MANCHESTER CARES: DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR

• Salary: £26,000 (plus travel)
• Full time, permanent position (37.5 hours per week)
• 26 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays
• Flexible working hours

Manchester Cares is a community network reducing loneliness and isolation amongst older and younger people alike; improving the confidence, belonging, purpose and power of all participants; and bringing people together to bridge the gaps across social, generational, digital, cultural and attitudinal divides.

In your new role as Development Coordinator at Manchester Cares, you will lead our local fundraising – by creating and managing challenges, events, corporate partnerships and by securing grants from local and national foundations. Your job will be to steward supporters so that they continue to support Manchester Cares, and to identify and secure gifts from foundations, businesses and individuals.

To do that, you will need to be a powerful communicator, in writing and in person, and someone who can talk to and relate to people from all backgrounds. You will be outgoing, with an organised, collaborative approach, an authentic communication style and an intrinsic understanding of the power of networks and digital media.

Crucially, we need a people-person: someone who can guide partnerships including with corporations, Councils and long-established community groups. We also need a numbers person, someone methodical, target focused and strategic, who can work with our national Head of Community Fundraising to drive a shared vision. And we need a self-starter: someone committed, tough, and focused working alone as well as collaboratively; who is passionate about developing Manchester Cares over the coming years.

Finally, we need someone who understands and is motivated by the demographics and social challenges of our communities and the issues we work on, and in particular who is passionate about and can clearly promote our vision for building close community networks to tackle isolation and loneliness.

In achieving this vision you will be trusted to work independently at this exciting organisation, with a growing profile and backing from local and national supporters. And you will be provided with development challenges and opportunities to play a pivotal role in the development of Manchester Cares and The Cares Family. If that sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you.

Please read the full job description and details on how to apply via the Manchester Cares website.

Manchester Cares is an anti-racist organisation committed to advancing anti-racism in our work and in our communities. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people, who are currently under-represented in our organisation. We are an equal opportunities employer.

We are looking for an experienced Programme Manager to oversee the delivery of our flagship Digital Surgeries programme. Come and help us to achieve our mission of ensuring that every young person can have a voice on issues that matter to them.

About The Politics Project

The Politics Project supports young people to use their voice by providing them with outstanding democratic education. We specialise in digital democracy, supporting young people, teachers and politicians to use digital tools to learn, teach and engage in politics.

Through our Digital Surgeries programme, we support politicians to engage with young people using digital platforms to build strong relationships and a shared understanding of issues. We have delivered over 160 Digital Surgeries, working with a network of over 150 politicians and 100 schools. We work with a wide range of politicians across parties, from local councillors to MPs and government ministers, including Sir Keir Starmer MP, Ben Bradley MP, Caroline Lucas MP and Mayor Andy Burnham.

Over the last 18 months we have extended this work to support a range of partners, including the Parliamentary Education Service, the University of Exeter, the People’s History Museum, the University of Cambridge and UCL, to run thematic versions of the programme with schools across the UK. This has included looking at the work of the House of Lords, Gender and Identity, the Peterloo Massacre and climate change.

We are also working with parliamentary staff to develop a version of the Digital Surgeries programme that allows young people to use digital platforms to provide evidence to parliamentary select committee inquiries, putting young people’s voices at the heart of national policy debates.

Visit our website for more information about our work.

About the Role

In this role you will oversee the delivery of our flagship Digital Surgeries programme, managing the expansion and delivery of this rapidly growing programme. Due to Covid-19 we have seen an increase in demand for our digital approach and anticipate significant growth in the upcoming year. In this role we are looking for someone to guide this growth, making the most of opportunities that arise and ensuring that progress is tracked and Digital Surgeries are delivered to a high quality.

You will engage regularly with politicians and teachers, strengthening relationships with our existing partners while also identifying opportunities and developing strategies to build new ones.

You will manage a team of one or two programme coordinators who will lead day-to-day delivery.

There will also be opportunities for learning and development. Depending on your needs, this could include support on areas of programme management where you would like to strengthen your skills, or on subject knowledge on politics, the education sector or one of the thematic programme topics mentioned above.

This will be a fast-paced role in a small but growing, friendly team. There will be significant opportunities to shape the growth of our flagship programme and the broader direction of the organisation.

Key responsibilities:

• Overseeing the planning and delivery of the Digital Surgeries programme.
• Supporting in the development and delivery of a range of thematic versions of the programme including on climate change, elections and parliamentary select committees. 
• Building, tracking and implementing robust programme management systems.
• Managing relationships with over 100 teachers and 150 politicians from across the UK.
• Recruiting teachers and politicians to take part in the programme.
• Line management of one or two Programme Coordinators.

Personal Specification

Skills/Experience

Essential 

· Programme Management experience.

· Ability to build and manage relationships.

· Strong ability to manage multiple priorities.

· Excellent time management and organisational skills.

· Ability to solve problems and perform under pressure.

Desired

· Experience of database management

· Confident working with technology such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams.

· Experience of managing a team.

· Ability to conduct monitoring and evaluation of work and produce written reports.

· Knowledge/understanding of the education sector.

The job is based on a 12-month contract (including a 3-month probation period) and is primarily based in our office in Central London or our office in Central Manchester. Initially work will be remote due to the Covid-19 crisis. Occasional travel to elsewhere in the UK may be required.

The hours of work are 37.5 hrs per week. Holiday entitlement will be 25 days pro rata (exclusive of Bank Holidays).

In accordance with our Child Protection and Safeguarding procedures, this position requires an enhanced DBS check that we will provide.

How to apply

To apply please submit answers to the following questions along with your CV by 4pm on Monday 4th August. Each answer should be no more than 250 words.

Questions:

What relevant experience do you have for this role?
What do you think makes a good Programme Manager?
How do you manage multiple priorities?
We deliver a range of thematic versions of the Digital Surgeries programme – what do you think our next thematic version of the programme should be and why?

Please contact the Director of The Politics Project, Harriet Andrews, if you have any questions. 

Nelson St Church will be an innovative, exciting Resource Church in the centre of Rochdale. Established in partnership with Holy Trinity Brompton Church, London it is expected to launch in January 2021.

We are looking to build a close-knit team, united by the vision of seeing the transformation of lives in Rochdale. As Operations Manager you will be a key part of the leadership team, and will have a significant role in implementing the vision and values of the church.

Initially, you will be responsible for the set up of the operational side of the Church, providing strategic, organisational and administrative support to the team. Once established, you will be responsible for the effective running of the operations of the church and play a key role in growing through effective communication with the community.

This will be an exciting and challenging place to work, full of variety. We hope to create an environment where innovation and creativity are encouraged, and where we strive for excellence in everything we do.

The job will involve working with people in custody or subject to supervision in the community, to engage them in learning, training and employment opportunities, either through one-to-one or group work.  You’ll need to be proactive, a good communicator and effective at working with partner organisations to ensure the best results for our participants. Recording of accurate information on participant plans is an important part of the job, so you’ll need to be comfortable working on databases and systems and have a strong attention to detail. 

We are especially looking for applicants who can connect with people to help move them forward, embrace the quality and compliance requirements of working on a contract and have the skills to work towards individual performance targets.

We’ll give you all the training you need to do the Case Manager job and provide you with support to get established in the new role.  We employ a team of 45 Case Managers across the NW, who are very proud to work on this highly successful ESF programme.

Our full-time staff enjoy a reasonable 35h working week and we also offer flexi-time, so when we ask our staff to do extra, we always make sure they’ve got those hours to take back another time.  It’s a great benefit of working for Career Connect. 

The Proud Trust is recruiting!

The Proud Trust is a lifesaving and life enhancing organisation that helps young LGBT+ people empower themselves to make a positive change for themselves and their communities. We do this through youth groups; one-to-one support; managing the LGBT+ Centre for Manchester; delivery of training and events; campaigns; undertaking research and creating resources.

Youth Work Manager

We are seeking a capable and experienced Youth Work Manager to join our team.

This vacancy is for:

• 30 hours per week 12 months fixed term (with potential to extend the role, funding dependent)
• At a rate of £31,024.50 pro rata full time equivalent, plus pension contributions

You will be joining a caring and dedicated team, passionate about opportunities for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans inclusion and equality, and to safeguard all people we work with.

You will Manage the Youth Work Programme including a team of Coordinators who deliver youth groups across Greater Manchester and Cheshire; session youth workers; volunteers and placement students. The team also delivers outreach, detached work, projects, events and trips (including residential trips).

You will be responsible for programme management, health and safety, quality assurance and safeguarding for the youth work programmes and projects.

Due to the nature of the wide geography of this post, it is only suitable for someone who can drive and has a car.

Successful applicants will need to be legally allowed to work in the UK, will need to undertake an enhanced DBS check and will need to provide references.

The Proud Trust wants to draw from the widest possible talent pool and is always keen to receive applications from people from under-represented groups within the LGBT+, youth work and voluntary sector. These groups include but are not limited to Black people and other People of Colour; minoritised ethnicities; trans and non-binary people; LGB people; and those who consider themselves to have a disability.

Interview date for shortlisted candidates Tuesday 28th July between 9am and 5pm and will be done digitally. This will likely consist of a Strategic Panel and an Operational Panel, as well as practical exercises and a presentation. Young people will be involved in the process.

Who we are looking for 

We are looking for a motivated and talented Participant Support Manager to join our Participant Support team. The role will lead a multi-tiered team providing the interface between the organisation and our teachers and leaders on a range of our programmes and provide varied support to these participants. The expectation is that the Manager will also act as Business Partner across a number of programmes acting as the point of escalation for the programme externally ensuring we deliver a timely and high quality experience. This role will act as the point of escalation for the programme externally with our Partners ensuring we deliver a timely and high quality experience.

Internally, the Participant Support Manager will work collaboratively with the Programme Leader, providing advice and strategic support in regards to participants and partners and work in a matrix structure with other programme operations departments. The Manager will be responsible for overseeing the quality of engagement with their participants/partners and maintaining an excellent participant experience. They will lead on the development of participant/partner engagement and communication plans and ensure all programmes under their leadership are accurately tracking participant engagement.   

Based in one of our London, Manchester or Birmingham offices, and reporting to the Participant Support Associate Director, you will be an individual with experience of delivering excellent customer service. We are looking for someone who has previously managed multiple stakeholders, including the ability to deal with difficult conversations. The successful candidate will have excellent written and oral communication skills, good budgeting skills, and will be able to take a strategic approach to the end to end programme journey.

Who are Ambition Institute? 

Ambition Institute has one purpose: to help educators serving children from disadvantaged backgrounds to keep getting better. With our new organisation, and more than ten years of collective experience in working with educators at all levels, we believe that exciting opportunities lie ahead. We are a graduate school for educators, and we apply academic rigour to our learning design, drawing on frontline insights from schools into what works in practice. Our programmes leverage the latest evidence from international experts, which means we think carefully about what is taught, how, and in what sequence. We work collaboratively to enable school improvement for the benefit of pupils, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Our offer 

We are happy to announce that we will be able to offer you: 

• Flexibility on how you work – agreed between you and your line manager 

• A competitive annual leave entitlement of 25 days, plus bank holidays 

• 2 additional annual leave days for 1 day booked during December over the festive period 

• A generous employer pension contribution of 11% (10% pension plus 1% NI rebate) 

• Competitive salary rates

• Access to an interest free season ticket and bike loans, as well as eyecare vouchers 

• An Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which provides confidential support for employees on personal or work-related matters. 

• A robust learning and development offer that ensures your continuous professional development 

How to apply 

All applications must be received by the closing date, 09:00am on 20th July 2020 

The expected timeline for interviews is as follows: 

• Interviews: w/c 27th July 2020 

To apply for this role, or any of our other vacancies or for any questions or queries please visit our website. 

Equality and diversity matters to us. If you think you’d be suited to one of our roles we’d love to hear from you regardless of age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexuality. 

We are looking to appoint a Development Director to take the lead in the development and implementation of our fundraising activities. For the right candidate this is an exciting opportunity to further develop on the success that the school has already achieved in building  long term, sustainable relationships with our donors and prospective donors. To reflect the importance of this role, you will be responsible directly to the Principal and under the day to day line management of the Deputy Principal (External Relations).

The main purpose of the role will be to focus specifically on potential major donors, develop a sustainable pipeline of major gifts to provide a reliable income stream for the school and provide exceptional stewardship for existing donors and cultivate new supporters.   You will work across all areas of the school to create compelling cases for support to attract and retain support from individuals and foundations.

This is a full time position and an appropriate salary will be negotiated which will reflect the importance of the post and the experience of the successful candidate.

The successful candidate need not necessarily be based in Oldham, but the school would consider applicants able to carry out the role primarily remotely. 

Be a Disability Gamechanger and join our Support to Work employment team. The service is expanding so we are looking for a new Team Leader.

About the role

Manage a team of employment and partnership advisers by:

• providing supervision, coaching and guidance
• ensuring the service meets its targets
• delivering support to customers where required.

To succeed in this role you will need to be able to:

• take a flexible approach
• respond positively to change and the challenges and opportunities it brings.
• work well under pressure.
• deal with conflicting priorities.

The job is currently home-based due to coronavirus. When we return to our offices, you can do this job from either Leeds or Manchester.

About you

You should have knowledge of employability in the field of disability. You should have line management experience or you will need to show us that you are ready for your next challenge.

You should bring drive and enthusiasm to your role and care passionately about improving disabled people's lives through employment.

You'll need:

• effective organisation and communication skills. With excellent negotiation skills, you will be able to positively influence at all levels
• to be dynamic, results driven and able to evidence performance across a range of outcomes.
• to be a confident user of digital technology, including Microsoft Office Products.
• to show a positive approach to the adoption of innovative products and tools

Skills and experience

• Line management and supervision experience
• Knowledge of the employment sector
• Customer service skills
• Digitally confident
• Agreement with ‘Social model of disability’ approach

Disabled candidates

Equality and inclusion are at the heart of Scope’s mission and we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace with equality of opportunity for everyone.

We welcome applications from disabled people and guarantee interviews to disabled applicants who meet the minimum job criteria. Please let us know in your application if you would like to be considered for this.

About the Together Trust

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

Our work is made possible with our incredible team of staff and volunteers who are positive role models to the people we support.

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

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

A job with us can be challenging. But what we can promise is that your role will be incredibly rewarding and filled with meaning.

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

Are you a Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist looking to develop your skills as part of a multidisciplinary team?

We are looking for an experienced clinician to lead our Occupational Therapy Team of up to six staff and manage a small caseload of students with complex presentations at Inscape House School. We are one of the Together Trust’s non-maintained specialist schools for over 100 students aged 5 to 19 all with autism as their primary need.

Our well-resourced and supportive team work closely together to deliver a high quality therapy service. You will offer clinical supervision and management of professional colleagues contributing to their development.

At the forefront of this role will be your knowledge of autism along with an understanding of the fundamentals and governance of a school.

Our multi-disciplinary team includes Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists, teaching staff, school counsellors, positive behaviour support colleagues, psychologists and other support team members.

We have a culture of joint responsibility to embed therapy approaches, strategies and interventions. This is a great opportunity to help shape service delivery and contribute to school wide projects.

This is a truly rewarding role as you will get to track student progress and their journey to independence in a way you might not necessarily experience within an NHS setting.

We would consider both full-time and part-time applicants for this post.

Benefits

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

• Follow your ambitions and progress your career through on-the-job training, apprenticeships and qualifications
• 25 days annual leave rising to 27 after 5 years
• A company pension plan with 7% employer contribution
• Opportunity to purchase a health plan to claim towards therapy, dental and more
• Unlimited access to our employee assistance programme for advice and support
• Support from mental health first aiders

Full-Time (35 hrs p/w) - Fixed Term Contract till 31 March 2021 

Merseyside/ Liverpool and Cheshire, with frequent travel locally and further afield

Ref code: CTM-201

Are you a proactive, compassionate and inspiring individual with strong project management and leadership qualities? Do you have a passion for improving the lives of vulnerable children and young people? 

Then come and join St Giles as a Team Leader to join their County Lines team, where you will play a pivotal role on our pioneering project.

About St Giles 

An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need. Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others. 

County Lines is a phenomenon in which criminal drug dealing operations are expanding their operations outside of the larger cities, taking over drug markets in smaller towns. Gangs target vulnerable children and young people and coerce them to transport and distribute mainly Class A drugs into areas where there is less police presence, less competition and high demand for their product. 

About this exciting opportunity

You will provide valuable support and guidance to Team members and attached volunteers and work closely with Regional Manager in the development and delivery of the project. This will involve planning and supporting the team’s daily workload, monitoring and reviewing probation periods, conducting annual performance reviews and regular one-to-ones, as well as reviewing ongoing personal development plans.

You will also attend partnership and contract monitoring meetings, ensure that referred clients are assessed with reference to St Giles Trust practices, plus develop and maintain relationships with referral agencies, including the Police, YOT and Children Services. Ensuring that staff produce risk management plans based on assessments and promoting inter-agency collaboration in the assessment and planning process are also key elements of the role. 

What we are looking for:

• The ability to provide support, supervision and coaching to staff, including the capacity to successfully manage personnel and disciplinary issues

• Strong interpersonal, relationship-building and negotiating qualities

• Experience of working with vulnerable young people and adults

• The ability to work with people who have multiple and complex needs

• Experience of setting up and operating systems to monitor and report on work with clients

• Project management experience, including coordinating activity and liaison with a range of stakeholders 

In return, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, staff pension, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, season ticket loan and much more.

For further information, or to apply, please visit our website via the ‘Apply’ button.

Closing date: 11pm, 26th July 2020. 

Place Based Funding Partner
Manchester
£34,522.92 per annum plus excellent benefits
Fixed Term contract for 12 months (potential to be extended), 
Full Time - 35 hours per week

Our client is passionate about working together to improve lives and help neighbourhoods thrive. They see the difference their work makes in their city and they work together to support their customers and their wellbeing. 

Why take up this challenge with them? This really is a great place to work. They have a top team. They have bags of potential. And they’re all set to achieve even greater things in Manchester. They’re leading nationally in delivering social value and making sure that it’s integral to all they do. And they have got an award from Social Value UK to prove it.

They’re looking for a passionate, driven person to join them in delivering the East Manchester Collaborative funding project which will aim to increase local giving and investment and ensure it is strategically placed in essential local priorities. 

You will champion a collaborative working approach across a multi agency partnership, working with new and existing partners from the private, public and voluntary sectors to encourage the sharing of information in relation to funding. A natural networker, you’ll engage proactively with local businesses to increase funding within the area.

You will have worked in a similar position and be able to demonstrate excellent working knowledge of fundraising from a range of sources such as grants, sponsorship, crowd funding and donations. 

They’re particularly keen to hear from candidates with a track record in engaging businesses in corporate giving and CSR. You will have extensive experience of building and maintaining professional partnerships and will have a good understanding of community development and all aspects of managing funded projects.

This is a hugely rewarding role where you’ll really see the difference you make to people’s lives every day. They’re a supportive and flexible organisation that’s really excited about their future. They offer a fantastic benefits package and a genuine commitment to your training and development. But that’s not all. It’s about being proud to make a real and positive difference to people’s lives. Join them now and see the difference you can make in their great city. 

If this sounds like you then apply today, they’d love to hear from you.

They are willing to offer appointment to the post on a secondment arrangement from other organisations.

Closing date: Friday 17 July 2020

Interviews and assessments will take place from late July 2020.

CARERS MANCHESTER CONTACT POINT SUPPORT WORKER

Gaddum in partnership with Manchester Carers Forum, LMCP and Wai Yin Society have been successful in obtaining funding to deliver a first point of contact for Manchester carers. 

Carers Manchester Contact Point (CMCP) will provide an initial point of contact for advice and support for Manchester Carers.  

The service will be able to be accessed via a telephone helpline operating from 8.30 – 5.30 Monday to Friday and through a dedicated website, e-mail address and social media. The service will be based at Gaddum House and be delivered by a dedicated staff team with added value offered by Volunteers and Student Social Workers.

We are now looking to recruit a Support Worker, who will be employed by Wai Yin, and be a member of the core team delivering this new service  

We believe the successful candidates will have:

• Experience of working within an advice and support service
• A clear understanding of the issues that face unpaid carers  
• Excellent verbal and listening skills
• An ability to identify appropriate support for carers contacting the service
• A flexible approach to working hours
• Ability to communicate in fluent English and Chinese (Cantonese or Mandarin)

To apply, please fill out the application form and demographic form below and return to the email address upon it.

Closing date:Noon, Monday 13 July

Provisional Interview Date - Monday 21 July 2020

Hope for Justice is seeking experienced and enthusiastic professionals who are able to work directly with survivors, offering legal advocacy and specialist support and advice.

Could you join our team of Independent Modern Slavery Advocates, helping people who have been victims of modern slavery to understand and access their entitlements to welfare and housing benefits, conducting needs-led assessments, and signposting them to relevant services?

The successful candidates will have worked previously with vulnerable adults in an advisory capacity, and have excellent knowledge of welfare benefits law and the laws relating to modern slavery. They must also have demonstrable core legal skills including research, advocacy, negotiation, drafting and interviewing. A full list of required skills, competencies, duties and responsibilities is available in the Role Profile, below.

These full-time positions will be based at Hope for Justice Head Office in central Manchester.

Role Profile - Independent Modern Slavery Advocate

Department: UK Programmes - Advocacy

Location: Head Office, Manchester

Main Purpose

• To provide advocacy and victim services to survivors of modern slavery in the UK - managing a caseload, conducting assessments and developing pathways for survivors.
• To provide advice to professionals and individuals, building partnerships with other organisations and providing specialised training.
• To support Hope for Justice’s ‘Reforming Society’ agenda.

Main Duties

• Empowering survivors by providing a clear overview of their rights and entitlements in theirown language, providing options and choices every step of the way
• Once the survivor understands their rights, providing a detailed assessment (legal and support needs, including an individual risk assessment and safety planning). Anticipating and understanding the barriers victims face and the advocacy needed to overcome barriers
• Ensuring smooth transfer into safe accommodation and into the community, advocating for clear pathways of support for the survivor in accordance with the non-statutory government endorsed Slavery and Trafficking Survivor Care Standards 2018, produced by the Human Trafficking Foundation
• Act as a single point of contact for the survivor and relevant agencies through all processes. Providing a point of trust for the victim and high-quality communication with all relevant agencies
• Ensure “supported” referrals to relevant legal and support agencies - including supported housing; victim/witness support; and immigration, civil compensation, public law and criminal law solicitors
• Where necessary, support attendance at appointments, empowering and advocating for the survivor’s needs and wishes to be heard in all processes, as well as supporting the survivor to negotiate these processes and overcome barriers in processes
• Assist survivors in developing confidence to do things themselves to foster independence
• Ensuring the survivor is well supported as a witness through criminal and civil proceedings and ensuring their voice is heard in these proceedings
•  Establishing good working relationships with key agencies and services the survivor routinely interacts with e.g. support workers, social services, GPs and other statutory and non-statutory agencies, to help ensure clients receive coordinated help and support
• Manage a caseload to ensure every client has opportunities to access relevant services appropriate to their individual needs
• General file management and compliance with professional legal ethics, including confidentiality

Key Result Areas

• Progressing caseload from initial assessment to closure, addressing identified needs
• Building and maintaining partnerships with other organisations (including state and NGO) to create opportunities for survivors of modern slavery
• Supporting the Reforming Society agenda – providing evidence base for reform; providing advice and training, where necessary, to agencies in the community to improve responses to victims of modern slavery thus creating lasting structural change

Soft Skills

• Communication skills (including presentation)
• Relationship management
• Creative problem solving
• Teamwork and collaboration
• Negotiation & conflict resolution
• Decisiveness
• Listening & providing feedback
• Positive attitude and resilience
• Empathy and emotional intelligence
• Critical thinking and attention to detail
• Ability to work under pressure & time management
• Flexibility
• Self-motivation and strong work ethic

Technical Skills

• Strategic and operational knowledge of modern slavery and broader Human Rights legislation
• Understanding of the legal rights and obligations of victims of modern slavery – including an understanding of immigration, housing, community care, welfare benefits, public law, civil law (including access to compensation), debts and victim rights in the criminal justice process
• Advocacy, research and drafting skills
• Interviewing skills, particularly in relation to vulnerable people
• Maintaining professional boundaries
• Word, Excel and PowerPoint proficiency

Experience & Education

• Educated to Degree level
• Previous work with vulnerable adults, ideally with a legal or social work background
• Enhanced DBS check
   

Survivors Manchester is currently looking for someone special, someone that has the passion to ensure that everything this amazing organisation does is of quality, that it remains authentic to its roots, and it continues to deliver on what male survivors want. Are you that person?

For the past 11 years, Survivors Manchester has provided survivor-focused therapeutic and advocacy support to male victims/survivors of sexual abuse, rape and sexual exploitation. We have developed a three tiered approach to services and underpin everything we do with a 'trauma and recovery' framework pioneered by Dr Judith Herman.

As our Clinical Lead (Community), you will help us develop, manage and deliver our quality assured trauma-informed services to over 950 male (including trans and non-binary) survivors annually. You will help us ensure that the 2 - 3 new men that ask for help each day hear our voice and know we will help them develop their own healing journey; and you will play your part in our collective effort to #BreakTheSilence on the sexual abuse of boys and men. 

Whilst you will lead our amazing team of Trauma-Informed Therapists, Independent Sexual Violence Advisors, and Group & Community Development Team; manage our community based services; you will also deliver trauma-informed talking therapy services to identifying male, trans and non-binary victims and survivors sexual abuse, rape and sexual exploitation.

You will be a qualified counsellor / psychotherapist who holds a Diploma in Counselling / Psychotherapy or equivalent and be registered with BACP or equivalent (preferably an accredited member). You will understand issues relating to sexual violence, particularly as experienced by males; have experience of working in a highly confidential setting and of managing workforce teams.

In return for your time, experience and commitment to the organisation, you will receive an annual salary of £33,000 – £37,000; 25 days annual leave (increasing annually by 1 day to max of 30 days) plus bank holidays; company sick pay; monthly clinical supervision; pension contribution; and a range of training opportunities.

If this is a role that you think you could achieve great things in, then we want to hear from you.