Are you a strategic leader, excited about leading change?

Do you want to drive the development of a new partnership and an exciting new initiative?

Do you feel passionate about growing and developing the teaching profession?

Do you want to make a difference, making every day count for every child?

If you answered yes to the above, we want to hear from you!

Our partnership of existing Teaching Schools and Multi Academy Trusts, has just been awarded the status as national Teaching School Hub, led by the Flying High Trust with Flying High Academy, Ladybrook identified as the lead school. The Flying High Teaching School Hub will work across Mansfield, Ashfield, Broxtowe, Nottingham City and Rushcliffe, bringing the expertise of partners together to ensure we recruit, develop, and retain high quality teachers across this locality. The Director of the Teaching School Hub will be a skilled strategist, partnership leader and visionary, who will drive the development of this brand-new initiative. This opportunity will enable the successful candidate to work at a trust, regional and national level.

The role of the new Teaching School Hub builds upon an existing infrastructure and a track record of successful leadership across the system. As Director of Teaching School Hub, you will draw upon this significant expertise and capacity, to deliver this new initiative.

Leading the Teaching School will be Flying High Trust, a growing partnership of 28 schools, with a national reputation and ethos centered on putting children at the heart of every decision. Working alongside Flying High, we have an established partnership in place with Transform, Redhill, and Discovery Multi Academy Trusts.

The designation of existing Teaching schools will be removed at the end of this academic year, to be replaced by the new Teaching School Hubs. At the heart of Flying High, and across our partnership, is a group of existing teaching schools that have built the expertise and the capacity to drive teacher development.

Finally, as part of Flying High and this established partnership, we have a successful English Hub and developed Inspiring Leaders, which operates an outstanding SCITT (teacher training) and delivers NPQs, working at scale and with a strong reputation.

You will enable the practitioner expertise across the system to meet the needs of our teachers. Our ambition is to ensure that every child has a great teacher, who inspires and unlocks their potential. The post will bring together the skill set of an experienced strategic leader, with a passion to impact children’s lives and a detailed understanding of the educational landscape. We will welcome applications from both experienced practitioners and non- practitioners, as key to this role will be your ability to enable the system, so it is not a necessity to have classroom experience.

We can offer you:

• The opportunity to be at the inception of a brand-new partnership and initiative.
• The support of an established partnership, with significant expertise and capacity in system leadership.
• A partnership with relationships at its heart, ensuring a friendly atmosphere encompassing a supportive ethos.
• Be part of a central team and Trust with an established track record of high-quality education and experience of leading rapid school improvement.
• An established operational infrastructure, to support coordination, administration and financial management.
• The opportunity to develop your team, in line with your vision.
• A comprehensive induction process for new Teaching School Hub Directors, led by the EEF.
• Opportunity for future career progression with Flying High Trust.

We are looking for someone who:

• Is a significant strategic leader.
• Has a track record of successfully leading partnerships and change.
• Has a passion for education and a commitment an unshakable commitment to put children first.
• Has a deep understanding of the educational landscape.
• Has a commitment to teacher development.
• Is skilled in building strong professional relationships, both within a team and across new and existing partners.
• Is a skilled communicator, able to articulate a compelling vision that engages stakeholders.
• Has experience and an understanding of successful and sustainable school improvement.
• Has experience and an understanding of teacher development, including coaching and mentoring.
• Is a skilled manager of people, able to provide challenge and support to ensure we deliver KPIs, and an effective and efficient operation.
• Is a resilient leader, who will remain determined to deliver the improvements the school requires, secure in the knowledge that they have the full support of the Flying High Trust.
• Is willing to roll up their sleeves and get stuck in.
• Has a commitment to the mission, vision, and values of Flying High.

If this is you, please get in touch! We wish you all the very best for your application.

Role: Subcontracted Therapists

Salary: £30 per attended session

An opportunity has arisen for Subcontracted Therapists to work with a dynamic and professional charity. Due to recent demand in services, we are looking for Sub-contracted Therapists to cover the Derbyshire area.

The fee per attended session is £30, you will be paid £15 for DNA and cancellations within 24 hours, you will also be paid a £30 per month admin retainer.

Applicants will need their own premises or therapy room, up-to-date insurance, a work laptop/device which is in line with safeguarding requirements, and an approved antivirus software.

The purpose of this role is:

• To work therapeutically, with either or both young people aged  0 – 17 year old and adults 18+ across Derbyshire, who have experienced sexual abuse or rape at any point
• To deliver therapeutic support either face to face and/or remotely
• To work within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the agency’s policies and procedures

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• To provide face to face and/or remote counselling to young people and/or adults
• To work with approximately 4 clients
• To provide clinical assessments and ongoing sessions
• Tailor support package, as far as possible for each individual client
• To participate and collaborate with Independent Sexual Violence Advisor and/or Children’s Independent Sexual Violence Advisor (ISVA’s/ChISVA) and other team members to provide specialist clinical services as required
• To monitor clinical progress through regular reviews and the use of outcome measures set out by the organisation
• Maintain confidentiality in line with SV2’s information governance policies.
• To support and liaise closely with practitioners and professionals in SV2 and other external organisations
• Adhere to the BACP Code of Ethics adopted by SV2
• To attend external supervision in line with BACP requirements
• Opportunity to co-facilitate online or face to face support groups
• Opportunity to offer holistic therapies and mindfulness/meditation sessions

The Organisation is a Charity supporting victims of sexual violence across Derbyshire. The aims of the Charity are; to reduce the impact of rape and sexual abuse on victims (male and female, adults and children) and their families; to encourage reporting of rape and sexual abuse; to support victims through the legal process and; to reduce the incidence of rape and sexual abuse by raising awareness. 

To apply for this post you will need:

• A recognised qualification in counselling or psychotherapy to at least diploma level 4.
• Safeguarding training.
• At least 450 hours post qualifying counselling practice, supervised by a qualified supervisor.
• A minimum of 2 years’ experience of working specifically with this client group.
• Extensive knowledge & awareness of rape, sexual abuse, rape trauma syndrome and their effects within the therapeutic setting.
• Registration with BACP or similar.
• Good communication skills, written and oral including an ability to write reports
• Good IT skills.  Experience of working with: email (outlook or gmail), word, excel, databases
• Driving licence and access to a car with business insurance as may be required to travel around the county.
• The post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Applicants should register their interest by clicking the ‘apply on line’ button and attaching their CV. We will then contact you and provide you with an Application Pack.

Closing date for completed applications is 29th March 2021. If application is successful, interviews will be held on 15th April 2021.

While we would like to contact all our candidates, unfortunately, this is not possible so if you haven’t heard from us 14 days after the closing date, your application has not been successful.

We do not accept applications from recruitment agencies.

Carers Federation Ltd is a national charity and Company Limited by Guarantee established in 1992 to empower Carers, the people for whom they care and the wider community. The charity is managed by a Board of Trustees elected by our membership.

Our Action for Young Carers service helps young people aged 5-18. As part of a small team of Support Workers you will work closely with Young Carers and their families in Nottingham City. The attributes of AYC Support Worker would be.

• Deal with emotional, practical, and physical pressures
• Working with families providing assistance and one to one support
• Offer appropriate interventions and identify needs of individual and or family with internal and external support organisation statutory.
• Confident, conscientious, enthusiastic
• Previous experience in working with children
• You will be expected to deliver group activities during school holidays and at least one evening a week during term time.

You will work within Nottingham City Safeguarding Board policies and procedures alongside those of Carers Federation.

It is essential that you are a driver and car user as the role entails travel throughout Nottingham City and you will need to transport Young Carers to and from various activities.

Due to the current situation with Coronavirus you will be required to temporarily

work from home

This post is subject to medical, reference and enhanced DBS checks.

“Striving to promote equality and diversity throughout our service”

Closing date: Friday 12th March 2021. 

Carers Federation operates a smoke free site policy. Smoking is not permitted on any of our premises.

PSYCHOSOCIAL INTERVENTION WORKER, EDWIN HOUSE (CARE AND REABLEMENT), NOTTINGHAM, PERMANENT, 37 HPW, FRWK05 £18,430 - £20,133

PSYCHOSOCIAL INTERVENTION WORKER REQUIRED FOR NEW AND EXCITING SUBSTANCE MISUSE SERVICE IN NOTTINGHAM

Framework Housing Association is the lead provider of drug and alcohol treatment within Nottingham City and is excited to be able to offer this unique opportunity to work within a specialised service.

Framework is looking to appoint a Psychosocial Intervention worker for its Care and Reablement (Residential) service. You will join our team of Senior Support Workers, Support Workers and a Psychosocial Team- providing high standards of care and support to Service users. This will include supporting service users in recovery from drug and alcohol misuse and promoting independence and reablement. Edwin House is a CQC registered facility located in Nottingham.

Excellent communication skills are essential alongside experience of working with vulnerable people.

Please note Psychosocial Intervention Workers are required to work over a 7 day week.

What we offer: Life Assurance, Pension (up to 4% matched by FHA), Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Benefits, Additional Annual Leave Purchase Scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, Learning programmes tailored to suit different roles and services, Health Cash Plan.

Framework supports all employees to achieve a better work/life balance. Should you wish us to consider flexible working or job share as part of your application please state this on your application in the supporting statement section.

97% of the workforce in a recent staff survey said they were proud to work for Framework.

Framework is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Registered charity No: 1060941.

As a Disability Confident employer we warmly encourage job applications from people with disabilities. Framework is committed to offering opportunities to people from diverse communities. If you have specific requirements or adjustments please let us know if there is anything we can do to support your application

NO AGENCIES PLEASE.