This role will support the Head of Grants and the Grants Manager at NHS Charities Together (NHS CT) with grant making functions. An important aspect of this role is to support the delivery of the operational plan for grants to member charities. The postholder will be responsible as the main point of contact for Grants queries into the organisation. They will support the Grants Manager to prepare papers for grant reviews by the GAARP and summarising grant applications for GAARP meeting consideration. The postholder will help with Grants Communications and responding to queries from members about the Grants schemes.

We are recruiting maternity cover for a role delivering information and advice to older people (60+), their families and carers on matters including benefit entitlements, housing and community care.

Age UK Lewisham and Southwark (AUKLS) aims to empower and enable older people to lead fulfilled lives. We therefore provide services and support to:

• Address poverty and isolation
• Protect local older people’s human rights
• Promote health and wellbeing
• Connect older people with their communities
• Work positively with partners across all sectors

Key tasks and responsibilities

• To deliver a high-quality Advice Case Work service for older people and carers, in particular on housing, welfare rights and community care matters.
• To interview clients in a way which enables them to express their problem and set their own priorities, whether in person or over the phone.
• To find information relevant to the client’s situation, presenting and discussing it with the client in an accessible form.
• To assist clients by calculating benefit entitlement; form filling; advising on options; and representing their interests with third parties by letter, online, telephone or in person as required.
• Inform clients about appropriate services and how to access them, including AUKLS services and, where appropriate to refer clients to other sources of help.
• To liaise with the Information and Advice Manager and work as a team alongside other paid advisers and volunteers.
• To support service reporting by keeping accurate and up-to-date files and records of interviews on the charity’s database system in line with the Information and Advice Quality Programme benchmarks and the Advice Quality Standard.
• To work as part of, and respond to referrals from, our Community Connections service and other colleagues.
• Develop and maintain relationships with external organisations and bodies, working in partnership with both the voluntary and statutory sector to deliver excellent advice services for older people in both boroughs.

Supported Living Support Worker Based in Kennington, near Oxford.

Salary: £12.50 per hour equivalent to £24,375 per annum plus an additional £1,820 per annum based on 1 Sleep In per week 

Full or part time positions, 37.5 hours per week, Permanent, well established Charity for Learning Disability, autism and sight loss/difficulties

We are looking for highly experienced Male Support Workers.

Are you looking to be a part of an amazing specialist team to support a young man and help him at the beginning of the next chapter of his life, starting a new journey outside of an institutional setting into his own home where he can thrive, be happy and achieve things he never thought possible. Yes, there will be the need for some rules to start off with, but these will need to be based on how to support the person to be the absolute best he can be,  not to curb their lust for life permanently. To help with this you will need to work in partnership with him, his family and a wide range of professionals to help him enjoy the things he loves, such as getting out in his community, building connections and hanging out with friends and family.

You’ll be part of a team that includes support from a positive behaviour consultant. This will provide you with the additional expertise needed to create exceptional person centred support and overcome any challenges that may get in the way of the progress that is needed. Your day to day management will come from an experienced, passionate leader who will work alongside you. This will assist you with your own leadership and interactions that will in turn enable the person to move forward in his life creating community connections, friends, hobbies, interests, and work.  Being passionate, creative and values led will really help you in achieving the small and bigger goals and outcomes that we all see as part of a safe, happy, healthy and empowering life.

The service has two homes next to each other in Kennington, this particular role, is to work with one particular person. Give us a call and we call talk some more about this amazing opportunity

Main Duties & Responsibilities

• To work as part of a team and be values driven
• Engage with and follow support plan/risk guidelines
• Follow key behaviour strategies and feedback on the effectiveness of these
• Ability to confidently deal with behaviours that challenge
• Provide key worker support 
• Act as an advocate for the young person
• Be resilient, positive and professional 
• Participation in a wide range of activities in the persons home and community 
• Flexibility to work e.g. early morning, evening, weekends, sleep-ins 
• Use own initiative and think of solutions 
• To see life as fun and every moment as an opportunity for involvement and learning

It's an exciting time to join NHS Charities Together, and we're looking for a great administrator to support our Grants programme to members.

The role will assist NHS Charities Together grants function as an important service to our member charities.  The post holder will provide a first class administrative and secretarial service in support of our grants team and grants sub groups.

Are you a dynamic, transformational leader with credible experience in delivering integrated, holistic care of highly vulnerable young people?

Oasis Charitable Trust is a ground-breaking group of charities that have been pioneering models of sustainable and holistic education and community development over the last 35 years.

We are now seeking a transformational leader as the Principal Director of Oasis Restore – the UK’s first secure school. This is a career-defining opportunity to lead the development and delivery of our bespoke integrated care and education for young people in custody.

Oasis Restore will offer a reparative opportunity to children and young people, who have become criminally involved, often as a result of high levels of trauma, vulnerability and threat. Our vision is focused on restoration, rather than retribution, on creating a safe environment with a holistic approach to life where every child is given opportunities equal to those offered their peers; ones that enable young people to make different choices and lead positive, productive lives.

Using a psychologically informed approach that integrates theories on attachment, trauma and human development we will offer:

• A holistic, integrated, safe environment
• A therapeutic model of care with a growth mind-set
• An ambitious and enquiry-based education offer
• Pathways for transition into community from day one

We are seeking someone with a proven track record of senior leadership to improve outcomes and life chances for young people. The new Principal Director must be someone with executive-level leadership experience who is values-led. They will have a deep understanding of how to lead person-centred care in the context of statutory frameworks and build the relationships to achieve it.

The incoming Principal Director will be adaptive to the leadership styles of their team to inspire them to be their best. They will be ego-aware and understand the pivotal role that character plays in transformational leadership.

The Principal Director will champion the Oasis ethos and be a known advocate for children who are often without a voice, ensuring that others play their roles to deliver the high-quality education, care and support that meets pupils’ needs.

The successful candidate will:

• Be responsible for developing and delivering the UK’s first secure school – Oasis Restore, a therapeutic approach to education and care. You will recruit and manage a leadership team of experts across education, care, therapeutic interventions and health who will deliver this bespoke model of school for young people in custody.
• Have credible experience of executive leadership in a multi-disciplinary organisation or service focused on the care of highly vulnerable children and young people – be that education, social or health care, youth justice, local government, or the voluntary sector.
• Have a minimum of five years’ experience of transformative leadership – leading complex systems, thinking laterally and strategically in order to innovate and drive change for the improved care of children and young people.
• Be a champion of divergent thinking and creative and innovative practice balanced with commitment to providing psychologically informed, developmentally appropriate models of care and education for children.
• Demonstrate commitment to values-led leadership and proven track record of transformation of systems of care or education.

Working with Peer Power, Oasis asked young people about their vision for what a secure school could be. Their response was: “Operate in love, operate in trust, and listen to the young people.” We are looking for leadership who will respect, value and listen to the young people they serve.

Oasis is committed to making a difference to the lives of the communities it works in, and as such you must show a willingness to demonstrate commitment to the values and behaviours, which flow from the Oasis ethos. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate employment checks, including enhanced DBS checks. This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and should have the ability to speak fluent English for this role.

Saxton Bampfylde Ltd is acting as an employment agency advisor to Oasis Restore on this appointment. For further information about the role, including details about how to apply, please visit the Saxton Bampfylde website.  Applications should be received by noon on Monday, 2 November 2020.

We are looking for four exceptional people to join us as trustees who can help ensure that we have a high performing Board during a period that we may end up looking back on as among the most crucial in our history.

We are hugely proud of the impact we have had on behalf of people affected by blood cancer. The £500 million we have invested in research over the last 60 years has saved many thousands of lives, and we are now in a position where the day we will beat blood cancer is finally in sight. But with the coronavirus crisis already having had a big impact on our income, it is more vital than ever that we have the strong strategic leadership to keep our mission to beat blood cancer on course.

As a Board, we know we need to become more diverse to better reflect the community we serve and share with us new ideas and opinions, so we would welcome approaches from the following:

• Individuals from black and ethnic minority communities.
• Younger people who may not have had previous board experience but have other experiences, for example: of committee work, associations and other team decision making experience.
• Individuals who have personally been affected by blood cancer who have the capacity to support us as a trustee
• Experience in the following fields would be of interest to us: Medical Research, Audit, and Finance.
• Individuals who have experience of information support for blood cancer patients and health policy.
• Influencers who have experience with fundraising and have celebrity or VIP connections that could be further explored.
• Members of a minority group through physical or cultural characteristics.

This is a challenging but very rewarding role and your contribution could assist the blood cancer community in a huge way.

If you would like an opportunity to make a difference and contribute in a positive way we would encourage you to apply to join us on our journey, please share with us your CV, along with a brief Cover Letter outlining your interest and how you feel you could add value to our cause.

If you would like to know more prior to applying please feel free to get in touch with Louise Keegan - Recruitment Officer at Blood Cancer UK for an informal discussion about this exciting opportunity. 

The closing date for this opportunity is: Midday on Saturday, 31 October 2020.

Thank you for your interest in Blood Cancer UK and we very much look forward to hearing from you!

Please note: Should we be successful in our search for suitable individuals prior to the closing date we reserve the right to close this opportunity early.

About us

This is a fantastic opportunity to work at a leading Hospice who aspires to a world in which all dying people and those close to them have access to care and support, whenever and wherever they need it. St Christopher’s Hospice was founded in 1967 by Dame Cicely Saunders and formed part of the modern hospice movement. Proudly celebrating over 50 years and with a turnover of over £20 million, we provide invaluable care and support to over 7,500 people across the five London Boroughs of Bromley, Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark.

Your new role

We are seeking to appoint a Spiritual Care Coordinator to join our team on a Fixed Term Contract until August 31st 2021. The post holder will work autonomously and have the support of the Deputy Manager of Patient and Family Services in the delivery of religious, pastoral and spiritual care to patients and their family members and carers. You will be responsible for ensuring that the profile of Spiritual Care is maintained throughout the organisation and in the community. The role encompasses an awareness of faith based and broad spiritual needs at the end of life.

To succeed in this role

You will have the ability to build relationships with faith leaders in the community who work within the hospice catchment area. You will be skilled at working on your own initiative to create rites of passage congruent to your own religious group and other occasional offices for patients reaching the end of life. Possessing knowledge of rituals for people of faith at the end of life is essential for this role.

If this sounds like you, we will be excited to hear from you.

Benefits of joining St Christopher’s

• You will gain a stimulating and rewarding role with an opportunity to influence and make a real difference in the community
• Access to excellent training and development opportunities
• A number of health and wellbeing schemes
• A competitive contributory pension scheme and life assurance scheme with generous beneficiary plan
• Access to plenty of free local street parking.

Closing Date:  27th October 2020 at Midnight

Due to the impending retirement of the current post holder, we have an exciting opportunity for a Volunteer Services Manager to join our Workforce Team.

You will play a vital role in continuing to shape, develop and deliver a service which provides our volunteers with opportunities to utilise their valuable skills and expertise to help us deliver and grow our services to the Wirral Community.

A key aspect of this role is further developing the networking opportunities and engagement within our community that ensures that we have the ability to grow our team of existing volunteers.

With significant proven competencies in supporting volunteers within a diverse organisation and a passion for the difference that volunteers can make, you the will be an expert in the best practice associated with the recruitment, on-boarding and engagement of volunteers that operate in a variety of roles and an excellent people manager, who has proven ability of leading and inspiring teams to excel.

This post is subject to an appropriate level of DBS check.

In return, some of the benefits that we offer include, a commitment to learning and development, 27 days annual leave in addition to public holiday, flexible working arrangements and different pension schemes available.

The Weekend Hospital IDVA (HIDVA) will work within a dynamic, fast paced, crisis intervention, advocacy and support service to ensure the voice of survivors informs every stage of the process.

They will work directly with survivors in the hospitals, both patients and staff. Survivors are often in the immediate aftermath of a crisis, such as physical assault, drug/alcohol medical need, attempted suicide or self-harm and the HIDVA will provide high quality support focussing on a strengths based, needs led approach.

The post is being offered as a 6 month fixed term contract, however we hope to extend the role following this period, subject to funding. As this is a very short term contract, the post holder will receive a £1000 bonus at the end of the 6 month period, subject to passing their probation.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

Referrals and Assessments

• Carry out needs and risk assessments, including DASH, to effectively establish client needs and enable support to be offered as quickly as possible.
• Produce safety plans with the client, enabling them to assess and manage risk(s) to their own safety.
• Attend Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC) meetings and refer service users to MARAC when appropriate.
• Complete referrals to ongoing support services where appropriate.

Support to Survivors

• Be present in the hospitals to respond to referrals or requests for domestic abuse advice and to meet with survivors. 
• Ensure that survivors currently living in abusive situations are aware of their rights and options.  Give safety-planning advice and explain the effectiveness of criminal and civil sanctions available to them.
• Assist clients in gaining access to solicitors, benefits agencies, housing departments, education, medical treatment, counselling, support networks and community groups, employment support etc.
• Work in partnership with other agencies and services e.g. the police,  housing etc. to make referrals and to advocate for survivors.
• Recognise, respect and address the needs of survivors who face particular barriers when seeking help to access the service, including those from different ethnic and cultural backgrounds, LGBT communities, Gypsy Traveller Communities, disabled people, women with complex needs and other marginalised groups. 
• Safeguard the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk; working within safeguarding policies, Child Protection Procedures and local procedures for safeguarding adults at risk.
• Be aware of potential issues around Rights to Access Public Funds/Refuge Spaces for asylum seekers.
• Participate in an out of hours rota, providing a HIDVA service in the hospital on Friday evenings and weekend days as timetabled.

Partnership Working and Training

• Promote the HIDVA service in the hospitals through building positive relationships with hospital staff, in particular safeguarding teams and clinicians, to ensure a steady flow of appropriate referrals.
• Attend safeguarding, doctor and nurse handover meetings to screen patients for potential domestic abuse.

Personal Development

• Actively participate in regular clinical supervision.
• Participate in training and development events, as required.
• Develop your understanding of trauma informed work and embed in your day-to-day practice.
• Maintain an up to date working knowledge to be able to advise women of their rights and options for seeking help and support from other agencies, such as housing options, legislation and welfare.

General

• Uphold the values and good name of Rising Sun at all times, represent the organisation in a way that is consistent with its philosophy and ethos and in line with all Rising Sun’s policies.
• Ensure all client records, outcome and monitoring data is accurately recorded using the organisation’s case management system. Prepare additional information or reports for the monitoring and evaluation of the service, as required.
• Work within Rising Sun’s Health and Safety policy and guidance and to ensure your own health and safety and that of others at all times.
• Ensure the service is delivered in a culturally sensitive way for all service users, including challenging stigma and discrimination.
• Observe the organisation’s equal opportunities, confidentiality and data protection policies.
• Undertake other duties and responsibilities in keeping with the nature of this post, as may be required from time to time.

For a further information about the role and person specification please download the job pack. https://bit.ly/RSWeekendHIDVA

An exciting addition to our team.  Empowering people to take control of their health and wellbeing.  Working with the local GP networks and taking a holistic approach you will support people to connect back into their community through practical and emotional support.

You will be an innovator, who is self motivated, and who has knowledge and experience in the social care or health fields.

There are three posts available - 1 full time (35hrs per week) and 2 part time (21 hours per week).  The part time posts have an option to increase hours should the demand require it.  The full time post is initially for 12 months and the part time posts intially 6 months. If successful there is potential for the posts continuation beyond initial term.

The post holder will be responsible for the delivery of high-quality advice, and casework services to High Trees users. As an advisor, you will provide advice, guidance, support and information in the areas of welfare benefits, housing, tax credits, council tax difficulties, and/or debt management to High Trees users and will signpost/refer service users internally and externally for further advocacy and support.
 
Reporting to the Employment and Welfare Manager, you will manage a caseload of individuals seeking welfare advice, delivering tailored support and coordinating referrals where necessary. 
 
You will have an understanding of the benefits system, and keep this knowledge up to date, allowing you to help guide participants through the transition into employment or changes to their employment. 
 
You will possess a good understanding of the client groups engaged in our programmes and the multiple and complex barriers they may face when entering or re-entering employment.