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We seek an Advice Coordinator and OISC supervisor OISC L2 (OISC L3 desirable), or solicitor with equivalent qualifications for an exciting position leading our immigration advice provision in Havering and Newham and work in Asylum Support hotels.
The post holder will manage and supervise a team of OISC level 1 and 2 immigration advisors providing specialist immigration advice and casework to migrants at risk in London. You will play a key role in coordinating drop-in services in Havering and Newham as well as working with asylum seekers resident in Asylum Support hotels in Islington.
Praxis is a dynamic, award-winning human rights charity supporting migrants in crisis or at-risk, ensuring that their essential human needs are met and that they are able to overcome the barriers they face. We work to build community, challenge exclusion and discrimination, influence policy and improve services. We played a leading role in exposing the Windrush scandal and advocate and campaign for lasting changes to policy and practice to address the root causes of the issues faced by at-risk migrants.
We are an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourage applications from those with lived experience of migration and from diverse applicants regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital/civil partnership status, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, or pregnancy/maternity leave status.
Our Attractive Benefits Package Includes
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A 35 hour working week including flexible working hours
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A hybrid work model
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25 days annual leave, increasing annually to the maximum 30 days (plus paid Bank Holidays)
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You can buy up to 3 days annual leave each year
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A defined contribution pension scheme
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Our employee assistance programme offers counselling and support for you 24/7.
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A season ticket loan to help you spread the cost of your commute
If you need us to make an adjustment or provide additional support as you apply for a role, please email our Recruitment team who will contact you to discuss how we can help.
For more information you can contact Dan Ashwell.
To apply, send us your CV and cover letter to recruitment team demonstrating your capabilities in relation to each of the points of the job description marked ‘A’. Where relevant use your answers to illustrate how your competencies have helped you to achieve positive results. This will give you the best possible chance to be shortlisted. Applications will only be accepted with both a cover letter.
Deadline: 22/03/2024
To apply, send us your CV and cover letter demonstrating your capabilities in relation to each of the points of the job description marked ‘A’. Where relevant use your answers to illustrate how your competencies have helped you to achieve positive results. This will give you the best possible chance to be shortlisted. Applications will only be accepted with a cover letter.
Praxis is a dynamic, award-winning human rights charity supporting migrants in crisis or at-risk, ensuring that their essential human needs are...
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We are looking for an energetic Immigration Adviser (OISC L1 essential, L2 desirable) for an exciting position providing immigration advice to individuals and families in Havering and Newham.
The project is delivered through funding from Havering and Newham Local Authorities and will will include advice and casework for residents who attend One-Stop shop advice sessions and people referred by social services. The project is part of an expansion of the work that Praxis has been undertaking in Havering and Newham and will allow for a greater provision of immigration advice in those areas.
The ideal candidate will have an in-depth knowledge of the issues faced by migrants at risk (including EU migrants) and refugees/asylum seekers. They will have a good understanding of the challenges faced by migrants with NRPF. They will have experience and a commitment to supporting migrants at risk in need of immigration advice. They will be able to demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a range of stakeholders.
Praxis is a dynamic, award-winning human rights charity supporting migrants in crisis or at-risk, ensuring that their essential human needs are met and that they are able to overcome the barriers they face. We work to build community, challenge exclusion and discrimination, influence policy and improve services. We played a leading role in exposing the Windrush scandal and advocate and campaign for lasting changes to policy and practice to address the root causes of the issues faced by at-risk migrants.
We are an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourage applications from those with lived experience of migration and from diverse applicants regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital/civil partnership status, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, or pregnancy/maternity leave status.
Our Attractive Benefits Package Includes
• A 35 hour working week including flexible working hours
• A hybrid work model
• 25 days annual leave, increasing annually to the maximum 30 days (plus paid Bank Holidays)
• You can buy up to 3 days annual leave each year
• A defined contribution pension scheme
• Our employee assistance programme offers counselling and support for you 24/7.
• A season ticket loan to help you spread the cost of your commute
If you need us to make an adjustment or provide additional support as you apply for a role, please email our Recruitment team who will contact you to discuss how we can help.
For more information you can contact Daniel Ashwell.
To apply, send us your CV and cover letter to recruitment team demonstrating your capabilities in relation to each of the points of the job description marked ‘A’. Where relevant use your answers to illustrate how your competencies have helped you to achieve positive results. This will give you the best possible chance to be shortlisted. Applications will only be accepted with both a cover letter.
Deadline: 22/03/2024
To apply, send us your CV and cover letter demonstrating your capabilities in relation to each of the points of the job description marked ‘A’. Where relevant use your answers to illustrate how your competencies have helped you to achieve positive results. This will give you the best possible chance to be shortlisted. Applications will only be accepted with a cover letter.
Praxis is a dynamic, award-winning human rights charity supporting migrants in crisis or at-risk, ensuring that their essential human needs are...
Read moreThe client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Please note internally this role will be called Team Leader (Outreach Services) Witness Service
Location: The role is homebased with regular travel to Sheffield, Barnsley and Doncaster.To ensure the requirements of the role can be achieved with a reasonable distance to travel,you will live in or around the areas that you will be covering.
Citizens Advice offers confidential advice online, over the phone, and in person, for free. Through our national network of charities, we give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem.
Do you want to work for an organisation that makes a difference, every single day, to people from all walks of life? The people that turn to Citizens Advice need help overcoming an obstacle in their lives – from debt to evictions to trouble at work – and you can be key to them getting the support they need in the quickest, easiest, and most effective way.
About us
The Witness Service has over 260 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.
Last year, Citizens Advice helped 2.6 million people face-to-face, by phone, email and webchat, and we received 25 million visits to our digital advice content. We solve 7 in 10 clients' problems, and 4 in 5 tell us that advice improved their lives.
The Role
As Team Leader (Outreach Services) you will be in a crucial role, responsible for the delivery of a pre-trial Outreach Support Service to Vulnerable and Intimidated Witnesses in a defined geographical area.
You will manage, motivate and develop a team of volunteers who support vulnerable witnesses in their journey through the criminal justice system.
You will also develop and maintain key local stakeholder relationships with a view to enhancing partnership working, and service delivery standards and effectiveness.
Who we are looking for
Are you an experienced manager of staff or volunteers looking for a new opportunity?
Are you a great manager of people, who is passionate about supporting vulnerable individuals?
We are looking for someone who is a great motivator who thrives on leading teams to deliver positive outcomes.Someone with excellent management and communication skills, who can adapt to and manage change. Experience of working to agreed targets is essential for this role along with working to tight deadlines.
We look for people to help us improve and transform our organisation. We can offer you the opportunity to make a genuine impact and create lasting change within an organisation that makes a difference in the lives of millions of people every year.
Please evidence the following essential criteria in your cover letter:
1. Proven experience of effectively managing and developing performance of a team of volunteers and/or staff, including recruitment, and supporting staff and/or volunteers in dealing with difficult situations.
2. Proven experience of monitoring and maintaining service delivery of a team against agreed targets, identifying opportunities for improvement and implementing change to achieve this improvement, through effective strategic planning
3. Evidence of having built and developed effective and beneficial working relationships with external and internal stakeholders.
This post is subject to enhanced vetting and barring check.
The National Citizens Advice Operates from offices in England and Wales, with 4 regional offices based in Cardiff, London, Birmingham and Leeds, therefore all successful applicants must be based within England or Wales.
Please be aware that Citizens Advice is not a sponsoring organisation. Therefore the successful applicant must already possess the right to work in the UK or be able to secure the right to work in the UK independently.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is of strategic importance within the organisation and recognised as integral to all we do as a service. Central to pursuing our EDI mission is building diverse and inclusive teams in which everyone has a sense of belonging. We believe inclusion is a social justice issue - a principle that underpins all our EDI work. To that end, we particularly welcome applications from people we would like to see better represented in our organisation and sector - people of colour, LGBTQ+ people and disabled people. We follow the social model of disability. We will offer an interview to disabled candidates who indicate they wish their application to be considered under our Disability Confident Interview Commitment where they meet our selection criteria in their application. Some of our roles attract a high volume of applications and in some circumstances where it is not practicable or appropriate, we may limit the number of interviews offered to disabled and non-disabled candidates. We will provide reasonable adjustments as needed.
Citizens Advice seeks to redeploy staff who are at risk or under notice of redundancy where they satisfactorily demonstrate that they meet the requirements of the role at interview. Candidates who are formally at risk or under notice of redundancy will take priority over other internal candidates for interview. If you have been confirmed as at risk or under notice of redundancy please ensure you indicate this in the at-risk box in your application.
Please note, in the event of a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close the application early.
This vacancy closes at 23.59 on the closing date.
For more information about the organisation, our values and benefits please click on the Apply button.
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At St Pauls Advice Centre we fight poverty and injustice in the community by providing professional advice and equipping people with knowledge and skills so that they and access their rights and fulfil their obligations.
We are looking for someone experienced, purposeful and with great people skills to join our well-established, ambitious community advice centre as a Volunteer Coordinator. You will recruit, train and supervise our small team of volunteers as they work to support people to complete welfare benefit, energy and debt applications.
This is an exciting time to join our small team as we embark on a number of projects to increase our reach and impact in the community. As our Volunteer Coordinator you will be responsible for the development and delivery of our Advocato volunteer programme where you will offer guidance and support to a small group of volunteers helping vulnerable clients’ complete forms and attend assessments.
You will have proven experience within a similar role, and outstanding communication skills, both verbal and written, with all manner of people. You will also able to show us that you have excellent problem solving, organisational and team working skills.
We describe St Pauls Advice Centre as friendly, local and here to help – if that sounds like you too, we look forward to receiving your application.
We are proud of our accreditation as a Living Wage employer and we offer flexible working and a generous benefits package:
- Salary: £14,634.50
- Working hours: 17.5 hours per week
- Fixed term contract until 31st March 2026
- Annual Leave: 30 days per year plus bank holidays (pro rata)
- Extra 3 days annual leave between Christmas & New Year
- Pension Scheme: 5% employer’s contribution
- Flexible working hours
Closing Date: 20th March 2024
Interview Date: 4th April 2024
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Programmes Co-ordinator
If you want to change lives, call us - we want to hear from you!
Become part of a dynamic charity, with a great mix of people committed to making a real difference for young people through a range of fun and challenging programmes and initiatives.
Action4Youth changes lives and creates better chances for young people by creating opportunities to discover their personal strengths and potential.
We work with young people from all backgrounds and abilities to make a real difference to their futures.
We are a respected and dynamic charity based in Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes but reaching young people across the wider south east region.
This is an opportunity for someone with a can do attitude and a strong desire to make things happen.
You will join a supportive, driven, committed team whose desire to achieve is matched by an intention to enjoy work on a day to day basis. You will be based in Aylesbury. You should expect to enjoy being part of a collaborative, loud and energetic organisation.
Our Mission
To support all young people’s growth towards fulfilling and responsible adult lives, Action4Youth develops physical, mental, spiritual, moral and cultural abilities which act as:
· A Springboard towards realising dreams
· A Safety Net for those at risk
· A Voice of influence from the young and for the young
In order to benefit as many young people as possible while maintaining Action4Youth’s financial stability, we partner with those (government, schools, youth clubs, businesses, trusts and foundations and others) who share our mission.
What we do
Action4Youth delivers various youth programmes including; the National Citizen Service (NCS), The Inspiration Programme (TIP), The Breakout Programme, The Junction and an established mentoring programme.
Action4Youth takes the strategic lead for the voluntary organisations supporting children and young people aged 5 – 25 years across its area. It has around 75 organisations in membership and offers a range of essential support and services.
Our outdoor education centre, Caldecotte Xperience in Milton Keynes, creates opportunities for young people to have amazing, challenging, fun and sometimes transformational experiences. They learn what they can do rather than what they can’t, building their confidence and self-belief.
Action4Youth is the operating authority for Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes and Northamptonshire for Open Awards Groups for the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme.
Job Description
Job Title
Programmes Co-ordinator
Salary
· £22,568- £28,060
Term
· Fixed term maternity cover from April 2024 until the end of December 2024
Position in the Organisation
· Reports To: Programmes Manager
· Working With: Other members of the programmes team, schools, key partners, organisations, young people and parent/guardians.
Main Purpose and Scope of the Role
High quality planning and delivery of Action4Youth programmes: this includes NCS (National Citizen Service) predominantly but also the Breakout programme. It can also include work across other programme areas when cover is required.
NCS (National Citizen Service)
NCS is a government-funded initiative that brings together schools, community organisations, businesses and individuals to build a stronger and more cohesive society. Action4Youth is the Delivery Provider for the Live It, Change It and Boss It themed programmes; each programme is a residential experience from Monday- Friday.
This role will work collaboratively with the NCS staff team to successfully deliver all aspects the NCS programme for Action4Youth’s spring, summer and autumn programmes. Key phases of each programme include planning and preparation, programme administration, and working as both a Team and Wave Leader on the residential programmes. Whilst you are working as a wave leader you will be responsible for managing a team of seasonal staff. This role requires numerous residentials throughout the year where you will stay away from home from Monday- Friday.
Duties and Key Responsibilities
· Use of the NCS CRM system Salesforce
· Administration of data and retention of young people prior to programme
· Assisting the Programmes team to plan and deliver engagement activities for young people and their parent/guardians
· Planning for all areas of delivery, including, timetabling, session plans, transport bookings, administration of young person’s personal data,
· Wave lead NCS residential programmes of around 100- 160 young people and manage the seasonal staff team
· Work as a Team Leader on residential programmes and guide young people through the programme
· Adhere to contractual KPI’s and ensure young people have a high quality experience
Breakout
The Breakout programme is an Action4Youth initiative for young people who are identified as at risk. Breakout is an opportunity for students to participate in a twelve-week programme that focuses on key skills such as self-confidence, leadership and positive decision making through a targeted programme of outdoor adventurous activities and classroom sessions. Students will learn about the impact of knife and gang related crime and how to make positive decisions and life choices.
Duties and Key Responsibilities
· Liaise with schools and partners to plan the programme and timetable of activities
· Deliver 1:1 mentoring sessions with young people using the Outcomes Star tool to track their progress
· Lead the group through the timetable of activities and allow them to reflect on their personal experiences
· Effectively manage the behaviour of the young people whilst on programme
· Report any Safeguarding concerns to the school Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL)
General Responsibilities
· Support events and meetings when required.
- Support the continued development of quality standards as specified by Action4Youth.
- Support in other areas of the organisation as required
· To have regard for the vision of Action4Youth and to display a commitment to equal opportunities and to the protection and safeguarding of children, young people and vulnerable adults.
- Report any behaviour, conversations or comments which are inappropriate within a setting for children and young people.
· To carry out any other Action4Youth duties as required by your Line Manager, CEO or Directors.
· Administering own workload which includes meeting targets and deadlines in line with the Action4Youth Performance Management System.
· Attending relevant CPD training events in line with Performance Management appraisal.
· Undertaking responsibility, as part of the team, for all Health and Safety work related matters.
· Working within the guidelines of Action4Youth policies and procedures.
Act as an Ambassador for Action4Youth at all times
Closing Date for Applications: 23rd March. We will be actively interviewing for this role and may close applications early if we appoint before this time.
Interview Dates: To Be Confirmed
Action4Youth
5 Smeaton Close
Aylesbury
Buckinghamshire
HP19 8UN
Action4Youth changes lives and creates better chances for young people by creating opportunities to discover their personal strengths and poten...
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At St Pauls Advice Centre we fight poverty and injustice in the community by providing professional advice and equipping people with knowledge and skills so that they and access their rights and fulfil their obligations.
We are looking for someone experienced, purposeful and with great people skills to join our well-established, ambitious community advice centre as a Welfare Benefits Adviser. You will engage with clients in a variety of ways to deliver information, advice and guidance on welfare benefits issues to appeal level.
This is an exciting time to join our small team as we embark on a number of projects to increase our reach and impact in the community.
You will have proven experience within a similar advisor role, and outstanding communication skills, both verbal and written, with all manner of people. You will demonstrate a detailed knowledge of law and practice relevant to Welfare Benefit entitlements and show empathy and understanding of the issues faced by our clients who represent a range of diverse backgrounds and communities. You will also able to show us that you have excellent problem solving, organisational and team working skills.
We describe St Pauls Advice Centre as friendly, local and here to help – if that sounds like you too, we look forward to receiving your application.
We are proud of our accreditation as a Living Wage employer and we offer flexible working and a generous benefits package:
- Salary: £16,512 actual (£33,024 full time equivalent)
- Working hours: 17.5 hours per week (This post could be combined with that of Volunteer Coordinator – see separate advert - for the right candidate).
- Permanent contract
- Annual Leave: 30 days per year plus bank holidays (pro rata)
- Extra 3 days annual leave between Christmas & New Year
- Pension Scheme: 5% employer’s contribution
- Flexible working hours
Closing Date: Thursday 27th March 2024
Interview Date: Tuesday 9th April 2024