An exciting opportunity has become available for a specific individual to join our team of dedicated professionals working towards improving the lives of people effected by Dementia within the North Kent Area. You will have the responsibility for managing all elements of volunteering at Alzheimer’s & Dementia Support Services. You will strive for the highest standards of volunteer recruitment, placement, engagement, and retention whilst always promoting our values and ensuring people affected by dementia are at the heart of all we do. You will enjoy working as part of a wider team that works together to champion the rights of people affected by dementia to participate in family and community life.

In return for your hard work and dedication we are offering a competitive salary of £23,000 (pro rata), contracted between 22 to 32 hours a week, hours based around core hours Monday to Saturday. 9.00am to 5.00pm with the occasional evening events. You will receive 24 days holiday per year plus bank holidays (Pro Rata) along with eyecare and pension benefits. You should hold a UK driving licence and have the use of a car to travel around the Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley area. All milage and expenses will be paid.

Closing dates for this role will be 1st September 2021 with interviews expected to take place the week beginning 6th September 2021.  

We are looking to recruit an experienced and dynamic Services Coordinator to work alongside the Services Manager and Communications Coordinator to deliver, develop and support our confidential telephone befriending service to the sight loss community. This is a complex administration role combined with customer facing activities.

The successful candidate will have primary responsibility to administer the delivery of the service, collect and maintain accurate data and ensure that the needs of Sightline’s Service Users and Volunteers are met. In addition, the successful candidate will network across the sight loss sector to gain new Volunteers and Service Users.

If a candidate has a visual impairment this will be seen in a positive light because of the likely empathy the candidate will have with our Service Users and Volunteers.

If this role excites you then please register your interest to receive the full Services Coordinator Job Pack. Please do NOT send any kind of written application until you have read the Job Pack.

New opportunity not to be missed! Centrepoint, the UK’s leading youth homelessness charity, is looking for a Youth Network Coordinator (Alumni) to join our Communications team based in London. In return, you will receive a competitive salary plus excellent benefits.

This is a permanent, part-time opportunity with a closing date of 9 August 2021, 10am. 

Salary £17,259.60-£18,987.60 (depending on experience)

Hours- 22.5 hours week. 

We help vulnerable young people by giving them the practical and emotional support they need to find a job and live independently.

You will be responsible for defining Centrepoint’s former resident network/alumni programme through research and insight from young people, and Centrepoint’s business needs across media, fundraising and outcomes.

You will recruit, build and develop a network and community of former Centrepoint residents (alumni), liaising with Support and Housing for referrals and set up an alumni programme to promote continued participation. To develop communications and engagement plan for the network.

You will be the main point of contact for young people in our services looking to join the programme and former residents. You will be responsible for supporting and promoting the involvement of former and current service users in internal and external campaigning and fundraising.

We would welcome applicants from our services or from former service users or residents.

In return for your efforts you’ll receive a competitive salary, excellent training and development, and a host of staff benefits including:

• 25 days of annual leave per year, rising by one day per year to a maximum of 27 days
• Excellent training package to ensure you have the skills and knowledge to build a new career
• Employer pension contributions of 4%
• Clear career progressions, linked to portfolio work, that enables movement up the pay scale
• Access to Cycle 2 Work loan scheme
• An interest-free travel loan

We seek to challenge discrimination and are committed to fairness and equality within Centrepoint. We welcome applications from anyone with direct experience of being homeless or using young people's services.

We are seeking to recruit a Bereavement Network Worker to lead an incredibly exciting, new and innovative project that provides high quality information, signposting and guidance to our community members who have experienced loss. 

35 – Hours

We have big goals over the next few years.

We’re going to be fighting for mental health in a way we never have before.

Together we’ll be working to make sure everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets the support and respect they deserve.

Will you join us?

Mind’s Network Quality Team are looking for someone who is passionate about mental health and wants to enhance the quality and sustainability of local Mind support.

The team assures the quality of the 114 local Minds in England and Wales through the Mind Quality Mark (MQM), which was co-designed with local Minds and people with lived experience of mental health problems.The team also provides support to help local Minds reach and exceed the MQM promoting a culture of continual improvement. The team run the annual Mind Network Excellence Awards to celebrate the high-quality work of local Minds.

As Network Quality Lead you will undertake reviews of local Minds against the MQM working with a small team of peer reviewers including an expert by experience. You will also provide organisational development support to local Minds and support the team of peer reviewers.

If you have experience of quality assurance approaches, knowledge of good practice in areas such as governance, monitoring and evaluation, service user engagement and equality and diversity, have strong communication and writing skills and a flexible ‘can do’ approach you may be just the person we are looking for!

Closing Date: 20 August 2021

Mind reserve the right to close the vacancy to applications earlier, should we receive a high volume of strong candidates – therefore we encourage an early application.

This position will initially, in line with current and potentially future guidance, be based from home.

Mind is committed to equality of opportunity for all staff, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Please refer to the Job Description while completing your application as candidates will be shortlisted based on how closely they match the criteria.

We have big goals over the next few years.

We’re going to be fighting for mental health in a way we never have before.

Together we’ll be working to make sure everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets the support and respect they deserve.

Will you join us?

The Network Relations team at Mind are looking for someone who is passionate about building and developing relationships and supporting organisations in times of challenge and opportunities. The post is to provide secondment cover within the team until March 2022, so ideally we’re looking for someone who is able to join the team relatively quickly.

Mind won’t give up until everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets both support and respect. This is a chance for you to support the wellbeing and development of the Network. Ensuring that local Minds are able to fully participate and prosper as part of the Mind Federation, be resilient and embrace collaboration, growth and development.

The team assures that local Minds are supported to navigate risks and challenges affecting all areas of their organisations and provides support, advice and guidance as needed.

As Network Relations Lead, you will work closely with a number of local Minds across the federation experiencing key challenges, growth opportunities and navigating partnerships. You will also provide organisational development support to local Minds and support the network through a collaborative approach to enable them to thrive.

• We are looking for applicants who have strong and demonstrable backgrounds and skills in the following areas:
• A consultative approach to supporting organisations through risk, who is able to evidence solid understanding and application of risk management approaches
• a strong relationship management background
• A strong understanding of federated structures and partnership development
• strong communication skills
• A strong working knowledge of areas such as governance, MOU development and growth, and;
• a background in building and sustaining relationships over long periods and successful conflict management

Closing Date: Sunday 1st August 2021

Mind reserve the right to close the vacancy to applications earlier, should we receive a high volume of strong candidates – therefore we encourage an early application.

This position will initially, in line with current and potentially future guidance, be based from home. Post lockdown this role will retain some flexibility but post holders will be expected to be in the office a minimum of two days thereafter (or more, depending on the arrangements of your team).

Mind is committed to equality of opportunity for all staff, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Please refer to the Job Description while completing your application as candidates will be shortlisted based on how closely they match the criteria.

Coordinator - Together as One

Homebased in Flintshire or Wrexham

About us

As the UK’s largest voluntary sector provider of services to disabled people, we believe disabled people should have the freedom to live their lives the way they choose – with the opportunity and support to live independently, to contribute economically and to participate fully in society.

With 5,000 staff and 10,000 volunteers supporting nearly 70,000 people in the UK and around the world, Leonard Cheshire provides support to 3,200 people in a variety of UK living services including supported living, nursing and day centre facilities.  We also support 12,000 young people in the UK with skills, confidence and employment programmes.  Internationally, we are a specialist development non-governmental organisation, delivering inclusive education, youth leadership and access to livelihoods programmes to more than 50,000 people in 15 countries across Asia and Africa.

About the role

Together As One (TAO) supports individuals in receipt of social support to take part in their favourite activities or learn new skills with people in their area whilst being supported by their chosen support worker, through a website booking system. The activities on offer are based in the local area and further afield with transport an option booked through the webtool. 

Each participant chooses the activities they want to do each week, has the option to share activities with friends and can also suggest new activities, and, even more importantly, when, where and with whom they want to participate. They are also able to choose their staffing preferences as staffing profiles are matched to individual needs and are also shown on the webtool.  This innovative programme gives genuine choice and control to individuals, allowing them to choose how they achieve their outcomes in life and enabling them to control for themselves how they live, learn and develop skills and learning. 

In this role you will develop and run the delivery of these user-led services, ensuring the quality and consistency of project delivery and performance against key objectives and targets and focusing on it making a difference to all the people with disabilities in receipt of social support who choose to join the programme.

You will also support and actively develop and promote the wider project through marketing and networking with other potential users, support workers and activity organisations inviting them to join the programme.

This is a homebased role covering North Wales to enhance deliver of online activities and look for creative opportunities that will enable participants to feel connected to their community and build confidence for returning to community based activities once restrictions are lifted. The role will also work with and support other organisations across N Wales to communicate and share exciting activities as well as identify gaps in provision.

Dependant on participant uptake & funding of Together as One this role could become permanent with the opportunity of full time for the right candidate.

About you

Do you want to make a difference to people’s lives?

Are you creative and innovative in your approach?

We’re looking for someone that has the ability to lead on the promotion and delivery of this incredible programme across your area. You will bring project management skills enabling you to set up, co-ordinate and deliver this programme.  You will have experience of working with people with disabilities and will be part of a geographically dispersed team.

You will have excellent communication skills and be able to engage with a wide range of people in order to promote and sell this programme to potential customers.

We seek candidates with a genuine commitment to Leonard Cheshire values and ethos.

Benefits

• Substantial annual leave.
• A generous employer contribution to a company pension scheme with additional life cover.
• Access to a cash health plan at favourable rates.
• Flexible working and lot’s more.

Leonard Cheshire welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We actively encourage applications from people with a disability, supporting where possible, your requirements for reasonable adjustments.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk. A satisfactory disclosure check (PVG membership in Scotland) is required for this post. References will be obtained for all roles.

Shortlisting for this role may take place as applications are received. We therefore reserve the right to close this vacancy once suitable candidates have been appointed.

Closing date: 8 August 2021

* No agencies please *

W3RT's wellbeing team have done excellent work throughout lockdown. We now need an innovative and creative Wellbeing Development Co-ordinator to join the team to design and build a new programme of community activities and adult care services in Watford and Three Rivers: telephone support, wellbeing clubs, social activities, befriending, volunteer services, shopping and prescription deliveries, on-line activities.  

Do you understand the need for more choice and options? Are you committed to community-based care? Are you passionate about choice and user-led services? Can you make sure services are welcoming to everyone? Do you enjoy working in a vibrant community with a big heart? 

This post will be based at Holywell Community Centre once restrictions are over, but we can accommodate some degree of home-based working. The postholder will need transport to regularly attend meetings and venues throughout Watofrd and Three Rivers. The post is offered as a full-time post but could could be a 0.8 post. 

If you don't live within an hour of our Watford office, please state in your application how you will commute to work. 

This role is focused on adults and young adults with disabilities so a minimum level 2 qualification in a disability sport is essential! Based in a centre with a specialised Boccia floor sports hall, we are looking for someone to lead on establishing new local partnerships and be hands on with deliveing disability sport sessions. 

Job purpose:

As a key member of the Health and Wellbeing Team, the post holder will develop, coordinate and deliver inclusive activities East Surrey wide and at the YMCA Sports & Community Centre.  

Main responsibilities:

The Inclusive Sport Coordinator will support the work of the YMCA in meeting the needs of those with a disability in local community, by:

1. Making all visitors and users of the centre feel valued and welcomed
2. Coordinating the programme of inclusive activity
3. Developing the programme of inclusive activity to increase the number of disabled participants attending weekly through sessions, lessons and leagues
4. Delivering inclusive activities and events at the YMCA Sports & Community Centre and out in the community
5. Recruiting coaches and volunteers to deliver the inclusive activities
6. Establishing and maintaining relationships with local partners, including agencies and schools, to ensure their users engage in our offer
7. Collaborating with the internal staff to ensure the YMCA is maximising its opportunities to those with a disability
8. Work with our marketing team to promote our inclusive activities and events
9. Attending local, regional and national network meetings related to inclusive activity
10. Ensuring Health & Safety procedures are followed, i.e. Risk assessments, assisting with any accidents that occur and giving first aid if needed
11. Undertaking other delegated tasks and responsibilities that fall within your capabilities as and when required by senior management
12. To ensure that relevant safeguarding policy and procedures are followed to protect vulnerable adults and children
13. Carrying out projects and/or administration tasks required by the Health and Wellbeing Manager
14. Working occasional evenings and weekends to help the running of or to cover sessions and events
15. Supporting the running of the YMCA Sports & Community Centre by providing Duty Officer cover when available

Complying at all times with YMCA East Surrey legal, contractual and regulatory responsibilities in relation to the above duties and role of Inclusive Activity Coordinator

Hours of work: 35 hours per week Monday to Friday 09:00 – 17:00. In line with your duties, you may also be required to provide Duty Officer cover from time to time in line with our opening hours. This may result in an early morning start or evening finish.

Location: YMCA Sports & Community Centre, Redhill

Salary / pay rate: £24,078 per annum

Annual leave: Four weeks plus allowance for bank holidays. Holidays increase after two years service to a maximum of five weeks after six years service. The holiday year runs from 1 April to 31 March each year.

Benefits: The post holder will be entitled to free use of the YMCA East Surrey fitness centre in Redhill and half price YMCA childcare for dependents. There is free parking available at the Sports and Community Centre. YMCA East Surrey also operates a Cycle to Work Scheme.

The Maternity Mates Programme Coordinator role is a great opportunity to be part of a team transforming the lives of  women living with multiple complex needs during pregnancy. The post holder will take full responsibility for the day to day implementation of volunteer-led support in the boroughs of Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest.

You will be an experienced community programme or project coordinator who has successfully managed a complex community volunteer-led project, target driven and managing the pressures that can come with such programmes.

Your knowledge of community health programmes and the trusted views from the women we support,  will enable to you make recommendations for enhancing or improving the programme. You will need to be confident to undertake presentations to our stakeholders. You will have experience of inspiring and motivating volunteers and demonstrate an understanding of the challenges facing vulnerable communities.

Relationships of trust are central to all of our work and you will be need to have excellent engagement and communication skills and a non-judgemental approach. You will need to be experienced with monitoring data and using it to influence programme decisions.

You will share the values of WHFS and be committed to women’s rights empowerment.

Two fantastic opportunities have arisen to join the friendly CAVS team as Wellbeing Link Coordinators for Rochford and Rayleigh.

Working with GP practices and the CAVS team, referrals will be received from a wide range of agencies in order to provide personalised support to individuals, their families and carers to take control of their health and wellbeing; taking an holistic approach based on the person’s priorities and a focus on ‘what matters to me’.

There is significant interaction with other agencies and the linking of people to community, voluntary and other statutory services for emotional and practical support.

Chiltern Music Therapy is an award-winning, not-for-profit organisation that provides Music Therapy and Community Music services to people of all ages and with many different needs. We have the opportunity for someone to join the team to lead the development of the Chiltern Music Therapy Training Enterprise. 

The successful candidate must be a confident communicator and networker with experience in the training and development sector. They must have enthusiasm for the opportunities in this sector and have strong relationship building qualities. 

Duties will vary but may include: market scoping and testing in target sectors, develop external networks to identify and develop appropriate training opportunities for each sector and develop sector strategy to innovate and drive business growth. 

This position will be offered as a 6 month contract for 4 days per week. 

We are looking for a Grassroots Training Coordinator to join our Campaign Activism Team.  The team supports communities to connect and deliver change. It is an exciting time to join Friends of the Earth in this brand new role, which will enable us to achieve even more impact in making change happen. 

As Grassroots Training Coordinator, you will manage, deliver and support our training programme for activists across Friends of the Earth’s network in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. You will be playing a vital part in making sure that our activists and wider network have the up-to-date skills, support and confidence they need to make impactful change for environmental justice happen at a local to global level.

The jobholder requires demonstrable experience in creating and delivering trainings (online and in person) and working with activists from a range of backgrounds. You will also need to have experience in project management, monitoring and evaluation, as well as strong facilitation and communication skills.

If you can see yourself in this role, we are keen to hear from you and get the successful candidate started on this important, transformational work as soon as possible.

Closing date: 22nd August 2021

Interviews: 6th, 7th, 8th September online

In return we offer a competitive range of benefits, good work/life balance, excellent learning and development opportunities and a vibrant organisational culture.

Please note – owing to the nature of this role’s work, successful appointment is conditional on a satisfactory DBS criminal record check being completed.

We are an equal opportunities employer and are especially keen to encourage applications from people currently under-represented in the environment movement.

Friends of the Earth is an international community dedicated to protecting the natural world and the wellbeing of everyone in it. We lead campaigns, provide resources and information, and drive real solutions to the environmental problems facing us all.

We are now looking for Coordinator to join our Birmingham team, facilitating weekly sessions both inside and outside of schools and orchestrating the mentor/mentee journey and relationship (Please note that due to current restrictions these will take place online until it is safe to physically deliver the sessions).*Your role is at the core of the programme, you will have oversight of the Birmingham Mentoring Programme, facilitate weekly sessions in schools and orchestrate the mentor/mentee journey and relationship. You will be responsible for the young person's journey and development throughout the whole of the programme which will mean working collaboratively with schools, external youth provision services, mentors and community groups. *The role may require you to work a maximum of two evenings per week for the duration of a cohort.

RESPONSIBILITIES

To coordinate young people’s engagement with the programme and offer further opportunities where appropriate

To work in close collaboration with the mentoring team to ensure an integrated approach to the programme delivery across your region

To effectively track information on individual young people’s journeys and record information in a safe and timely manner

Contribute to programme development / programme design and ensure effective intervention is delivered across your region 

Build and sustain strong relationships with schools in your region, actively network to develop relationships with local community groups, organisations and business’s

Work with the Mentoring Programme Coordinator (Mentor and Safeguarding Lead) to support the volunteer mentors assigned to the cohorts

Work with the Mentoring Youth Development Facilitator to transition mentees onto the 9 month youth development programme, following the 12 week career programme

To lead and manage one other person to deliver the programme across the region and carry out all respective line management duties

To work in line with all safeguarding policy and champion best safe practice when working with young people

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Skills

• Excellent interpersonal skills, including verbal and written communication

• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail

• Excellent IT skills, including MS Office Suite

• Excellent public speaking and presentation skills

• Ability to prioritise own workload and deal with competing demands

• Ability to build relationships and work successfully with people at all levels

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team

Experience/Knowledge

• Experience of facilitating youth intervention programmes focused around social action (knowledge of careers programmes is a bonus)

• Experience of volunteer facilitation (experience working with corporate volunteers is a bonus)

• Knowledge and experience in safeguarding and child protection (or willingness to undertake training)

• Experience of working in or with schools and knowledge of the education sector

• A proven track record in designing and delivering effective youth programmes

• Knowledge and experience of managing productive and successful teams

Personal Attributes

• Commitment to and ability to inspire commitment to The Diana Award’s vision, values and mission

• Personal integrity and credibility

• Resilience

• A ‘can do’ attitude

• Commitment to self-development

• Commitment to keeping up to date with key trends/developments in the sector

• Good judgement

• Driven to achieve great results

• Ability to work well under pressure

• Energetic, flexible, willingness to work outside of ‘normal’ office hours