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Mind BLMK works across our communities to support positive mental health and wellbeing. Working closely with a range of partners, we offer a number of activities from our wellbeing centres and local venues to make a difference to the mental health and wellbeing of people in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes, and our aim is to make sure that no-one has to face a mental health problem alone.
Community Wellbeing Navigator
Post no: 587
Salary: £22,5000 FTE (actual salary £15,202.70 per annum)
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 25 hours per week, Monday to Friday (10:00 - 15:00)
Location: Central Bedfordshire
This role offers an exciting opportunity to join our Central Bedfordshire mental health recovery and prevention service which covers Ampthill/Flitwick, Biggleswade, Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard.
As a Community Wellbeing Navigator you will be at the heart of the recovery service, delivering all aspects of the service, building positive relationships with those using the service and strong links into the wider community resources that Central Bedfordshire provides.
You will offer focussed 1-2-1 support where needed, to assist people to navigate through the range of other services within the community. You will offer guidance and information that reduces the chance that people will fall through gaps or continue to be isolated and disconnected from their communities, ensuring the right support and the right time that manages a range of needs.
You will need to be empathetic and deliver a person-centred approach in a non-judgemental way, collaborating with people to empower and engage them.
Service Delivery
- Work within the mental health recovery service across localities in Central Bedfordshire, ensuring outcomes that support individuals with mental health and wellbeing needs in line with both Mind BLMK’s agreed recovery model and requirements and funders contract requirements and Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s).
- Carry out assessments on individuals’ suitability for the service in line with the Access to Service processes and procedures and the needs, priorities and support required by the individual.
Undertake 1-2-1 support with individuals which enables them to explore the situation affecting their mental health and wellbeing and work with them to co-produce a personalised support plan based on their needs, goals and wishes. - Offer personalised support and information with the aim of building skills, confidence, resilience and knowledge of tools, techniques and wider resources including linking people to the range of community support services and activities available and seeking solutions to any barriers to access.
- Deliver and facilitate groups, both face to face and online. This includes topic and session planning, facilitating informal drop in and discussions and supporting service users to gain practical tools and techniques to support their wellbeing and learn new coping strategies.
- Encourage and support client engagement with Mind BLMK through Guarantor Membership and other opportunities available through Influence and Participation.
- Identify and assist with the development of service uses to deliver peer lead groups using their specialisms and interests.
- Carry out health and safety responsibilities as directed by Managers in line with Mind BLMK’s H&S policies, procedures, and guidance (risk assessments, reviews, reporting, safeguarding, incidents/accidents, premises).
Entitlements/benefits:
- 25 days (pro rata) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays (pro rata)
- Auto-enrolment NEST pension scheme (employer contributes 3%, employee contributes 5%)
- Optional Health Plan
- Discounts available through Blue Light Card & Tickets for Good
- In-house and external Learning and Development as appropriate for the role.
- Flexible Working On request (in line with Mind BLMK policy on Right to Request Flexible Working)
If you have a passion for working in mental health and possess the required skills, we would love to hear from you.
Closedown: 5pm Thursday 14 March 2024
Please note: We reserve the right to close this advert early if enough suitable applicants apply.
Start date: ASAP
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.
Mind BLMK has been committed to the Mindful Employer charter and the Disability Confident Employer Scheme since 2008.
Please note: Mind BLMK follows Safer Recruitment practices and we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. Therefore all our roles are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
No agencies please.
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Part-time (12.5 hours per week, depending on agreement)
Abuse destroys lives. Join us in rebuilding them.
Domestic abuse has blighted women’s lives throughout history. We’ve been helping women in London recover from its effects since 1996. Our specialist counselling transforms the mental health and wellbeing of women who have suffered physical, emotional or sexual abuse, financial exploitation or coercive control, and we have assisted well over 15,000 people to date. Add your skills to our closely knit all-female team, and you can help thousands more on the road to recovery.
We are recruiting a number of assessors to offer initial assessments for clients on the Woman’s Trust assessment waiting list. Assessors will provide 8 initial assessments per week, these are 1:30 hours either face-to-face, via Teams or by telephone. All WT services are client-led and based on a person-centred/humanistic model of working and commitment to this way of working is essential for this post.
In return, you can expect exceptional career satisfaction, plus an excellent package of benefits, including hybrid and flexible working, 25 days’ holiday rising to 30 days after five years (pro rata), a 3% pension contribution, a comprehensive employee assistance programme, and a cycle-to-work scheme.
To find out more about this exciting opportunity, please download our information pack.
To apply, please send us your CV and a cover letter (of no more than 3 pages) via the Apply button.
We will conduct interviews on a rolling basis. Please note, if an appointment is made before the deadline, the post will close early.
The Equality Act 2010 pursuant to Schedule 9, Part 1 applies.
An enhanced DBS check will be requested prior to taking up the position. Any concerns or questions regarding past criminal convictions can be discussed confidentially with the Clinical Director.
To apply, please send us your CV and a cover letter (of no more than 3 pages).
Centrepoint, the UK’s leading youth homelessness charity, is looking for a Corporate Partnerships Manager to join our Relationship Fundraising Department for a 3 year fixed term contract. The role sits within an 11 person Corporate Fundraising team, which has an overall target of £3.5m.
It is a truly exciting time to be joining Centrepoint, as we work towards our vision to end youth homelessness by 2037. Partnerships and support from our corporate partners are a key part of making this vision a reality.
The Partnerships Manager will primarily be responsible for managing a new and exciting multi-year strategic partnership. This new partnership will be the largest multi-year partnership in Centrepoint’s corporate portfolio and will be transformational for Centrepoint and the young people we work with.
Working between our offices as well as our corporate partner’s office (an hour from London by train), to fully integrate yourself with the organisation, you will be the account manager and main point of contact leading on the successful delivery of all aspects of the partnership. This will include building upon existing plans and relationships and implementing new strategies to achieve targets and objectives for the partnership.
You will be an ambitious and driven account manager with extensive experience at a 6 figure plus level high profile strategic partnerships. Experience managing complex partnerships, ideally with a marketing or consumer-facing element, is beneficial. You will be comfortable developing and delivering partnership strategies and objectives, and working in a target driven environment. You will be an excellent communicator and networker, with the ability to form strong relationships externally and internally, including engaging with a range of stakeholders at senior management level.
In particular, the post holder will:
· Lead on the successful delivery of this partnership in line with the agreed objectives by providing first class account management and strategic planning;
· Produce annual plans, budgets and KPIs to effectively manage the partnership;
· Track, analyse and report on income and expenditure, and measure, manage and report on partnership performance against set KPIs;
· Produce engaging, inspiring and accurate reports and updates which are tailored to meet the needs and interests of the partnership;
· Create and maintain effective communication channels and processes that keep everyone informed, involved and engaged in the partnership both internally and externally;
· Develop effective working relationships with a range of cross functional teams and key internal and external stakeholders, including: Head of Relationship Fundraising, Director(s) of Fundraising and Housing, Head of Communications, Centrepoint Programme Leads.
· Oversee the Partnership Group, made up of senior internal stakeholders who oversee the governance of the partnership, as well as the Performance and Monitoring Group who support the programme, finance and reporting delivery for the partnership.
· Represent Centrepoint and the partnership at our own and third party events.
· Actively participate in all team meetings and support other team members.
· Potentially manage other corporate partnership accounts as required.
· Work from partner office (an hour by train from London) at least twice a month.
In return, you will receive a competitive salary, excellent training and development opportunities, 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
· Healthcare cash plan
· Private Medical insurance
· Income protection
· Employer pension contributions of 5%
· Access to Cycle 2 Work loan scheme
· An interest-free travel loan
Applications will be reviewed regularly, and so we encourage applicants not to wait until the closing date to apply.
At Centrepoint we challenge the discrimination within society that contributes to youth homelessness, and we are just as committed to fairness and equality within Centrepoint itself. We are passionate about ensuring all of our colleagues are made to feel included in the work we do and that we value the rich diversity within the organization.
We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications regardless of sex, gender, race, age, belief in any religion and none, gender identity, ethnic origin, class, sexuality, nationality, appearance, unrelated criminal activities, disability, responsibility for dependents, part time or shift workers, being HIV positive or living with AIDS, lived experience of homelessness or using young people’s services and any other matter which causes a person to be treated with injustice.
Centrepoint’s policy is to recruit, employ and promote people on the basis of their suitability for the work to be performed, and to this end, our aim is to ensure that all applicants, employees and volunteers receive equal treatment.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
This is an exciting chance to really make a substantial difference to the young people we support at Active8. It is part of plan to increase the fundraising capacity of the charity with a significant amount of untapped potential so it is an exciting time to join.
Ideally we are looking for a candidate with experience in writing compelling funding applications and managing relationships with funders.
However willingness to learn, passion for the cause and transferrable skills count for a lot and training will be provided if you do not have direct experience but you are creative, good at story telling, enjoy building relationships and have an eye for detail.
An average week might involve researching and writing grant applications or meeting funders. It might be working with our project coordinators to write evaluations and report to funders, it could be having a 121 with a member to create a case study or attending networking events to raise awareness of Active8 and build funders knowledge.
As you would expect when working for a small charity no two days are the same and we all ‘muck in’ doing things outside of any job description which will make working at Active8 so varied and enjoyable.
Job description
We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated funding officer who has exceptional attention to detail, excellent prospecting skills, and a track record of securing funding from Grants, Trusts, and Foundations.
Preferably the successful candidate will be able to demonstrate previous success in raising funds, have experience of working to and achieving financial targets within deadline and budgets, experience of managing relationships at varying levels and the ability to write persuasive and compelling applications.
The post holder will be required to manage the day-to-day fundraising for the charity, identifying appropriate funding opportunities, submitting applications, reports and evaluations to funders about spend. The candidate may also be asked to support our users to find individual grants.
We can’t emphasise enough how much we value transferable skills and passion so please do not be put off from applying if you are applying from a different sector/role.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.