Job Opportunity for Part-time Appointments Administrator – 9 months Maternity Cover

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our award winning team as a part-time Appointments Administrator. This will be based at our office in Stockport town centre.

We are looking for someone with an excellent telephone manner and interpersonal skills, a flexible approach, and good IT skills.  More important is a can-do attitude and a commitment to making the appointments service for clients the best there is.

We prefer that you have an understanding of the voluntary sector through voluntary or paid work, but this is not essential as we will provide thorough training and induction.

Beacon Counselling is a registered charity and exists to improve the lives of people experiencing mental and emotional distress. To achieve this Beacon provides counselling across the borough of Stockport and beyond.

Beacon Counselling is committed to safeguarding all individuals accessing our service, as a member of the BACP we are duty bound to adhere to safeguarding standards. This forms a crucial element of our work and all staff will receive guidance on the ways it will affect them in their role.

Acacia Family Support is a Birmingham based Christian charity that offers a range of support services to mothers and families that are affected by perinatal mental health issues, in particular, pre and postnatal depression and anxiety.

We now have an exciting opportunity for a self-motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our committed management team as a Locality Manager for our Kingstanding locality.

We are looking for an exceptional candidate to lead our Kingstanding locality service where you will be responsible for delivering a first-class perinatal depression and anxiety support service to our beneficiaries in the area. You will be a confident manager of people and will have experience of leading a team in the voluntary/statutory sector.  Knowledge and experience of work within a perinatal mental health/general mental health service would be desirable, as would previous experience of working with volunteers and managing safeguarding issues.

You need to be a highly self-motivated person who has relevant qualifications and/or has your own lived experience of maternal mental health issues or other mental health problems.  You will be a natural leader with excellent communication skills and the ability to inspire and motivate staff and volunteers. You will also have good problem-solving abilities and a ‘can do’ attitude.

As Locality Manager you will be part of Acacia’s Operational Management Team and you will be helping to lead the strategic development of our services and promoting the ethos and the values of Acacia which are motivated by Christian faith.  As such, there is a genuine occupational requirement (GOR) that the holder of this post is a practicing Christian.

If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you.

The closing date for applications is 2pm Thursday 5th December.  Successful candidates will be informed by close of business on the 6th of December and interview date will be Wednesday 11th December.

Women and Girls Network is a specialist therapeutic service leading in developing and delivering innovative and effective counselling services for women and girls who have experienced all forms of gender-based violence.

We aim to ensure that we are proactive in developing specialist services that meet the needs of all the women and girls who access our services. We seek Specialist Counsellors who will thrive in a multi-cultural feminist environment.

We are particularly keen to hear from applicants who have experience of working with one or more of the following:

• Women and girls from Black, Asian, Minority, Ethnic and Refuge (BAMER) communities - ensuring that issues related to diversity and identity are effectively understood and sensitively worked with. We are also particularly keen to hear from applicants who speak community languages (e.g. south Asian languages).
• Women and girls who have experienced harmful practices.
• Creative solutions in working with survivors of gender-based violence that are affected by problematic substance use and mental ill health. 

Applicants must be BACP or UKCP accredited (or eligible) and have experience of providing a range of counselling interventions for women who have experienced gender-based violence. The successful candidates will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the following: gender responsive approach, trauma focused, holistic therapeutic responses and multicultural competencies. Facilitating recovery and responding to a diverse client group with multiple cultural identities.

We will be offering a minimum of 14 hours a week which will be dependent on the skills set of the successful candidates.

These posts are based in various London locations.

WGN’s employee benefits include: 3% pension contribution, generous annual leave entitlement and an Employee Assistance Scheme. We also offer staff excellent training and development opportunities. Successful candidates will receive regular individual supervision as well as an on-going CPD programme in a supportive multi-cultural feminist organisation.

Interviews will be held on Wednesday 18th December and Friday 20th December 2019.

Applicants who are invited to interview will be required to provide original evidence of their counselling qualifications.

Successful candidates will be required to attend 5 days of WGN Induction training – dates to be confirmed.

These posts are subject to satisfactory references and Enhanced DBS Checks.

WGN is an equal opportunities employer. The above post is exempt under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9 and Part 1

Oasis Charitable Trust is a multi-national charity supporting young people and their families in 10 countries worldwide. Our vision is for building healthy communities: places where everyone is included, making a contribution and reaching their full potential.

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Lead Youth Worker to work as part of our Oasis Hub Henderson Avenue team to deliver a programme of activities and opportunities that support the personal and social development of the young people within the local community based in Scunthorpe. 

Key responsibilities will be:

• To deliver and lead an evening youth club programme on Tuesday and Wednesday.
•  To deliver a youth leadership project supporting the development of a worldview that invites social commitment.
• To liaise with youth partners across Scunthorpe, developing the opportunities within the provision.
• Support young people to engage in volunteering and leadership opportunities.

The successful post holder must have:

• A relevant professional qualification in Youth & Community work (Level 3 or above).
• Experience working in a youth/community setting alongside other statutory and voluntary organisations.
• Ability to function in diverse settings and with a wide range of professional agencies.
• Be self-motivated, resilient, with excellent organisational/administrative and inter-personal skills.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a growing national organisation, making a difference to communities on a local level, while individually improving the life chances of young people.  As part of the package, Oasis offers:

• A pension scheme, currently offering 7% employer contribution
• A generous holiday allowance, starting at 25 days per year (plus 8 Bank Holidays)

If you are interested in this position, please download the documents on this page or go to the Oasis UK website (CVs alone will not be accepted). Please note, part of the application process is to send a short video about yourself.  More information is in the application pack!

Completed applications should be returned by 9am Friday 29 November 2019.

Interviews will take place in Scunthorpe on Friday 6th December 2019.

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 checks, including enhanced DBS checks. 

Oasis supports Equal Opportunities.  Registered Charity No. 1026487