolving, with new services being set up all the time in order to meet the increasing needs of its young people and the wider community.

As well as centre-based activities,schools work emerged as another important strand of the charity, with support being offered to several schools across Bolton, in a variety of ways (e.g. lunchtime clubs, pupil mentoring support, and targeted issues-based work).

In 2017, with mental health concerns emerging as a major issue for the young people in the community, a new “Young Persons Listening Service” and “Healthy Minds” peer support group was set up as part of a new “Thrive alliance” working in partnership with other Bolton based charities and with funding from Bolton CCG.

Whilst the charity has changed and evolved since being formed, the heart of serving the community and being faith based not biased has never and will never change.

Please submit a cover letter, together with CV and supporting statement outlining how you meet the requirements of the person specification by 5.00pm Tuesday 26th November

Welfare Advisor

 Hours: 14 hours per week
Location: Manchester, M1
Salary:  £10,870 per annum (FTE £27,174 per annum) plus generous holiday entitlement, pension scheme and group life assurance

The purpose of the Welfare Advisor role is to work within the holistic rehabilitation model of Freedom from Torture and provide welfare advice and advocacy to survivors of torture living in North West. This will be as part of a multi-disciplinary team and requires an individual with significant experience of working as a Welfare Advisor and advocate in relation to welfare benefits, housing and the asylum support system.

The ideal candidate for the role will have the following skills:

• Experience providing welfare advocacy with individuals who are experiencing mental health difficulties as well as understanding of current Social Care policies/practices
• Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of equality and diversity issues and the ability to integrate into employment policies and practices when recruiting volunteer welfare case workers
• Experience working with refugees and asylum seekers and an understanding of the needs of this group and the associated support services and mechanisms available
• Experience of working within a similar role providing advocacy on a range of welfare issues to include housing, welfare benefits and Asylum Support
• Experience of working within the benefits system, including the application, assessment and appeals procedures

To view the Job Description and Person Specification, please click the link provided.

Candidates must have the right to work in the UK to be considered for this position

Please note a CV and a cover letter addressing the Job Description and Person Specification of the role are mandatory to be considered for the position.

Freedom from Torture is dedicated to healing and protecting people who have survived torture. We provide therapies to improve physical and mental health, we medically document torture, and we provide legal and welfare help. We expose torture globally, we fight to hold torturing states to account and we campaign for fairer treatment of torture survivors in the UK.

Our team of dedicated professionals provide direct support to survivors including psychological therapy, physical health services, legal and welfare support, and expert medical reports for use in survivors' asylum claims. We also support other providers to deliver high quality rehabilitation services to survivors. 

We campaign for national and global change, using evidence from our services and survivor voices to protect and promote survivors' rights and hold torturing states to account. We are proud to play a significant role in the global anti-torture movement. Survivors, active and empowered, are at the centre of all of our work. 

None of this can happen without our vibrant community of supporters who help to create this change.

Thanks to the dedication of our staff and volunteers – as well as thousands of passionate supporters and funders – thousands of torture survivors have been able to rebuild their lives in incredibly difficult circumstances.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.

Closing date:  05 January 2020

Expected date of interviews: week commencing 13 January 2020

As an organisation working with a potentially vulnerable client group, Freedom From Torture has a legal duty to ensure that those under its care are protected from abuse, and that where is abuse is suspected or has occurred, has a clear framework of response. Therefore the successful candidate will be required to complete a DBS application and the result will need to be reviewed before the candidate is confirmed in post.

Freedom from Torture is an Equal Opportunities Employer
No agencies please

Coram Voice is the leading specialist provider of advocacy and children’s rights services for children and young people in and on the edge of care. We support some of the most vulnerable children and young people in society, giving voice to the voiceless and reaching out to those who have missed out on the support they need. Join us as we work to transform the lives of children and young people by supporting them to uphold their rights of to actively participate in shaping their lives.

Coram Voice was established in 1975 and in 2013 joined the Coram group of charities which develops, delivers and promotes best practice in the support of children and young people. Coram’s vision is that every child has the best possible chance in life.

We have around 60 employed staff, 100 self-employed advocates and independent persons, and 70 volunteers deliver services to children and agencies throughout the country. Together they provide Coram Voice with a high degree of specialist expertise in the fields of advocacy, children’s rights, mental health, complaints, secure accommodation and experience of working with children in care, in custody, in need and those who have recently left care.

Every day we make a positive difference in the lives of children and young people in and on the edge of care across the North West and West Midlands. Our advocacy teams are based in Greater Manchester and Shropshire and is made of up of experienced community advocates who work alongside our specialist advocates (who focus on direct work, supporting and developing good practice with young people who are homeless, 16+, or have a disability).

About the Role

You will work directly with children and young people providing advocacy and other children’s rights support which will empower and support them to navigate the care system. This direct work will include issues based advocacy support for children in need, looked after children and care leavers, as well as children subject to the Child Protection process.

You will be a capable ambassador for Coram Voice with the ability to engage effectively with professionals, foster carers, commissioners, other stakeholders and most importantly children and young people.

Coram Voice particularly welcomes applications from care leavers or individuals with experience of being ‘looked after’ by the state. We are also actively encouraging applicants from Asian, African, Caribbean and other minority ethnic backgrounds to join our teams. Whilst we have a diverse team we recognise we are a predominantly white workforce and are genuinely committed to encouraging candidates from diverse communities in order to improve the services to the children and young people we help.

If you have the necessary experience and skills and a commitment to promoting the rights of young people, we would like to hear from you.

To apply, please click on the 'apply now' button to be redirected to the application form.

For more information about the main duties and responsibilities of this role please refer to the job description and person specification.

Closing Date: 9am, Friday 13th December 2019

Interview Date: Monday 23rd December 2019

Warner Interviews: TBC

All posts are subjected to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and successful candidates will not be able to work unsupervised with children or young people until the completion of this process. Coram Voice - working towards quality through equality and the development of a diverse workforce.

We ask that recruitment agencies do not contact us in relation to this position. We have chosen to recruit directly as this helps us to minimise our recruitment costs, ensuring that valuable funds aren't diverted from the children and young people we help.

Registered Charity Number 1046207

Department: Witness Service - National

The role you’re applying for is in the Operations directorate and in the Witness Service team.

The Citizens Advice Witness Service provides a vital service offering free and independent support for witnesses in every criminal court across England and Wales.

Our trained volunteers provide practical and emotional support and information to prosecution and defence witnesses in criminal cases.

We are looking for someone with the ability to develop and motivate volunteers and who has administrative skills and is computer literate to a high standard.

As the Deputy Team Leader (Court Services), working alongside Team Leaders you will be responsible for the delivery of the Witness Service within the courts, remote link sites and Witness Service provision. You will share responsibility for the effective coordination and development of approximately 50 volunteers who support witnesses in their journey through the criminal justice system.

In this role you will also be responsible for general service administrative tasks within the courts, as well as inputting service data.

Experience of the non-profit sector is desirable, but not essential.

Citizens Advice won a grant from the Ministry of Justice to run the Witness Service from April 2015.  The Witness Service has nearly 300 staff and 3000 volunteers and offers free, independent, impartial and confidential support and information to 15,000 witnesses each month to give evidence in every criminal court in England and Wales.

Citizens Advice provide free, independent and impartial advice and information to help people resolve their legal, money and other problems. In the past year we have helped over 2.5 million people solve over 6.2 million problems. Our national network delivers services from over 3,000 locations in England and Wales. In 2015 we won Charity Times Charity of the Year for our work. Now we want to do even more.

Citizens Advice values diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented throughout Citizens Advice. We are a member of the race equality campaign at Business in the Community, the Prince’s responsible business network and are committed to improving employment opportunities for ethnic minorities across the UK. We also welcome applications from, LGB and Trans and non-binary candidates.

We have made a positive commitment to employing disabled people and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role as set out in role profile.

Sustrans is the charity making it easier for people to walk and cycle, by connecting people and places, creating liveable neighbourhoods, transforming the school run and delivering a happier, healthier commute.  Take the next step on your Sustrans journey by joining our England North team:

Volunteer Coordinator (ref: SUS2784)

£27,255 pro rata per annum

22.5 hours per week – contract to 6 October 2020 - based in Leeds or Manchester

The exciting role includes leading the North volunteer support service, development of new volunteer initiatives and creating a vibrant volunteering offering. In this role you will also be responsible for ensuring the implementation of standard volunteer procedures and best practice in recruiting,motivating and supporting volunteers and expanding the network of local volunteer groups to meet regional/national strategies.

Educated to degree level or equivalent and substantial experience of successful  volunteer programme development, you will have excellent written and verbal communications skills, the ability to engage, inspire and influence volunteers, excellent organisational skills and the ability to work independently and remotely, prioritising your own workload.  You will also have experience of running volunteer and public events, of public speaking and of successful partnership working.  You will have experience of line management, a high level of IT literacy and be committed to the promotion of sustainable transport.

Please quote reference number.  Closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 9am on Monday 25 November 2019. Interviews will take place on Thursday 5 December 2019.

Sustrans is committed to reducing inequality, valuing diversity and enabling inclusion.  We welcome applications from people with the appropriate skills from all parts of the community.