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Care Quality, CQC Governance, and Service Quality Trustee - Focus Birmingham
Role Overview
Focus Birmingham is seeking a dedicated Trustee specialising in Care Quality, CQC Governance, and Service Quality to help drive the delivery of outstanding, person-centred care across our services. In this crucial role, you will work closely with the Board to ensure that the charity not only meets but exceeds regulatory standards, with a particular focus on compliance with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) framework. Your expertise will support the Board in overseeing the quality and safety of our services, championing continuous improvement and innovation.
This is an excellent opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the strategic direction of Focus Birmingham, ensuring the highest standards of care for people with disabilities and support needs.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide strategic oversight and guidance on care quality, safety, and service effectiveness, ensuring that Focus Birmingham meets all CQC requirements.
- Support the organisation in achieving and maintaining high ratings in CQC inspections by contributing expertise in governance, compliance, and quality improvement.
- Scrutinise and challenge policies, procedures, and performance data to ensure the highest standards of care and safeguarding.
- Promote a person-centred approach, ensuring that the voices of the people who use our services are central to decision-making.
- Work with senior leadership and operational teams to identify risks and opportunities related to care delivery and service development.
- Oversee Focus Birmingham’s Safeguarding practices, ensuring robust safeguarding policies and procedures are in place, adhered to, and reviewed to protect vulnerable individuals.
- Support the development of a culture of continuous improvement and innovation in care services.
- Ensure the Board is well-informed about emerging trends, best practices, and regulatory changes in the health and social care sector.
- Act as an ambassador for Focus Birmingham, advocating for high-quality, inclusive, and accessible services for people with disabilities.
What Difference You Will Make
By bringing your expertise in care quality governance and regulatory compliance, you will:
- Help safeguard the well-being of those who rely on our services, ensuring they receive safe, high-quality care.
- Strengthen Focus Birmingham’s ability to meet and exceed CQC standards, leading to improved inspection ratings and public confidence.
- Influence strategic decision-making to ensure care quality remains at the heart of the organisation.
- Support our teams in embedding a strong culture of quality, safety, and continuous improvement.
- Ensure the voices of the people we support are heard, respected, and reflected in how we shape and deliver care.
What You Will Achieve
As a Trustee, you will contribute to:
- A robust governance framework that supports outstanding care provision.
- Improved service outcomes and positive experiences for individuals supported by Focus Birmingham.
- A confident, well-informed Board that prioritises care quality in strategic planning.
- A proactive approach to regulatory compliance, reducing risks, and enhancing our reputation.
- The growth and development of innovative, person-centred services that empower people with disabilities to live life to the fullest.
Who Are We Looking For?
We are looking for an individual with expertise in health and social care governance, particularly in relation to CQC compliance, service quality, safeguarding, and person-centred care. Ideal candidates will have:
- Strategic-level experience working in or alongside CQC-regulated services such as social care, healthcare, or disability services.
- Knowledge of best practices in care quality, safeguarding, and risk management.
- A strong understanding of governance and supporting services.
- The ability to provide constructive challenge and strategic insight to ensure continuous improvement.
- A commitment to our values and mission, with a passion for empowering people with disabilities.
- A team player, willing to work collaboratively with other trustees and staff to achieve our strategic vision.
- The ability to think strategically, analyse complex issues, and develop creative solutions.
- Availability to attend Board meetings (4 per year), committee meetings (4 per year), other meetings, and engage with individuals with disabilities on an ongoing basis.
- A strong commitment to empowering individuals with disabilities and promoting their active participation in decision-making.
- The ability to understand and empathise with the diverse needs and perspectives of adults with care and support needs.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills for facilitating engagement and collaboration.
This is a voluntary role, but the impact you will make is invaluable. If you are passionate about driving excellence in care and safeguarding, we would love to hear from you.
To Apply
Please submit a complete application form via CharityJob.
Closing Date for Applications: 11th May 2025
We look forward to receiving your application and welcoming a new Trustee to our team!
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We are looking for a passionate individual with skills and expertise in Finance/Treasury.
We will welcome applications from anyone who is keen to transform lives and join us on this exciting journey with us. You don’t need prior experience of sitting on a Board, a dance background or specific qualifications to become a Trustee. What matters most is your passion for supporting people with learning disabilities, your commitment to building a more equitable society and your willingness to contribute to our work, our vision and our future success.
Trustees play a crucial role in shaping what we do, helping us stay clear on our purpose and offering ideas that guide our organisation as we grow. We’re looking for Trustees who can bring fresh perspectives and valuable insights from their lived and professional experiences. We want our Board to reflect the diversity of our work, our participants, and our supporters.
We are based in Lancashire, with national and international reach, and we welcome applications for remote Trustees. We currently have Trustees based in Portugal and the Netherlands.
The role of Trustee is a volunteer role and is not accompanied by any financial remuneration, although reasonable expenses for travel may be claimed.
The role requires attendance & contribution at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) and four Board meetings per year (plus any required preparation and pre-reading). Quarterly Board Meetings take place mostly online and periodically in person at a North West location.
There will also be potential additional engagement in strategy work and sub working groups throughout the year and occasional representation of the charity at various events with key stakeholders.
Registered Charity
6 - 10
To be a sustainable community role model that provides high quality inclusive dance leadership, participation, performance and training opportunities.
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We are looking for Trustees to join us on this journey. Following a recent skills audit, we are particularly looking for individuals with experience in the following areas: accountancy, clinical expertise (medical, nursing or other healthcare backgrounds), marketing and communications, digital technologies, and the charity sector.
I encourage you to review the profiles of our current Board members to understand the breadth of expertise and perspectives we already have. We are proud to have a dynamic and highly engaged Board. Our discussions are strategic, forward-looking, and always centred on how we can best serve our patients, families and communities.
Purpose
The Board of Trustees is responsible for the overall governance and strategic direction of the charity. They will oversee all aspects of the organisation, working closely with the Group Chief Executive and Executive Leadership Team.
Ensuring the Board of Trustees reach sound decisions. This may involve scrutinising board papers, leading discussions, focusing on key issues, providing advice and guidance on new initiatives, or other subjects in which the Trustee has special expertise.
Legal Context
Trustees are responsible for the legal stewardship of St Giles Hospice. This involves ensuring that the Hospice is compliant with legislation and its own governing documents. They are also responsible for the corporate governance of the organisation and report annually to the Charity Commission and Companies House. We expect all Trustees to be aware of the Charity Governance Code.
Charity Commission guidance states that Trustees must:
Ensure that everything they do helps and supports to meet the charity’s objectives Comply with the charity’s governing documents and law
Act in the charity’s best interests
Manage the charity’s resources responsibly; Act with reasonable care and skill and take advice where necessary
Ensure the charity is compliant with statutory accounting and reporting requirements
The person specification sets out the essential qualifications, experience, skills, knowledge, personal attributes and other requirements, which the post holder requires to perform the role to a satisfactory level. Without these qualities, the applicant cannot be appointed to the post.
Skills and experience
Essential
- An understanding of the legal duties, responsibilities and liabilities of trusteeship
- Successful track record of consistent achievement at board or executive level
- Robust governance experience
- Knowledge and understanding of equal opportunities
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
Desirable
- Medical / clinical background
- Digital leadership skills
- Fundraising experience
- Marketing experience
- Knowledge of working within the charity and/or healthcare sector
Personal attributes
- Empathetic
- Team player
- Able to work under pressure
- Collaborative
- Ambassador for St Giles Hospice
- Strategic thinker
Key tasks and responsibilities
The role entails but is not limited to:
- Ensuring that St Giles complies with all its governing documents, charity law and other legislation or regulations
- Attending and contributing to Board meetings/sub-committee meetings
- Representing St Giles at events, conferences and media as and when required
- Bringing impartiality to decision making
- Always acting in St Giles’ best interests and with reasonable care and skill to provide clear strategic direction
- Proving guiding principles and overall plans for St Giles to progress against the strategy objectives
- Ensuring the financial stability, probity and sustainability of the organisation in relation to the financial aspects of the charity to safeguard the charity’s reputation and values
- Adhering to the Trustees code of conduct (known as the Trustee Charter) and comply with it
- Supporting and advising the Executive Leadership Team in your areas of expertise
- Being collectively responsible for the governance of the charity with other Board members
- Overseeing organisational risk registers, ensuring adequate assurance is provided or risk mitigations in place
- Exercising control over the financial affairs and protecting its assets
- Ensuring the effective and efficient administration of the charity
- Protecting and managing the property of the charity and ensuring the proper investment of the charity’s funds
- Ensuring and maintaining efficient administration of funding, insurance and premises
- Sitting on recruitment/disciplinary panels as and when required by the Head of HR
- Ensuring the Boards agreed position is represented when speaking publicly on behalf of the organisation
- Ensuring information gained during the course of working as a Trustee is kept confidential and in particular the contents of emails and board papers
Registered Charity
101 - 500
Whether you’re living with a terminal illness, or your loved one is nearing the end of their life, we’re here for you at every stage.
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We’re looking for a new fundraising volunteer and/or director! Are you passionate about securing funds for grassroot organisations?
This opportunity involves overseeing Fuel Poverty Action’s fundraising plans and strategy, reaching out to donors and promoting our vital campaigns through grant bids to help end fuel poverty in the UK.
This role would require an average of 16-20 hrs per month and can be done remotely. We are also open to you joining FPA’s board of directors, subject to capacity and experience.
This offers a chance to directly contribute to tackling fuel poverty and ensuring access to affordable energy for all whilst strategizing and learning alongside great activists. If you're eager to contribute, we’d love to hear from you!
Tasks:
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Organise and manage our fundraising planning and pipeline
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Reach out to potential donors and help build relationships
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Lead on grant applications
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Work closely with the team to develop new fundraising strategies
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Contribute ideas and experience to FPA campaigns
Closing date for applications: April 20th 2025
Non Charity Employer
1 - 5
We want warm, safe homes on a flourishing planet, where everyone has enough and resources are justly shared
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