Reporting to:  Chief Executive

Job Role: Develop a fundraising programme to include development of UKAHT’s membership.

Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will be a well-rounded fundraiser with experience across a wide variety of fundraising sources that match the ambitions of the charity. A passion for heritage, environment and culture is essential - as is cultivating close and attentive relationships with supporters. We are looking for a collaborative worker who can roll-up their sleeves and enable the whole team to become fundraisers in their different capacities.

About You

• You are passionate about Antarctica, cultural heritage, public engagement and inspiring young people about the future of this fascinating continent.
• You feel confident representing the organisation to a variety of stakeholders, and creating bespoke cases for support for each audience.
• You are an experienced fundraiser, with a successful track record of helping charitable organisations to attract and grow income and funding from a wide range of public and private sources.
• You are entrepreneurial, ambitious but practical in your approach to fundraising and appreciate the balance of skills and requirements that this discipline requires.
• You are a proactive networker and collaborator. 
• You are a strong communicator - able to identify and build effective relationships across all stakeholder groups and at all levels of seniority.

Person Specification:

EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE (essentials and desirables)

Proven experience of securing significant funding from a variety of sources, including high net worth individuals, corporates, trusts, and foundations, and through face to face negotiations

Track record of success fundraising and cultivation of donors for campaigns of £250,000+

Track record of designing and implementing development strategies, including revenue and capital fundraising activities

Experience of budget development and management, and an understanding of management accounts

Proven ability to manage and grow a list of active and significant donors

Knowledge of relevant charity and tax laws

Experience of fundraising for arts, environment or education causes

Extensive networks and existing relationships with public bodies, trust and foundations, businesses, and philanthropists

Experience of working with high net worth individuals and senior volunteer boards

SKILLS, ABILITIES AND ATTITUDES (essentials and desirables)

Ability to inspire and motivate colleagues to create an effective and efficient department focused on successful income generating initiatives

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to engage a wide range of people

High attention to detail, particularly regarding written work, budget and event planning

Excellent influencing, negotiation, and diplomacy skills

Ability to think and operate strategically and provide flexible solutions

Able to deliver to demanding deadlines and with a hands-on approach

Good IT skills including databases

Ability to self-motivate, work as part of a small team, and support colleagues

Confident, resilient, and resourceful

A commitment to excellence and professionalism

Appreciation of and support for the aims and ethos of UKAHT

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Leading and managing fundraising activity across the organisation, ensuring that colleagues are alerted to relevant opportunities in their business areas and working with them to develop and curate effective relationships with funders, donors, partners and clients in a proactive and methodical manner.
• Leading in delivering new fundraising and projects, including time-bound campaigns and new creative initiatives to grow income sustainably and ensure that the organisation follows appropriate internal and external applications and reporting timeframes and processes.
• Supporting colleagues in drafting correspondence and documentation, such as reports, briefings, applications, presentations, or other communication items to support development activity.
• Designing and implementing systems to identify and assess relevant opportunities.
• Developing and managing effective policies and procedures in line with best practice in the sector.
• Ensuring income generation activity is produced, filed, and archived in a systematic and efficient way, for all research, contracts, reports, and other records relating to fundraising.
• Managing development budgets and other related resources.
• Deliver a successful income generation plan that enables the delivery of UKAHT’s strategic plans and has the support of the CEO and Chair of the Board of Trustees.
• Lead fundraising activities across cultivation events, stakeholder management, sponsorship, individual giving, legacies, and capital projects.
• Develop and maintain productive and positive relationships with Trustees and Ambassadors.
• Support the development of UKAHT’s business plan.
• Represent UKAHT at internal and external networking opportunities, developing existing and new donor relationships, and deputise for the CEO where necessary.

FUNDRAISING AND ADVOCACY

• Be personally accountable for successful generation of major income to support programmes and the delivery of the ongoing strategy, agreeing fundraising targets with the Director and regularly reporting on progress.
• Set and achieve fundraising targets, showing year on year growth in activity and results.
• Manage and motivate directly or indirectly effective use of the Chair, Trustees, and Ambassadors for cultivating prospects and developing projects.
• Develop and maintain UKAHT’s relationships with funders, including major donors, trusts and foundations, corporate partners, and statutory bodies.
• Develop and maintain supporter schemes, including introduction of a legacy group.
• Have responsibility for development events, including private views and patrons’ programmes, ensuring high standards of donor care are maintained. 
• Keep appraised of latest developments in the sector. 
• Work closely with the Digital Engagement Manager to maximise case for support messaging, develop advocacy materials, undertake successful digital campaigns.
• Ensure accurate and appropriate accreditation of supporters, sponsors, and partners.

ADMINISTRATION

• Produce reports for and make presentations to the Board of Trustees, as necessary.
• Ensure supporters are reported to in an appropriate and timely fashion.
• Manage development budgets and prepare financial data.
• Support the maintenance of an accurate database.
• Carry out any other duties as deemed appropriate by the CEO.

TERMS:

UKAHT is committed to providing excellent terms and conditions of employment for all employees.

Location

Pre-COVID this role was based in the UKAHT office in Cambridge:

High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET.  However, as we adjust to a COVID world we envisage a flexible blend of homeworking with some office-based work.

Salary: £38,000-£40,000 pro rota + benefits

Working Hours: 3 or 4 days a week (working week 37.5 hours) with potential for full time in the future

Holidays: 25 days per year pro rota of paid leave plus the usual public holidays.

Expenses: All reasonable travel costs incurred as part of the role will be reimbursed as per UKAHT policy

Benefits: UKAHT operates a contributory pension scheme into which you will be enrolled.

Probationary period: The appointment will be subject to a six month probationary period

Notice period: Upon completion of the probationary period the period of notice will be two months by either party.

UKAHT is committed to equal opportunities and to learning how to increase the diversity of our people. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons and encourage applications from people currently underrepresented in the Polar regions, including women in senior leadership positions, members of black, Asian and minority ethnic communities, people with disabilities and LGBTQI+ people. We also welcome flexible working arrangements.

We are delighted that you are interested in the role of Research Officer here at Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis (APF).  We are looking for an outstanding individual to join a newly formed team as we take APF through a significant period of development and growth.  This is a particularly exciting time to join us.

Pulmonary fibrosis refers to a specific group of lung diseases thought to be affecting around 70,000 people in the UK. The nature of these diseases all cause hardening and scarring of the lungs, preventing the transfer of oxygen into the bloodstream. It has a devastating impact on quality and quantity of life and on breathing.

The debilitating nature of these diseases means as people become increasingly breathless their need for physical and emotional support often becomes greater. Pulmonary fibrosis affects every area of family life.  Yet there is very little dedicated support available to patients and families affected.

These are some of the many reasons Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis (APF) exists.

Since APF was set up as a charity in 2013 we have established ourselves as a respected and influential charity.  APF has grown in impact and scale since it was formed.  We have agreed a new Strategic Plan for 2019-2024 which sets out our direction for the coming years.

The Research Officer is the latest pivotal appointment that will help APF increase its funding of I/PF related research. The role will help set up APF’s first research committee, help patients, families and HCP’s be up todate with the latest research, support our current fellows and help explore ways for more patients to access clinical trials.  You’ll need to be confident working with trustees, researchers, patients and people working representing professional bodies to fulfil the role. You may already have experience in a similar role.

We are a collaborative, hard-working and fun team, with lots of mutual respect and support to reach organisational goals.  In your role you’ll need to demonstrate empathy to our cause, critical thinking, flexibility and outstanding communication skills.

If you believe you have the experience, skills and qualities we are looking for, we very much look forward to hearing from you.

About Us

Our office is located in Hatfield, Herts, however, like many organisations we are all currently working from home due to the coronavirus pandemic, although previously we were largely office based.  Due to the experience we have gained during this period, consideration will be given to requests for working from home arrangements.

This role is full time (35 hours), however, due to the effect the pandemic has had on the charity we have had to ask our staff to reduce their hours to 80% and our full time employees are currently working 28 hours per week. We will be returning to full time working as soon as we can, but no later than January 2021.

The role:

To support our strategic aim that everyone will understand Crohn’s and Colitis, whilst raising the profile of the charity. To deliver ambitious communications campaigns and generate regular, high-quality national and regional media coverage for our work in health services development, research, income generation and high-profile campaigns, supporting the charity’s other strategic aims.

About you:

With proven experience of working on successful media campaigns and generating high-quality, effective media coverage, you will also have a working knowledge of digital media, including social media, video and graphics.  Strong interpersonal skills and professionalism in working with both journalists and colleagues but especially when working with case studies when you also need to understand GDPR requirements.  Our priority is always helping those living with IBD so experience of reporting on media campaigns and showing their impact and a commitment to the Charity aims and values are essential.

Key Responsilities:

Manage the media communication of agreed areas within the charity, working with research, public campaigns, health service development, income generation activities and the charity profile: 

• Secure consistent national, regional, digital and specialist trade media coverage to increase understanding of Crohn’s and Colitis and raise the profile of the charity
• Develop and deliver creative communication and PR plans, working with other teams across the charity, in support of the charity’s strategic aims
• Support with ambitious multi-media campaigns and projects, working with the digital and brand teams, and external creative agencies on content and strategy.
• Plan proactive media work and create media opportunities to raise awareness of the issues faced by people with Crohn’s and Colitis
• Monitor the news for relevant stories in the health, research and charity sector, and advise on sharing with the Crohn’s and Colitis community in accessible language
• Develop and build relationships with organisational spokespeople, including healthcare professionals and researchers, providing them with briefing
• Communicate policy-led messages through strong and compelling language to key stakeholders and healthcare audiences
• Identify PR opportunities and build and maintain relationships with our ambassadors, celebrities and influencers
• Identify interesting stories to share with our members and supporters, through our online membership magazine, online blog, news section and email communications
• Attend and assist at any meetings or events, including our flagship fundraising event WALK IT (currently on hold) 

Provide an effective media service:

• Write attention-grabbing press releases, features and pitch stories to media as required and to deadline. Distribute to targeted media using the contacts database, building and managing media lists
• Provide timely and accurate information to journalists, both proactively and reactively, including statements
• Contribute to the smooth running of the press office. Share the delivery of an out-of-hours press phone (flexible rota - currently one week in three)
• Identify, develop and maintain journalist relationships across a range of media outlets, including print (trade, national, regional), broadcast and online
• Respond quickly to breaking news opportunities and where relevant, work with colleagues to respond swiftly to the media with comments
• Identify and build relationships with a network of case studies, willing to share their stories with the media and to the Crohn’s and Colitis community
• Work with the digital team to identify news stories to share on social media

Evaluation and analysis:

• Collate and analyse media coverage secured, including monthly reporting and personal KPIs 
• Assist in the production of reports, both for specific campaigns and impact and data reports

Communities Support Officer – Part Time
Borehamwood, Hertfordshire (with home working options)

Are you an organised administrator with experience of using social media and other communications tools? If so, this is an exciting opportunity to facilitate the delivery of life-changing support services.

About Us 

Ehlers-Danlos Support (EDS) UK provides information, support and guidance to those living with EDS and HSD, a group of connective tissue disorders which affect most of the body and can be extremely challenging to live with.

We work closely with medical and healthcare professionals to increase the understanding of EDS and HSD in UK medical practice, reduce the time to diagnosis and improve knowledge of this condition through research.

Thanks to funding from The National Lottery Community Fund, we have a well-established programme of peer-to-peer support running in our community across the UK.

We’re currently looking for a part-time Communities Support Officer to join us on a fixed-term contract until August 2022.

The Benefits

- Salary of £18,726 pro rata (£11,236 per annum)
- Home working options 
- Negotiable start and finish times 
- Contributory pension scheme

This is a superb opportunity to gain experience in the charitable sector while supporting a service that unites and connects people living with EDS and HSD. 

We recognise that people are our greatest asset and we support paid staff and volunteers with high-quality training and development and thoughtful line management.

We pride ourselves on being bold, well-informed and focused and we use our personality to inspire change and benefit all those touched by EDS and HSD. We believe that nobody should be left to fight on their own. If you think you could make a difference as part of our team, we’d love to hear from you.

The Role

As a Communities Support Officer, you’ll carry out a range of administrative tasks to support the successful delivery of our peer-to-peer support programme. 

Specifically, you’ll support our Senior Communities Manager and Communities Manager, as well as our network of volunteer Area Co-ordinators, who are vital to the delivery of the programme. 

Some of your duties will include: 

- Responding to volunteer queries via email, telephone and social media 
- Helping to plan community activities and events 
- Monitoring new memberships on our closed Facebook groups 
- Promoting our support groups through our website, Mailchimp, Facebook and other social media platforms 
- Collecting project monitoring data 

About You

To join us as a Communities Support Officer, you will need: 

- Previous experience of providing administrative support to a team 
- Experience of effectively using a range of communication tools, including social media, to provide support and information 
- A track record of working to targets or goals and tracking progress towards these
- Excellent IT skills
- Great organisation and planning abilities 

Ideally, you’ll also have experience of providing administrative support to volunteers, either in the charity or public sector.

Other organisations may call this role Team Administrator, Administrator, Community Administrator, Project Assistant, Project Administrator, Programme Administrator, or Programme Assistant.

This is a part-time role, working 21 hours per week, Monday – Friday. 

The closing date for applications is the 14th August 2020. 

Webrecruit and Ehlers-Danlos Support UK are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applications for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.    

So, if you’re seeking your next step as a Communities Support Officer, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

The Daisy Programme has, in the last 5 years become established as a specialist provider of support to survivors of Domestic Abuse both male and female living in Breckland, Norfolk.

Its done a little differently at Daisy as we provide a  holistic support service to aid recovery from Domestic Abuse.  This role is at the forefront of our work as the key person for other professionals to talk to alongside clients.  With a visible presence at the early help hubs based in both Dereham and Thetford you will become the 'go-to' person and subject matter expert and work closely with our partners at Breckland Council.

The role also encompasses managing 6 volunteer Daisy Ambassadors who will be working alongside you to provide the most accessiblity possible to service users in the Breckland area.  They will be the link for the Daisy Programme to maintain its presence in both Thetford and Dereham for those clients unable to access the hub in Watton.

This is a new role which allows scope to work in conjunction with the Programme Director to support our work to reduce the stigma of abuse, the safety to disclose and the postitive approach taken by those who work and volunteer within the Daisy Programme that there is hope for recovery after an abusive relationship.

Salay is £20,000 per annum for 30 hours a week.  This is a 3 year contract until 31st August 2023.

Please click on the apply button to submit your CV.  We do not require a covering letter.  Please note that this post will be located, COVID dependent in different locations in Norfolk with the option of some homeworking.

Community Manager - SMEs

Our client seeks a Community Manager (SMEs) on a permanent full-time (35-hour week) basis. You can be based at their Cambridge Science Park office or home-based within the UK, if you are able to travel to their Cambridge office as necessary.

Position: Community Manager (SMEs)
Location: City of Cambridge (commutable from Alconbury, Bedford, Bury St Edmunds, Cambridgeshire, Cambridge North, Cherry Hinton, Chesterton, Ely, Fen Drayton, Fenstanton, Histon & Impington, Hitchin, Huntingdon, Longstanton, Milton, Newmarket, Northstowe, Oakington, Orchard-Park, Royston, Saffron Walden, Somersham, St Ives, St Neots, Stevenage, Swavesey, Waterbeach, Wyton and surrounding areas)
Job type: Full Time, Permanent
Hours: 35 hour per week
Salary £40,828 - £45,363 per annum plus benefits
Benefits: Excellent contributory pension scheme, generous paid holidays, 35-hour (for full-time staff) working week, learning and career development, subsidised staff restaurant (Cambridge office), staff sports and social club, free private healthcare plan, income protection scheme, critical illness insurance, life assurance, free on-site parking (Cambridge office), season ticket, car/motorcycle and cycle to work schemes, membership subscription, employee assistance programme, eye-care at work scheme, wellness initiatives, flexible work environment, employee recognition, long service awards, membership subscription to professional body and their organisation, two discounted staff flats on-site (Cambridge office) and more.

Closing Date: 31 August 2020

About the role:

The Community Manager (SMEs) is an outward-looking role, suited to somebody who enjoys developing and growing business communities and building relationships.

You will join a friendly, open and entrepreneurial team passionately supporting science, collaborations and skills in the chemistry-based industries. The role reports to the Senior Manager – Industry and is part of community management, part project management.

As Community Manager (SMEs) you will develop a bird’s eye view of the needs, gaps, and opportunities for companies, and be the voice for hundreds of high potential SMEs. As a result of the excellent understanding of our companies, the role holder will play a crucial role in facilitating interactions between businesses and help inform future initiatives to increase the impact, visibility and support for our chemistry-based SMEs.

Essential knowledge and skills:

• Experience working in one or more chemistry-based industries, or experience working with business communities.
• Educated to degree-level or higher, in chemical sciences or other science subjects.
• Knowledge and ability to talk confidently and passionately about topics relating to business and technology to a wide range of stakeholders.
• Understanding of the needs of small companies and the environment, they operate in.
• Demonstrable relationship management and influencing skills.
• Strong communicator, written and oral, able to produce clear, concise and accurate documents, presentations, blogs.
• Highly organised, objective and deadline-orientated with a clear ability to manage and prioritise a workload in order to meet tight deadlines
• A team player, who thrives in fast paced and changing environment.
• Initiative and ability to develop new ideas and approaches.
• Strong IT skills.
• Excellent project and financial management skills.

Desirable knowledge and skills:

• Community management experience.
• Experience of using CRM systems.
• Experience organising events, workshops, roundtables.

Our client supports development and offers excellent benefits.

If this sounds of interest, please apply before the end of their closing date.

You may have experience of the following: Marketing, Recruitment, Stakeholder Management, Client Relationship Manager, Account Manager, Tender Management, Project Manager, Project Management, etc.

Ref: 93805

As Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Lead at St John, you will deliver expert advice, change leadership and guidance alongside developing and implementing strategic policies, practices and action plans.

About the role

As Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Lead at St John, you will deliver expert advice, change leadership and guidance alongside developing and implementing strategic policies, practices and action plans.  Above all, your over-riding purpose will be to influence the organisational culture to one in which EDI is the driver for sustainable change.  You will also be the principle EDI advisor to the CEO, the Chief Commissioner, the Head of HR and to the Celebrating Communities Steering Group.  This will be an extremely challenging role which will ensure that, as an organisation, we discharge our specific legislative obligations as well as significantly contributing to the St John Values and cultural change expectations.

About you

You will need to be a special person to succeed in this role with a strong passion for fairness and equity and an in-depth understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion matters as they affect all St John people.  Previous experience of delivering EDI interventions and influencing positive change via a range of stakeholders is important.  Being able to inspire and drive delivery across a wide range of EDI areas in a complex organisation will require strong levels of resilience and perseverance and the ability to persuade at all levels of St John.

About Us

St John Ambulance works at the heart of communities, providing first aid, keeping people safe at events and working alongside the NHS in response to 999 calls.

Every year, hundreds of thousands of people learn how to save a life through our training, education and youth programmes.

Over the next decade, we have bold ambitions to help transform out-of-hospital care, having a positive impact on the people we treat and the communities we serve.

We are a team of 1,600 employees and 18,000 volunteers, united by our goal of saving lives through first aid.

You will receive:

• Competitive salary & pension scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Health and Wellbeing portal - access to financial, health and wellbeing support and an Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounts – you’ll have access to Blue Light and NHS Discounts as well as discounts on mobile phones, gym memberships, cinema tickets, restaurants, holidays and shopping.

Interview Date: 10 August 2020

Application Review Date: 28 August 2020

We may review applications before the Application Review Date, however, if you apply after the Application Review Date, your application may not be considered. We will accept applications until we have successfully filled the role.

Main purpose of job: To lead CARA’s teams of child and young person’s practitioners and manage the provision of specialist sexual violence counselling for young people (13-19), play therapy for children under 12 and family support.  The post holder will also provide weekly counselling and/or play therapy, holding a caseload of clients.

Start date:  As soon as possible (subject to Enhanced DBS Check and satisfactory references).

Salary: £32,029 - £33,799 (NJC scale 29 - 31), per annum pro-rata, pay rise expected.

Hours: 28-35 hours per week (exact hours to be agreed).

Place of work: To work flexibly at CARA premises across mid and north Essex, including Braintree, Chelmsford, Clacton, Colchester and Dunmow.

To apply: Please complete the application form, which can be downloaded from our website, explaining how your skills and experience relate to the person specification.

Applications must specifically address each essential and desirable criterion, giving evidence from previous experience or qualifications. 

Application deadline:  12pm, Wednesday 19th August

Interviews:  Friday 11th September

Mandatory Training Dates: To be confirmed.  

This post is restricted to women applicants under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1.

About CARA

CARA (Centre for Action on Rape and Abuse) works with victims and survivors of sexual violence and child sexual abuse, providing independent, specialist support and promoting and representing their rights and needs. 

CARA is a registered charity working with adults of all genders, young people and children from across mid and north Essex.  We have a head office in Colchester and outreach premises in Braintree, Chelmsford, Clacton-on-Sea, Great Dunmow and Harwich.

During the COVID-19 crisis, CARA has continued to provide a range of remote services.  From early June, we have gradually started to offer limited face-to-face support.

About Synergy Essex

CARA is part of Synergy Essex – the Essex Rape and Sexual Abuse Partnership. We work closely with South Essex-based SERICC and Southend-on-Sea Rape Crisis (SOS Rape Crisis) to deliver the contract for the Office for the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex for services for victims and survivors of sexual violence and child sexual abuse across Essex.

Job Description

The role of CARA’s Child and Young Person’s Practice Manager is to lead CARA’s teams of Young Person’s Practitioners and Child and Family Practitioners and manage the provision of specialist sexual violence counselling for young people, play therapy and support for parents and carers.  The post holder will also provide weekly counselling and/or play therapy, holding a caseload of clients.

This is a new and exciting post, giving the post holder significant opportunity to develop CARA’s Child and Young Person’s Practice and lead a talented and committed team of practitioners. As well as overseeing day-to-day operations of the team, the post holder will be part of CARA’s management team and will have the opportunity to play a key role in CARA’s wider development, working closely with the Director and Manager. The post holder will also work closely with our sister centres, SERICC and SOS Rape Crisis to ensure the coordination of Child and Young Person’s services across Essex.

Main Responsibilities

Leadership and Management

• To manage all operational aspects of CARA’s Child and Young Person’s Practice, including overseeing the delivery of our specialist young person’s counselling service, play therapy and support for parents and carers.  This may also include managing any new Child and Young Person’s Practice projects that CARA develops.
• To work in accordance with CARA’s policies and procedures and embed a feminist approach in CARA activities.
• To co-ordinate, review and develop effective processes within the Child and Young Person’s Practice, working closely with the Manager, the Young Person’s Practitioners and the Child and Family Practitioners.
• To line-manage a team of Young Person’s and Child and Family Practitioners, providing day-to-day support, monitoring performance and identifying training and development needs. This will include keeping up to date notes of line management meetings and conducting and recording annual staff appraisals.
• To oversee the work of a wider team of sessional counsellors, including supporting Practitioners in line managing sessional and volunteer counsellors and identifying training needs.
• To support practitioners and sessional counsellors in maintaining up-to-date client records and ensure that gaps in data are addressed, as required.
• To work with CARA’s manager to recruit and train new staff and sessional and volunteer counsellors, as required.
• To lead regular Young Person’s Practice and Child and Family Practice meetings, producing notes to share with team members and with senior management.
• To help co-ordinate a monthly sessional and volunteer counsellor meeting.
• To maintain an overview of waiting lists, working closely with practitioners and with the Manager and Director to ensure that staff and resources are deployed effectively.
• To keep up to date with relevant legislation, policy and practice issues, including BACP and child safeguarding guidance and ensure the practitioners are aware of changes.
• To liaise with CARA’s other teams and more widely with Synergy Essex teams, resolving problems and ensuring good communication and mutual understanding of respective roles and ways of operating.
• To liaise with external agencies, including mental health and social care, ensuring CARA is represented at meetings as required and developing effective relationships to ensure our services co-ordinate with statutory and voluntary services.
• To be part of the CARA management team and attend regular management team meetings, contributing to CARA’s ongoing development.

Counselling and client support

• To oversee client work within the teams, working closely with all team members to resolve client issues and ensure high quality service provision.
• To undertake client assessments and make appropriate arrangements for support.
• To provide specialist counselling for young people and/or play therapy for children and support for their parents, holding a caseload of clients.
• To keep client records up to date.
• To work flexibly at CARA centres across mid and north Essex, providing face-to-face and remote sessions, as required.

General 

• To work flexible hours, including some evening work and occasional weekends.
• To participate in CARA team meetings, supervision, training and development. 
• To provide specialist advice to other workers and agencies, including participation in delivery of training sessions.
• To raise awareness of sexual violence and its impact in the community and within other agencies.
• To keep appropriate records in accordance with CARA policies and procedures.
• To adhere in full to all CARA’s organisational policies and procedures, including safeguarding procedures.
• To be administratively self-servicing.
• To report to the Manager, Director and Trustees as required, including the production of regular written reports and verbal reports.
• To undertake any other related activities as required by the Manager, Director or the Chair of the Board of Trustees.

Main purpose of job:To lead CARA’s Adult Practice and manage the day-to-day provision of specialist sexual violence counselling and group support for our adult clients.  The post holder will also provide weekly counselling for adults of all genders, holding a caseload of clients.

Start date:As soon as possible (subject to Enhanced DBS Check and satisfactory references).

Salary:£32,029 - £33,779 (NJC scale 29 - 31), per annum pro-rata, with pay rise expected.

Hours:28-35 hours per week (exact hours to be agreed).

Place of work: To work flexibly at CARA premises across mid and north Essex, including Braintree, Chelmsford, Clacton, Colchester and Dunmow. At present, due to COVID 19, CARA staff are predominantly working from home.

To apply: Please complete the application form, which can be downloaded from our website, explaining how your skills and experience relate to the person specification.

Applications must specifically address each essential and desirable criterion, giving evidence from previous experience or qualifications. 

Application deadline: 12pm, Wednesday 19th August 2020

Interviews:  Tuesday 8th September

Start date: As soon as possible, subject to receipt of satisfactory references and enhanced DBS check.

Mandatory Training Dates: To be confirmed.  

This post is restricted to women applicants under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1.

About CARA

CARA (Centre for Action on Rape and Abuse) works with victims and survivors of sexual violence and child sexual abuse, providing independent, specialist support and promoting and representing their rights and needs. 

CARA is a registered charity working with adults of all genders, young people and children from across mid and north Essex.  We have a head office in Colchester and outreach premises in Braintree, Chelmsford, Clacton-on-Sea, Great Dunmow and Harwich.

During the COVID-19 crisis, CARA has continued to provide a range of remote services.  From early June, we have gradually started to offer limited face-to-face support.

About Synergy Essex

CARA is part of Synergy Essex – the Essex Rape and Sexual Abuse Partnership. We work closely with South Essex-based SERICC and Southend-on-Sea Rape Crisis (SOS Rape Crisis) to deliver the contract for the Office for the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex for services for victims and survivors of sexual violence and child sexual abuse across Essex.

Job Description

The role of CARA’s Adult Practice Manager is to lead CARA’s team of Adult Practitioners and manage the day-to-day provision of specialist sexual violence counselling and group support for our adult clients. The post holder will also provide weekly counselling for adults of all genders, holding a caseload of clients.

This is a new and exciting role, giving the post holder significant opportunity to develop CARA’s adult practice and lead a talented and committed team of counsellors. As well as overseeing day-to-day operations of the team, the post holder will be part of CARA’s management team and will have the opportunity to play a key role in CARA’s wider development, working closely with the Director and Manager. The post holder will also work closely with our sister centres, SERICC and SOS Rape Crisis to develop the coordination of counselling and group services across Essex.

Main Responsibilities

Management and leadership

• To manage the day-to-day operations of CARA’s Adult Practice, including overseeing the delivery of our specialist counselling service and our social group. This may also include managing any new adult practice projects that CARA develops.
• To work in accordance with CARA’s policies and procedures and embed a feminist approach in CARA activities.
• To review, develop and coordinate effective processes within the Adult Practice, pro-actively solving problems. The post holder will work closely with the Manager, the Allocations Co-ordinator and the counselling team.
• To line-manage a team of Adult Practitioners and our Allocations Co-ordinator, providing day-to-day support, monitoring performance and identifying training and development needs. This will include keeping up to date notes of line management meetings and conducting and recording annual staff appraisals.
• To oversee the work of a wider team of sessional and volunteer counsellors, including supporting Adult Practitioners in line managing this team and identifying training needs.
• To support Adult Practitioners and sessional counsellors in maintaining up-to-date client records and ensure that gaps in data are addressed, as required.
• To work with CARA’s manager to recruit and train new staff and sessional and volunteer counsellors, as required.
• To lead regular Adult Practice meetings, producing notes to share with team members and with senior management.
• To help co-ordinate a monthly sessional and volunteer counsellor meeting.
• To maintain an overview of Adult Practice waiting lists, working closely with the Allocations Co-ordinator, Manager and Director to ensure that staff and resources are deployed effectively.
• To keep up to date with relevant legislation, policy and practice issues, including BACP guidance and ensure the Adult Practice is aware of changes.
• To liaise with CARA’s other teams and more widely with Synergy Essex teams, resolving problems and ensuring good communication and mutual understanding of respective roles and ways of operating.
• To liaise with external agencies, including mental health and social care, ensuring CARA is represented at meetings as required and developing effective relationships to ensure our services co-ordinate with statutory and voluntary services.
• To be part of the CARA management team and attend regular management team meetings, contributing to CARA’s ongoing development.

Counselling and client support

• To oversee client work within the adult practice, working closely with team members to resolve client issues and ensure consistent, high quality service provision.
• To undertake client assessments and make appropriate arrangements for client support.
• To provide weekly counselling for adults of all genders, holding a caseload of clients.
• To keep client records up to date.
• To work flexibly at CARA centres across mid and north Essex, providing face-to-face and remote sessions, as required.

General 

• To work flexible hours, including some evening work and occasional weekends.
• To participate in CARA team meetings, supervision, training and development. 
• To provide specialist advice to other workers and agencies, including participation in delivery of training sessions.
• To raise awareness of sexual violence and its impact in the community and within other agencies.
• To keep appropriate records in accordance with CARA policies and procedures.
• To adhere in full to all CARA’s organisational policies and procedures, including safeguarding procedures.
• To be administratively self-servicing.
• To report to the Manager, Director and Trustees as required, including the production of regular written reports and verbal reports.
• To undertake any other related activities as required by the Manager, Director or the Chair of the Board of Trustees.

Are you looking for an exciting new challenge to work within a charity that provides support to young people?

The Benjamin Foundation, founded in 1994, helps around 2,000 people per year through difficult times by providing them with hope, opportunity, stability and independence. Our service in Ipswich is a supervised accommodation centre, staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week for vulnerable young people, aged 16-18, who require a bespoke support package to support them with the transition from a children’s or foster home towards independent living.

The Benjamin Foundation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people. An enhanced DBS check will be required for successful applicants.

The Benjamin Foundation embeds the Nurtured Heart Approach ® which creates strong and improved relationships by focusing on positive behaviour rather than energising negativity, providing clear rules and consequences, creating an environment in which people thrive.

The position includes lone working, weekends, evenings, sleeps ins and on call on a rota basis. Applicants must be able to drive and have access to a car.