Business Development Officer

Based at FSC Central Services (Shrewsbury, Shropshire) or an FSC Learning Location please visit our website

£23,045 - £26,299 per annum

Full Time, Permanent

Field Studies Council is one of the UK’s leading providers of outdoor environmental education. This is an exciting opportunity to join the Field Studies Council (FSC).

We now have an exciting opportunity for a Business Development Officer who will Support FSC colleagues in researching and developing potential new areas of business

Working under the direction of the Business Development Manager and in line with FSC’s new business strategy, this is a key operational role which will have day-to-day responsibility for business development, identifying new opportunities for growth in both new and existing markets; designing attractive products to take to the intended market; undertaking sales activity to boost the occupancy and financial returns delivered in each of the FSC’s locations. 

Due to the nature of the role you will be required to travel to our various locations as well as other venues across the UK.  This may occasionally be abroad therefore involving some overnight stays.

To be successful in this key role you will have experience in a similar Business Development role, a successful track record of achieving sales growth in both B2C and B2B markets. Candidates should have experience of developing and adjusting products based on the analysis of competitors products, sales performance, and customer feedback and an understanding of the specialist leisure travel and hospitality industry in the UK

A positive attitude to new business generation and Strong interpersonal skills, and a good instinct for business are essential to the position. You will have an interest in and an understanding of the charity and commercial market.

We want to create a world where everyone feels connected to the environment, so that they can enjoy the benefits it gives and makes choices that help protect it – especially now when our planet is facing issues such as climate change and loss of biodiversity.

As an Investors in People charity, we realise that to achieve our vision we need diverse teams of staff who have a wide range of skills, a real passion for the work of the charity and a pride in their role within it. No matter what role you perform at the FSC, everyone can make a difference and every role is vital to delivering our mission and vision…if this inspires you, we would love to hear from you.

Closing Date: 5th January 2021

Interview Date: W/c 11th or W/c 18th January 2021

The successful applicant will work with a dynamic, passionate Team, within a very well established and needed female only registered Charity, Tomorrow’s Women Wirral. As Business Development Manager you will be responsible for ensuring the efficacy and efficiency of business operations as well as shaping strategic goals for the future. As an ideal candidate you will be well-versed in all business matters.  You will be a competent leader able to provide guidance that enhances performance in a manner which incorporates the Charity’s vision and culture, with the goal to ensure the sustainability of the Charity’s activities and to drive development  and long-term success whilst always keeping the aims and values of the Charity at the forefront.

Main Duties & Responsibilities

(Please note, this job description is not necessarily an exhaustive list of duties but is intended to reflect a range of duties the post-holder will perform. The job description will be reviewed regularly and may be changed in the light of experience and in consultation with the post-holder.)

• Adhere to direction set by the Board of Directors/Trustees and CEO.
• Work closely with the Board of Directors/Trustees, CEO and Treasurer in the production of business plans, financial forecasts, and policy updates, and provide feedback on strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement. 
• Deputise for CEO in her absence.
• Work as part of a Motivational Management Team.
• Support the work of employees to improve efficiency, effectiveness, safety and wellbeing.
• Gather, analyse and interpret both external and internal data to assist in the production of reports required.
• To develop and lead a Bid/Tender Writing Team providing tools and techniques to convert business ideas into an actionable plan to increase finance and growth.
• Develop and maintain excellent working relationships with financial partners, Landlord, Public or Third Sector Grant fund holders, to facilitate an effective client financing process.
• Deliver a strong Business Plan and Model to develop and strengthen Tomorrow’s Women’s move towards business sustainability, creation and expansion. 
• Ensure adherence to legal rules and guidelines, and compliance with the regulations and procedures of the Charities Commission and Company Law.

Job Specification

• Proven experience as Business Development Manager or relevant role.
•  Appropriate degree/diploma or higher.
• Qualifications in Income Generation/Bid Writing/Leadership & Management and proven evidence of this.     
• Strong financial and business planning/growth expertise with a thorough understanding of diverse business processes and strategy development.
• Excellent organisational and leadership skills.
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills and abilities.
• Excellent knowledge of MS Office, databases, Tendering processes, and information systems.
• Good understanding of research methods and data analysis techniques.
• Commitment to, and understanding of, the work of our Charity. Ensuring Tomorrow’s Women’s ethos of client-focused delivery, innovation and social value is demonstrated to clients, partners, stakeholders, and funders.
• Flexibly and sensitively challenging in approach.
• Contributing to the continuous improvement of Tomorrow’s Women, sharing best practice and ideas required.
• A good sense of humour!

We have an exciting and rewarding new opportunity for an innovative Chartered Clinical, Counselling or Forensic Psychologist to join us to develop our enhanced mental health support to people with co-existing mental health and addiction needs.

Phoenix have been providing drug and alcohol treatment services for over 50 years in a range of settings including Criminal Justice, Residential and Community.

This new role is an excellent opportunity for the post holder to develop their practice around addiction and complex needs to support people within a residential rehab settings. Working closely with Phoenix’s residential rehab team the initial focus of the role will be

• to identify areas of programme improvement
• provide clinical support for staff including reflective practise
• Contribute to debriefing of staff teams in response to Serious Incidents
• Oversee assessment, care and discharge planning support for complex presentations and dynamic risk factors
• Supporting professional development of staff including some elements of staff training

For specific clients identified as likely to benefit you will

• Deliver CBT based group interventions
• Provide individual time limited CBT/DBT interventions as indicated

This role will report to the Head of Clinical Intervention and over time you will be supported to develop your role with the future potential to address areas such as

• Supervision of academic placements/probationary psychologist placements ensuring that trainees acquire the necessary skills, competencies and experience to contribute effectively to good mental health care and to contribute to the assessment and evaluation of such competencies.
• Support Communities of Practise including in relation to local, regional and national initiatives in developing services in the specialist area as opportunities arise.

You will be able to utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence based practise in individual work and work with other team members.

Phoenix Futures are one of the top not-for-profit organisations to work for. We are constantly striving to make recovery sustainable and accessible for everyone who needs help. As a carbon neutral charity we take seriously our responsibility to contribute to an environmentally sustainable future for all.
Phoenix are an inclusive employer that values diversity.

For the right candidate, base, location and hours are flexible.

This role will be predominantly remote, or in any of our key locations such as the Wirral, Glasgow, London or Sheffield. If you would like to discuss this role please contact Gabrielle Epstein - contact details on our website.

We are SafeLives, the UK-wide charity dedicated to ending domestic abuse, for everyone, for good. 

We work with organisations across the UK to transform the response to domestic abuse. We want what you would want for your best friend. We listen to survivors, putting their voices at the heart of our thinking. We look at the whole picture for each individual and family to get the right help at the right time to make families everywhere safe and well. And we challenge perpetrators to change, asking ‘why doesn’t he stop?’ rather than ‘why doesn’t she leave?’ This applies whatever the gender of the victim or perpetrator and whatever the nature of their relationship. 

Last year alone, nearly 11,000 professionals working on the frontline received our training. Over 65,000 adults at risk of serious harm or murder and more than 85,000 children received support through dedicated multi-agency support designed by us and delivered with partners. In the last three years, over 1,000 perpetrators have been challenged and supported to change by interventions we created with partners, and that’s just the start. 

Together we can end domestic abuse. Forever. For everyone. 

The Role

Supporting our commitment to the risk led response, this role will work across a spectrum of specialist and statutory services, utilising their expertise to collaboratively understand complex issues, develop ideas and build creative responses. You will be capable to hold direct line management responsibility, lead a small project team and react confidently and pro-actively in rapidly changing environments. 

You’ll work alongside SafeLives Pioneers, to hear from people with lived experience, build their expertise throughout our work, seeking to change attitudes and evolve the response for everyone affected by abuse. 

The role requires a motivational communicator with strong interpersonal skills; bringing transparency and honesty to build equitable and trusting relationships with experts of lived experience and practice. 

Benefits: A generous package including 25 days' holiday per year plus public holidays, employee pension scheme with 4% employer contribution, Cycle2Work scheme, 365 days a year Employee Assistance Programme. 

If this challenge sounds as exciting to you as it does to us and you believe you have the qualities we have described, please take a look over the job description and submit a 500-word cover letter, CV and equal opportunity form.

Closing date: 15th December 2020.

SafeLives is a committed provider of equal opportunities for all, please see our job description for full details.

No agencies please.

Do you have the commitment and values to make a real difference to the lives of people with care and support needs? Are you passionate about developing and auditing extra care services to ensure that they are of the highest quality, enabling people to meet their desired outcomes?

Creative Support is a not-for-profit organisation which provides high quality, person-centred support to older people and clients with a learning disability, mental health needs and dementia. The support we offer is tailored to the individual person’s needs and encourages independence and community engagement. 

We are seeking a driven, productive and highly organised individual to be responsible for assessing the quality of the services we are delivering, and to identify areas for further development and quality improvement.  You must be flexible and reliable with an excellent eye for detail and ensure 100% CQC compliance in all relevant areas. We are a local provider employing a diverse team of over 300 well supported staff to deliver great services in London.

The post will mainly be based at our Sutherland Court service in Penge, Bromley – an Extra Care Scheme comprising 50 self-contained flats, providing support to older people with a learning disability, mental health needs and dementia. You will also be required to work collaboratively with colleagues and other stakeholders and assist our services in other areas of Bromley and London as and when required.

Relevant direct experience of providing social care services for older people, people with dementia/mental health needs/physical or learning disabilities is essential, alongside a warm, person-centred and respectful approach. You should ideally have a relevant professional qualification (such as Diploma in Social Work NVQ 4/5 or RMA) and/or a degree level or management qualification. Creative Support will support you to continue your professional development.

The Head of Clinical Practice role is one of three key senior roles in Safety Net, who oversee all operations and business activities to ensure the organisation produces the desired results and is working to agreed contracts, funding requirements and within agreed mission, values, aims and objectives. The Head of Clinical Practice will attend the trustee board meetings and take part in management meetings. This is a 28 hours per week role, to be worked over 4 days. 

This is a new post, formed at an exciting time of targeted growth for the organisation to meet an increasing demand for services, and the successful applicant will lead and develop clinical practice. The post will combine expert practice development, staff development and supervision in one role. It is designed to build up practice skills and expertise, and to support all staff through case supervision and training. The appointed person will ensure operational staff are working safely, within Safety Net’s agreed framework and model, holding case accountability. 

We are looking for someone who has extensive service or other management experience, and a therapeutic qualification. You will hold a small caseload, alongside supporting, developing, and providing clinical case management for a team of specialist trauma-informed practitioners and therapists.

Closing date: noon Monday 16th November 2020, we will hold an awareness raising morning on the 25th November 2020, and interviews to be held week commencing 30th November 2020.

We are looking for an outstanding candidate to fulfil the role of Practice Manager at our GP surgery in Central Brighton. Arch Health CIC is a social enterprise delivering primary care to people who are experiencing homelessness or vulnerably housed. 

We have a very experienced team who are committed to making a real difference by delivering excellent health care and improving the health of the poorest fastest. The Practice Manager will play a significant leadership role in three key areas: leading the surgery team, leading all areas of clinical administration, representing the surgery to external stakeholders.

• Permanent full time (37.5 hours per week) but part time working considered
• Commencing ASAP dependent on notice period
• Location: Home Based with occasional travel across England for meetings
• Application deadline: 9am on Wednesday 9 December.
• Interviews: 16 or 17 December

Think Ahead is a national charity, working towards a society where everyone with mental health problems can flourish. This goal is more important and challenging than ever, at a time when coronavirus is putting people’s physical and mental wellbeing at greater risk. 

This is an exciting moment for us. Our first programme – a graduate scheme providing talented graduates and career-changers with a new route into frontline mental health services – is now operating highly successfully. You would play a pivotal role in achieving this, by pursuing ambitious objectives which are set out in the information pack for this role. 

We are looking for an inspirational and experienced Social Worker to join our Programme Team as a Practice Specialist.  Working with our host organisations across England, you will lead on ensuring effective local delivery of our pioneering approach to practice education in mental health social work and support the development of advanced practice skills in a range of social interventions. You will work alongside academics and senior stakeholders in the mental health and social work sector and support a range of ongoing processes e.g. our academic partner transition from University of York to Middlesex University.  You will directly support the Consultant Social Workers, providing practice learning to participants in units of four for the remainder of Year 1 where they obtain their PG Diploma in Social Work and then support their transition to Year 2 whilst undertaking their Masters and ASYE. Think Ahead is committed to equality of opportunity, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.

If you would like to discuss this role informally before applying, you can arrange a call with our Lead Practice Specialist, Jacqui Bell. You can contact Jess Gray (contact details in information pack) to schedule a phone call. 

To find out more and apply, please visit our website and download an information pack.

This is an amazing opportunity to join the Development Team at one of the best known and most exciting Schools in the UK. As the country’s first School for performing, creative and digital arts - free for all Students - The BRIT School is world renown for the famous alumni that have been nurtured here over the past 30 years. But we are much more than that, with nine art forms taught - from Community Arts Practice to Interactive Digital Design – and alumni reaching every corner of the creative industries.

Working closely with the Director of Development, the Development Administrator will be responsible for day to day administration of fundraising at The BRIT School. The post holder will support the Director of Development in the smooth and efficient administration of fundraising and support activities to help achieve the School’s fundraising & voluntary income targets.

Reprieve has ambitious and exciting plans towards realising our vision for the world, and the Development and Outreach Team is responsible for ensuring we have the funds needed to achieve our goals. The Development and Outreach Officer will be directly responsible for developing a pipeline of prospective funders and generating new income from trusts, foundations and statutory bodies (with a focus on the US and in Europe), whilst managing and maximising a portfolio of grant relationships and building the profile of Reprieve and our partners through applications to relevant awards.

We are looking for an experienced fundraiser with a strong track-record of successful applications to charitable trusts, foundations, and statutory bodies, and someone with the professionalism, energy, creativity and drive to seek out and make the most of funding opportunities. You do not necessarily require experience in raising funds for human rights causes, but you do need to be able to rapidly get to grips with Reprieve’s key areas of work and the impact we seek to achieve, and be able to articulate this to donors in a way that is accessible, accurate and compelling.

The Development and Outreach Team is a small and close-knit team, so you will need to be both self-sufficient and a team player. You will regularly collaborate with people across Reprieve, from caseworkers, to the finance team and operations, as well as local partners and fellows. You will be an excellent communicator with a passion for Reprieve, and the willingness to muck in on all tasks big or small in order to ensure that Reprieve is in the best position possible to keep delivering justice and saving lives.  

For full details and information on how to apply please see the job description and person specification. 

Research and Development Manager

• Job title: Research and Development Manager
• Contract type: Fixed Term – 12 Months
• Starting date: January 2021
• Hours of work: 0.8 or 1.0 FTE (1.0 FTE is equivalent to 37.5 hours per week)
• Location: Anywhere in the UK
• Salary: £28,177 – £31,060 (plus london weighting if applicable) depending on experience 
• Benefits: 5% employer pension contribution, 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays and additional closure days in December
• Reporting to: Head of Training
• Application deadline: 09:00 am, Monday 4th January 2021

About us

We are a charity dedicated to ensuring that people most impacted by injustice are leading campaigns that affect their lives, from better housing to fairer treatment of migrants to LGBTQ+ rights. Our mission is to support people to run effective campaigns that challenge injustice. We do this by running campaign training programmes that help people develop the skills, confidence and community to change things that matter to them. We value understanding the impact of our work and believe it is crucial to facilitate the sharing of knowledge and practice to strengthen civil society globally.

About the job

We are seeking a Research learning and development manager who will

• Drive our research to support, understand and amplify the experiences of the communities we seek to serve
• Support the testing and development  of our training through evaluation and research. 
• Facilitating experience driven research and research driven practice
• Support the organisation to work collabatory with our communities and other organisations to share and develop are learning enabling others to benefit from our knowledge and supporting us to learn from others

Global changes and challenges in 2020 have shown that if we are going to have any success tackling systemic oppression we need to work together and share learning. The successful applicant will join our small research and development team and will be instrumental in supporting the organisation to grow this function to enable sustainable organisational and sector change. 

We are looking for someone who has experience in designing, delivering and disseminating research and evaluation data. You will have experience sharing and facilitating the sharing of learning between and with organisations so that we can support more organisations and communities make change happen.

Purpose

• To support the organisation to collect data about our impact.
• To support the design, development and delivery of research exploring issues affecting campaigning and the communities we work with.
• To embed research principles into our training processes, further developing our evaluation methodology, to generate additional insights. 
• Create content which allows us to share learning with our community, funders and other organisations.
• Help to build an international community of learning around campaigning and training.

Job responsibilities

To support the organisation to collect data about our impact

• Work with our existing monitoring, learning and evaluation systems and data to help the organisation understand and share our impact and learning. 
• Support the development of new research to help us understand the needs of our community and potential beneficiaries.
• Support other Campaign Bootcamp staff to collect data and contribute to research processes.
• Work with the head of training to ensure our evaluation and data collection processes accurately reflect our work.
• Produce data and research to support our fundraising team.

To support the design ,development and delivery of research exploring issues affecting campaigning and the communities we work with.

• Manage to day to day delivery of our existing research projects ensuring that they comply with robust research ethics and organisational values.
• Work with the head of training and the wider leadership team to identify information gaps and potential future research.
• Develop and maintain learning and research partnerships in UK and overseas.
• Maintain records for research and reporting.
• Conduct outreach work with our communities to support research.

Create content which allows us to share learning with our community, funders and other organisations.

• Create and disseminate research and learning materials on behalf of Campaign Bootcamp including reports and presentations at events etc.

Help to build an international community of learning around campaigning and training.

• Support the development and organisation of an international community of learning and practice.
• Companion knowledge and learning from outside of the organisation/our community.

General

• Develop and maintain objectives and work plans for the roles responsibilities.
• Work in a sustainable manner with consideration of the natural environment.
• External customer service: answer the general Campaign Bootcamp phone via Circleloop and emails via the organisation’s email address. 
• Any other reasonable tasks as directed by your line manager or Leadership. 
• At all times adhere to relevant legislation including GDPR.
• At all times take personal responsibility for exhibiting behaviours in line with the person specification and the values of Campaign Bootcamp.

Person Specification 

Experience 

Desirable:

• Experience developing effective social media materials, outreach fliers and website content
• Experience facilitating international and intercultural meetings

Essential:

• Experience delivering and managing research (both qualitative and quantitative)
• Experience designing and disseminating materials to share learning
• Experience working within communities impacted by injustice, including low-income/working class people, people of colour, disabled people, migrants and LGBTQ+ people. We are seeking someone who has experience working within these communities either through campaigning or other types of work.

Skills

Essential:

• Able to communicate clearly and appropriately with different people
• Able to analysis and process data and identify trends
• Able to work effectively under pressure
• Able to prioritise a varied and fast-paced workload and deliver to deadline
• Able to develop your own work plan and manage it independently
• Able to take initiative to develop creative solutions to problems as they arise

Behaviours

Desirable:

• Be a “people person’, someone who enjoys engaging with new people and is a good listener, as well as a good communicator. 

Essential:

• Ability to work independently
• Aware of how systemic injustice operates in our society (i.e. economic inequality, racism and heterosexism) and motivated to explore how best to confront these issues in the workplace
• Flexible and adaptable to change
• Respond positively to new challenges

Campaign Bootcamp strives to be an inclusive employer with equity of opportunity for all. We're actively working to enhance the experience of working at Campaign Bootcamp for all and we are keen to remove any barriers our colleagues might face when accessing work. We would particularly welcome applications from individuals who have lived experience of oppression and/or discrimination. Campaign Bootcamp is a flexible employer and we welcome discussions around adaptations we can make to support your access of our recruitment process and workplace.

Community-led social action initiatives have been key to providing essential support and mutual resource to residents and neighbours across Hackney through the last 8 months, providing a vital role in the COVID social response. Residents have shown their commitment to providing neighbourly assistance and to utilising their skills and experience to support others. This may have been through established community groups, or new initiatives, but all focused on providing creative solutions to local needs.

We, at Volunteer Centre Hackney, have been providing support and guidance to many of these initiatives, and want to help these projects grow. We are committed to supporting local people to recognise their skills, ideas, and their experience and how they can use these to help others. Over the years, we have supported residents to host their own neighbourhood walking groups, a guerrilla gardening club, community meals, street parties, online wellbeing workshops, and an after-school club. We have linked residents to community organisations such as local youth clubs, to deliver coding workshops, or a theatre club or most recently, a digital buddy project.

We are working on estates and with GP surgeries, to engage local residents to come together to volunteer, to share their skills, to develop new project ideas and to build strong long communities. You will need to be passionate about working with local people, able to work independently and on your own initiative and resilient and confident to keep breaking through barriers, and making things happen.

You will be joining a nationally recognised award winning project, with funding from the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and The National Lottery Community Fund as well as from City and Hackney Clinical Commissioning Group. 

Formed in 1809, the Scottish Bible Society has provided the Bible to people in Scotland and throughout the world in a language they understand, in a format they can use and at a price they can afford, to encourage intellectual and spiritual engagement with God’s Word.

The Society passionately believes that life is transformed through the Bible. Their mission is rooted and driven by the uniqueness and importance they see in a living relationship with and faith in Jesus Christ. The Scottish Bible Society promote the distribution of and engagement with the Christian message globally as they work with other Bible Societies around the world.

There is a broad strategic approach to their work, and this is underpinned by their vision to see individuals, communities and cultures transformed as people encounter God in the Bible.

The Scottish Bible Society is a founder member of the United Bible Societies. This is a global fellowship of 150 Bible Societies operating in over 240 countries and territories around the world to help ensure that everyone who wants to can access and engage with the Bible. The Scottish Bible Society supports Bible work on a global level through fundraising and partnerships within the fellowship. At a Scottish level, the Society works with all churches to aid knowledge and understanding through meaningful engagement with the Bible. This work is vital in contributing to the growth of people’s relationship with God. The Scottish Bible Society seek to be advocates for the Bible in a variety of contexts within today’s culture and increase the broader value of the Bible in shaping strong and caring cultures.

Through a variety of innovative projects, the Scottish Bible Society distribute Bibles, New Testaments, and other Scripture-based materials, in a range of media, in Scotland and through support of Bible Societies in other countries. Continuing to engage and intrigue people in the Bible and translating the Bible through evolving language to ensure its meaning is understood in the modern world are paramount for the Scottish Bible Society. The organisation has a desire to continue amplifying stories from Scotland and around the world to resonate with and encourage a Scottish Christian audience alongside building and maintaining strong relationships with new, current and past donors.

The Director of Development and Communications is central to the continuing success of the Scottish Bible Society and will help bring a unified tone and voice to the organisation. The Director will lead and deliver a development strategy that will be relationship-led with a focus on building strong and long-lasting new relationships alongside developing and maintaining the relationships the organisation has with existing and previous supporters. Revenue streams will grow by engaging new audiences and this role will be responsible for driving strong donor cultivation and stewardship practices. The current Head of Donor Care will be line managed by the Director and this relationship will be underpinned by guidance, challenge, influence, and support. The organisation will grow its communications activities in support of growing audiences and continuing Bible advocacy campaigns to intrigue people towards the Christian message. The Director will also assist in fulfilling the current rebrand of Scottish Bible Society which includes a new website, branding, and campaigning. Responsibility to the communications department includes leading and delivering the strategy and management of the Communications Manager in a similar style to the Head of Donor Care.

To apply for the role of Director of Development and Communications at Scottish Bible Society, you must be a Christian who is passionate and convinced about the transformational work of the Bible. As part of the Senior Staff Team, you will be confident and comfortable leading the team in prayer and Bible discussion. As a professional, we expect applicants to have a minimum of 5 years’ experience in senior leadership positions with the responsibility for managing teams and personnel. Operating at this level, you will be experienced working collaboratively at Director-level and reporting directly to a CEO. You must be experienced leading others while also working with them to challenge their ideas and add value from your professional expertise. This role requires applicants to have had success leading and driving the strategic direction of development and communications within a third-sector organisation (or similar) and developed practical experience in these areas. Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including a highly developed knowledge of digital marketing, and an ability to demonstrate clarity of thought and the ability to articulate and express oneself in writing is essential. You must be able to engage with stakeholders at all levels in a positive manner and be a strong, pro-active, and positive relationship-builder.

The Director of Development and Communications at Scottish Bible Society will be joining a high-energy team who are passionate about their work. You must have a passion for the cause, and you must be professional; personable; empathetic; and emotionally intelligent with great influencing and persuasion skills.

Before applying, contemplate whether you truly empathise with the values, vision, and mission of Scottish Bible Society and if you have the personal conviction and belief in the transformational work of the Bible.

If you believe you have the experience and ability to lead and champion the delivery of development and communication strategies to raise the profile of Scottish Bible Society, engage existing and new audiences to support their mission and lead teams across both areas to deliver against organisational objectives, please contact our recruitment team today for more information.

How To Apply

Please contact BTA to request an information pack, full job description and person specification.

You are advised to get in touch well in advance of the closing date to give us time to consider your application and pre-interview the strongest applicants.

Closing Date: Noon, Wednesday 6th January 2021

Interview Date: Friday 15th (first stage) and Monday 18th (second stage) January

This search is being conducted exclusively for Scottish Bible Society by BTA (Bruce Tait Associates). Our leadership team have all worked in the voluntary sector and we use this experience to match organisations and individuals to create great appointments.

As a Clinical Lead you will work with individuals who have been affected by sexual abuse or assault at any time in their lives. You’ll be responsible for carrying out and co-ordinating the assessments of adult clients aged 25 years + referred into Trust House in partnership with our Senior Adult Therapist and other team members. You will deliver counselling to a small caseload of clients, and co-ordinate the allocation and delivery of counselling and group work by a committed group of staff, volunteer and sessional counsellors working alongside other team members. You will also be pro-active in working alongside our CEO to drive the development of our service offer to adult survivors of rape and sexual abuse.

You will support our volunteer counsellors and therapists, provide individual case management supervision and group supervision to counsellors at Trust House.

You will contribute to, and support the development of policies and procedures that underpin our adult working. You will develop and promote robust and appropriate clinical practice, providing clinical guidance to our CEO to support best decision making in regard to all aspects of our frontline service delivery and development for adults affected by sexual violence or abuse.

You will lead in the development of outreach provision and our digital offer to support service accessibility and your knowledge and expertise will play an important part in raising awareness of the service, enhancing our training offer and developing effective referral pathways for counselling.

You will ensure that services are delivered in accordance with Trust House Lancashire’s policies, procedures and service standards and enable and support the service to meet with any specific requirements from the board of trustees, funders and commissioners.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The Clinical Lead for Adult Services has responsibility for:

• Overseeing the day to day practice within the Counselling team to ensure effective and efficient operations.
• Planning, co-ordination, delivery and development of Trust House Lancashire’s counselling service enabling us to deliver a holistic and high quality counselling and therapeutic service to clients, including group support.
• To provide clinical guidance and development support across the range of services delivered at Trust House for adult survivors.

• Assessment including risk and needs of individuals accessing the service, and following up with appropriate support action and recommending appropriate treatment, support and adjustments for clients including timely referrals out.
• Supervising and monitoring the allocation of new referrals to counsellors and therapists in line with their current caseload numbers and complexity and skills/experience.
• Building team working, trust and transparency through regular 1-1 meetings with counsellors and therapists, and supporting team members as required.
• Taking responsibility for sessional and employed counselling induction processes in partnership with our CEO for employed staff, and our Volunteer Coordinator for their probation, performance, development and clinical performance.
• Working with a small caseload of clients, and managing and supporting employed and sessional counsellors working with their own caseload of clients.
• Working alongside our Volunteer Coordinator to manage and support student, volunteer and sessional counsellors at Trust House.
• Taking responsibility for embedding the sessional, volunteers, and employed counselling staff within the service.
• Working within Trust House Lancashire’s policies and procedures in relation to safeguarding and protection of vulnerable adults, children and young people, ensuring the escalation of concerns or issues that might arise in the course of our work.
• Ensuring the CEO is kept informed of any trends or themes in presenting issues for service users and any practice issues for Trust House Lancashire in relation to our work with stakeholder agencies.
• Working with our Volunteer Co-ordinator to support development of volunteer and staff induction and training relevant to our work. Identifying gaps in training delivery and leading the development of CPD training opportunities to meet the needs of the service.
• Working closely with all team members to support seamless service delivery.
• Working and liaising with other professionals to address wider client needs.
• Engaging with wider services design and development activities including fundraising, awareness and networking events as well as social media participation and supporting the CEO through contribution to funding applications.
• Participating in opportunities to influence the design and development of services nationally for those affected by rape and sexual abuse.
• Ensuring team use of systems (Lamplight CMS) in accordance with procedures, facilitating consistency of service quality.
• Overseeing and reporting to the CEO on the provision of clinical assessments, waiting times of clients.
• Managing project monitoring, reporting and outcome evaluation procedures in line with Trust House Lancashire’s established protocols and providing activity reports for the CEO for contract monitoring and reporting.
• Providing clinical oversight of Trust House Lancashire’s introductory training, CPD content, and external training offer and where appropriate contributing to delivery.
• Managing counselling project budgets in partnership with the CEO.
• Participating in monthly line management, clinical supervision and team meetings.
• Maintaining client confidentiality, upholding data protection and equal opportunities principles.
• Working according to relevant practice guidelines; The Survivors Trust National Service Standards and the BACP and UKPT Ethical Framework.
• Representing Trust House Lancashire in meetings with stakeholder agencies deputising for the CEO as required.
• This job description is guide to the tasks of the Clinical Lead at Trust House, and the post-holder is required to undertake other tasks as reasonably requested by the CEO.