Are you passionate about investing in young people? Are you an expert in engaging volunteers from a diverse range of backgrounds? Here at Young Enterprise we are looking for just that…  We’re seeking a Volunteer Support Manager, to share your experience & vision in volunteer support and coordination.

About Young Enterprise
Each year, Young Enterprise helps thousands of young people develop the skills, knowledge and confidence they need to succeed. Through our nationwide enterprise and financial capability programmes, we give young people the opportunities and experiences to discover who they are and what they’re good at. A key focus for us is social mobility, and our volunteers form an important part of our strategy now and into the future.

About the role
We are looking for an enthusiastic Volunteer Support Manager to join our Volunteer & Alumni Support team to lead on the continuing evolution, development & support of our experienced volunteer community and contribute to the successful delivery of our organisational strategy – No Time Like The Future.

Key skills and experience

• Relationship Management & Change Management experience
• Creative & innovative approach to problem solving
• Strong networking & collaboration skills to seek out opportunities for connections
• Excellent communications skills, with the confidence & presence to command attention at senior levels
• Motivated & persuasive negotiator to drive positive outcomes, with resilience & tenacity to overcome initial negative responses
• Confident use of the internet for creative research purposes, as well as standard office IT packages e.g. Word, Outlook, Excel, Raiser’s Edge (or other databases)
• Positive, can-do approach & demonstrable organisational skills

Why work with us?

• People-focussed with a friendly and supportive work-place culture
• An active commitment to equality and diversity
• Generous holiday allowance of 7.2 weeks
• Access to NHS top-up scheme, for money back on expenses such as dental and optical
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Group Life Assurance

This is a permanent, full-time position (37.5 hours per week) and can be worked from our London office or from home with some travel required. Full details can be found in the attached Job Description. If you think you fit this role then we would love to hear from you!

As Team Leader for Future Men's Ventoring team you will support the development and delivery of our Ventoring Outreach Project across Westminster and RBKC and more widely aimed at reducing serious youth violence in North Westminster. 

• A key element will be to support new developments, identify best practice and embed these in current services, in line with Future Men’s mission, strategy and business plan. 
• You will provide supervision and support to a team of Co-ordinators working with vulnerable young people in marginalised areas of London.  
• You will line manage staff and volunteers, ensuring their performance, support and development. 
• You will monitor, evaluate and report on the team’s service delivery  and support work to secure funding to allow the service to continue and grow. You will network and liaise with key external stakeholders that support the development, funding and spread of the work in your area. 

You will have

• Experience of developing and delivering a range of structured and unstructured programmes for young people.
• Direct experience of working with young people across different ages and ethnicities.
• Experience of working with diverse communities, including those that are disadvantaged and marginalised.
• Experience of staff supervision and management.

See our website for full details on the job role and how to apply.

• We are looking for a dynamic Senior Analysis Officer to support the creation and collation of analysis, research and evidence that has a transformative effect on the youth employment ecosystem.
• You will work with the Analysis Manager and other members of the Impact and Evidence team to support the design, delivery and management of commissioned and in-house analysis projects striving to understand the complex, systemic issues faced by marginalised young people in their employment journey, as well as potential solutions.
• This is an exciting opportunity to work directly with young people on analysis projects. A part of the role will also be working with other teams, such as policy and communications, to translate complex analysis and evaluation findings into accessible, user-centred outputs and briefings for internal and external use.
• This role can be based at either our Leeds or Birmingham hubs. We are currently piloting hybrid working allowing you work up to 3 days at home.

All recruitment to roles at the Youth Futures Foundation is done using a specialist system that conceals the applicant’s identity and focuses on assessing candidates based on key competencies, anonymising applications and distributing the assessment of applications against multiple assessors. 

We are keen to explore the widest possible pool of talent for all our roles. Internally, we encourage an open, collaborative and inclusive working environment. We have established an Equalities, Diversity and Inclusion steering committee with team members from across the organisation and headed by a member of the Senior Leadership Team.

What Works for Children’s Social Care is the largest funder of children’s social care research in England. Our ambitious research agenda is seeing a growing number of high quality impact evaluations being carried out to help improve the lives of young people and their families.

Reporting to the Centre’s Head of Communications, the post holder will have a key role in ensuring that the research we produce has the maximum impact for children. By supporting and implementing the communications and marketing activity for the Centre, in particular through the use of engaging digital outputs, this role presents an exciting opportunity to make a real difference.

The Role

This role will be responsible for supporting and implementing the communications and marketing activity for WWCSC, bringing our research alive and making sure it has maximum impact. You will work primarily on ensuring all our outputs are engaging and impactful, and are reaching our key audiences in ways that resonate with them. You will work day to day with the Centre’s team and with teams of collaborators. You will report to WWCSC’s Head of Communications, but will work closely with everyone in the team, in particular the Policy and Engagement teams. Specific tasks will include but not be limited to:

• Leading on the development and dissemination of digital content eg animations, gifs, infographics - including identifying suitable opportunities for digital content, storyboarding and drafting text, liaising with relevant teams for content and sign-off, disseminating across various platforms to gain maximum return on investment

• Leading in-house design of reports, publications etc - including scheduling of work, ensuring faithfulness to brand guidelines and good design principles, ensuring accessibility standards across all our outputs

• Supporting and implementing the strategic communications and engagement plans for WWCSC and its projects

• Managing the WWCSC website and social media channels

• Supporting the delivery of WWCSC events and webinars and assisting with content - advising internal and external stakeholders to ensure content is in line with WWCSC strategic objectives, relevant and engaging for audiences; suggesting potential topics, angles and speakers

• Working closely with the research and programme management teams to ensure lessons, stories, outputs and outcomes from the Centre are captured and shared in the most appropriate and effective ways

• Drafting copy for a wide range of external audiences

• Representing the Centre at conferences and engagement events

• Any other reasonable duties as specified by your line manager to further the objectives of WWCSC. 

The Person

• Proven experience of marketing and communications skills gained in a similar role

• Demonstrable skills in design, video and/or animation

• Experience in the use of Adobe Creative Suite programmes

• Ability to work across a range of projects with competing demands

• Attention to detail

• Excellent project management skills

• Experience of creating content for a wide range of audiences and purposes

• Knowledge of the children’s social care sector (desirable)

• Interest in evidence-based policy and solutions

Please see the attached application pack for more details.

Equality and Diversity

WWCSC is an exciting and fast-paced place to work. We are proud to have a diverse team and we are committed to building on this and ensuring our workplace is inclusive and accessible. We welcome candidates from minority and marginalised groups and given our subject area, we are also keen to see applications from people who have lived experience of the children’s social care sector. Please help us monitor this by completing our Equality and Diversity monitoring form (attached)

We are working on behalf of our client to find a Chief Officer to lead a well-established youth organisation, based in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire.

Young People First is committed to no young person being limited by disadvantage and works to help vulnerable young people to overcome their problems and succeed in life. The charity is recognised and respected as a specialist, early intervention service which reaches and supports some of Warwickshire’s most vulnerable young people.

The Chief Officer will lead on income generation and financial management and must be skilled in providing strategic leadership and sound personnel management. Working closely with the Board of Trustees, the Chief Officer will report on the charity’s progress ensuring that objectives are met and the charity remains compliant.

Main duties of the Chief Officer include but are not limited to:

• Lead on setting strategic direction, including the preparation of an annual business plan, fundraising strategy, risk register and the annual budget for the Board of Trustees,
• Provide strategic leadership of the team and lead staff meetings including setting relevant agendas and ensuring that tasks are completed,
• Directly manage two youth work managers and the finance officer,
• Lead and implement the charity’s fundraising strategy generating income from Trusts and Foundations, corporate and individual donations,
• Research, identify and successfully manage a pipeline of new and existing donor prospects,
• Produce compelling proposals, funding applications, reports which meet grant criteria,
• Build strong relationships with a range of potential funders and oversee the writing of major bids,
• Produce an annual budget aligned with the business plan,
• Ensure the sound financial management of the charity within the annual budget,
• Ensure the effective implementation of policies including health and safety, GDPR, Equality and Diversity policy,
• Act as an ambassador for the charity, networking widely to build new and existing strategic relationships such as partner organisations, trusts and foundations, and prospective donors.

The ideal candidate must have the following:

• A high standard of written and spoken English,
• At least three years’ leadership experience within a charitable organisation,
• A proven track record in securing five and six figure grant funding,
• Excellent budget development skills with experience of managing annual budgets in excess of £250,000,
• The ability to design, implement and monitor progress against strategic objectives,
• The ability to confidently communicate and connect with different audiences using various forms of media and public speaking.

Young People First welcome applicants who share our values of passion, care, the young person, trust and professional.

SAFER RECRUITMENT - Young People First is committed to safeguarding and protecting children and young people and therefore we will require an enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service for the successful candidate. We will also ask for relevant references to be provided prior to making any job offer.

Please only apply through the link provided and no agencies please.

Senior HR Consultant

We are looking for a Senior HR Consultant to provide a professional and effective human resource support for a leading youth charity.

Position: Senior HRBP/HR Consultant

Location: Croydon

Salary: £50,000-£55,000 pro-rata

Hours: Part – Time, estimated 3 days per week

Contract: Self-employed, 12-month FTC

Closing Date: 9am, 1st February 2022

Interviews: w/c 21st February 2022

About the role:

As Senior HR Consultant you will be responsible for providing a professional and effective human resource support for managers and staff alongside the interim Business Administration Manager. You will lead on key HR projects and be responsible for the successful implementation and improvement of people management processes over a 12-month period.

You will be working for a youth charity and will be integral in building strong relationships with senior members and staff within the organisation. You will be required to design and implement a number of HR projects.

About you:

You will be an experienced HR Consultant that can hit the ground running and quickly align with the charity and their goals. You will have a good understanding of organisational drivers, culture, governance, compliance and impactfully deliver on strategic HR initiatives. You will also bring with you the following skills and experience:

• Experience in HR project management
• Proven experience in delivering training sessions on HR initiatives
• Solid experience in design and application of compensation and reward practices and principles.
• Advising on and managing change management processes
• Experience of providing support at Board or Chief Executive level
• Experience of developing and implementing policies and procedures
• Experience of utilising a HR database and of using Microsoft Office applications

Although not essential a Bachelor’s degree preferably in an HR related field, or CIPD 7 equivalent would be desirable for this role. The safeguarding of young people is paramount, in accordance with our Child Protection and Safeguarding procedures, this position requires an Enhanced DBS check.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a local charity that is part of a national network of Youth Zones who  believe all young people should have the opportunity to discover their passion and their purpose; to find out what they have got and where it could take them. If you feel you have the necessary skills apply today!

The strength of the charity is the diversity of its people; huge value is placed on different people doing things in different ways. The one thing they all have in common is the desire to raise the aspirations of young people across the country. 

You may have experience in areas such as HR, Human Resources, Personnel, HR Consultant, HR Business Partner, Human Resources Manager, HR Manager, Personnel Manager.

Do you want to work in a fast-paced team with ambitious growth plans managing the development and delivery of gaming fundraising propositions? Then we want to hear from you.

This is a varied and interesting role leading on the planning and delivery of GOSH Charity’s gaming products, leveraging and building networks in the gaming industry to develop fundraising ideas and campaigns that realise significant charitable income.

The role is also be responsible for delivering insight led marketing plans to recruit gamers and content creators and provide excellent digital journeys, maintaining pace with current technologies in this industry.

About the Team

The Owned Events & Products Team is an exciting team with bold ambitions which sits within the wider Mass Participation Team and is a crucial part of the Public Fundraising department. This team of five manage GOSH Charities owned events and products including the Walkie Talkie Tower Climb, GOSH Charity Play Date, Geek Out for GOSH and our flagship event RBC Race for the Kids.

The broader Mass Participation Team also incorporates the Challenge Events and Virtual Events Team. The wider team have ambitions to raise £9m per year through a range of high-profile mass participation propositions, including Facebook challenges, gaming and third-party events such as the TCS London Marathon.

About You

You will be strong project manager with existing relationships and a good understanding of the gaming industry and streaming community. You will be able to communicate authentically with streamers and build effective fundraising campaigns that meet income targets.

The ideal candidate will also have:

- A real passion for gaming, and will be right at home on channels like discord and Tiltify
- Proven experience of marketing gaming products across digital channels.
- Passion to be a subject matter expert within gaming and streaming and influence stakeholders across the charity and externally.
- Budget management experience and proven experience working to income and recruitment KPIs.
- Strong project management skills and a creative thinker.
- A real passion for working in public fundraising and delivering engaging and inspiring supporter experiences.

About the Charity

Every day brings new challenges at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). Every day, over 600 seriously ill children from across the UK arrive for life-changing treatments. Every day, young lives hang in the balance as patients, families and staff battle the most complex illnesses. And every day, the brightest minds come together to achieve pioneering medical breakthroughs that change the lives of thousands of children – and change the world. This extraordinary hospital has always depended on charitable support to give seriously ill children the best chance to fulfil their potential. Without donations, Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity can’t help fund ground-breaking research, advanced equipment, child and family support services, and the rebuilding and refurbishment of wards and medical facilities. Our staff help to raise these vital funds for the hospital. A better future for seriously ill
children starts with you.

Recently awarded with a ‘Best Companies 2-star accreditation' and placed number 17 on the 2019 Sunday Times Best 100 Not-for-Profit Companies list - we offer a range of attractive benefits including; a flexible approach to working, 30 days holiday, life assurance, enhanced employer pension contributions, and a discounted season ticket loan.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

We recognise that people from some backgrounds are under-represented in our workforce and across the wider Charity sector. In April 2021 we launched our ambitious three-year EDI strategy committing to becoming a more inclusive workforce, reflecting the diverse communities that we work with and for and demonstrating this through all our areas of work.

A more diverse workforce will enable us to deliver even more impact and we particularly encourage applications from communities which are under-represented in the charity. This includes people from Black, Asian and Ethnic Minority backgrounds, people with a disability, people who are LGBT+ or who are from less advantaged socioeconomic groups.

Further information on our EDI strategy can be found on our website.

Our approach to hybrid working

This role is based in our Central London office (WC1N, opposite Russell Square underground) with the option to work remotely up to three days a week.

Please refer to the full job description below for more information.

How to Apply

Please click on the apply button in the top right-hand corner where you will be taken to a short application form to complete. You are encouraged to include a cover letter with your application, and should refer to the 'GOSH Charity Information Pack' on the Careers page of our website before you apply.

Closing date: Midnight on 25th January

Applications will be reviewed on an on-going basis and we reserve the right to close the role prior to the closing date, should a suitable applicant be found. Therefore, you are encouraged to apply right away, to avoid disappointment.

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Leap Confronting Conflict has over 30 years’ experience of delivering highly impactful conflict management training to a wide range of stakeholders, including young people and adult professionals.

We operate a social enterprise, which enables us to deliver a range of workplace training to a diverse portfolio of clients across the voluntary, statutory and private sectors. This includes working with education providers, other charities, criminal justice agencies and private companies.

To support our strategy to grow our business-to-business sales income in 2022, we have secured funding to recruit an experienced Business Development Senior Officer to support Leap’s continued growth in this area. To be successful, you will have income generation experience, excellent research skills and an alignment with our vision.

The Business Development Senior Officer will play a crucial role in identifying and driving forward income generation through building relationships with clients and partners. This is a superb opportunity for someone with a strong background in sales, business development or corporate fundraising, and someone who wants to use their skills and experience to grow our social enterprise.

We will be delighted to hear from applicants from both the private and public sector, with transferable skills.

The role leads and manages to a high standard, the delivery of a broad and responsive Fourth Feathers Youth Club programme of activities for mainly 8 to 25 year olds.

Principal responsibilities

• Managing Youth Club Programme
  • Operate within a team of youth workers to lead and facilitate sessions for young people during youth club evenings and school holiday programmes, including setting up and tidying away of resources
  • Lead and manage the overall programme throughout the year
  • Consult with young people to assess their needs and help develop and deliver a programme of activities, services and facilities designed to meet those needs. (Approximately seventy percent of the working week should consist of face-to-face work with club members)
  • Work with and listen to young people to identify their goals and build on their interests, help them to increase their confidence and skills and to progress
  • Create links with new young people and to support existing members
  • Develop and increase work around underrepresented groups
  • Assess and monitor young people to track progress and evidence the impact of our work
  • Plan and deliver accreditation opportunities to help benefit young people working with staff team
  • Maintain strong lines of communication with parents, carers and/ or guardians, providing regular updates and feedback
  • Complete administrative duties including collating feedback and evaluations, registers, registration forms and session summaries
  • To plan and develop structured activities that have clear learning outcomes

• Successfully work with related outside agencies, particularly local schools in the delivery of youth projects
• Ensure:-
  • all resources are utilised and policy and procedures are adhered to
  • staff are aware of their duty of care and will be expected to keep the centre clean reducing the risk of infection. This means wiping handles, doors surfaces and contributing positively to the hygiene of the centre
  • positive and negative feedback is given constructively to promote a professional approach to work
• Raise awareness of equal opportunity issues, particularly in respect of gender and race
• Appropriately safeguard any young people family members who are identified to be at risk
• Lead and promote a positive health and safety culture, ensuring, as far as practicable, that activities are carried out under your control and in accordance with the Health and Safety policies and procedures. You may be required to undertake specific Health and Safety roles such as Fire Warden or First Aider as part of your duties
• Offer guidance and support to staff while on shift, particularly when dealing with incidents
• Inform the Director of Youth Service as soon as is reasonably possible in matters of dispute
• Be accountable for any decision made in regard to the welfare of the young people and staff members during the shifts that you lead

• Line Management
  • Be an active, positive, accountable member of the youth team
  • Demonstrate a high degree of consistent professional competence
  • Embed clear, effective communication so that the youth team feel engaged with and understand how they fit in
  • Work with the Director of Youth Services and collaboratively with the youth team, especially to champion an organisation-wide culture, live our values and facilitate high performance, quality, accountability, learning and forward planning
  • Work with the Director of Youth Services to:
    • build a dynamic and fluid team that has flexibility to deliver different elements of the service as demand dictates and ensure retention and succession planning
    • ensure all policies and procedures are being adhered to

• Personal Responsibility, Team Work
  • Attend and participate in meetings and training sessions as and when required
  • Work collaboratively with other staff and team members and participate in team activities as required
  • Act as an Ambassador for the charity when representing it externally

• General
  • Take minutes at staff meetings
  • Provide support and work harmoniously with all staff
  • Ensure weekly tasks are completed to a high standard and within the time agreed
  • Take on projects as and when needed to support or develop the charity

The Philanthropy Team are looking for a leading team member to head up our Collective Philanthropy function. Someone who is adept at leadership, entrepreneurial, passionate about our cause and has a strong understanding of philanthropic giving groups and transformational fundraising.

You will further support your Heads with the launch, growth and delivery of a range of dynamic philanthropic giving groups, working cross-fundraising where appropriate, and bringing the wider high performing team on that journey. You will build, motivate and inspire high profile committees to support the delivery of various giving groups campaigns and initiatives.

You will also have your own portfolio of supporters from across the giving groups, responsible for the growth and stewardship of their giving, as well as building your own portfolio of prospects to grow our supporter base and income.

You will be a dynamic and entrepreneurial thinker and have strong project management skills with confidence in the financial reporting and tracking of a sub-team target of £2m which you will have accountability for.

This role is perfect for a dynamic, driven, people person- with a natural flair for relationship building. You will need to have, or quickly build, a strong understanding of the organisation's direction and strategy and communicate this in a meaningful way for different audiences. You will also be comfortable presenting with personal credibility to fellow senior personnel, cutting through challenges to approve and pitch for major gift opportunities for young people, internally and externally. As a member of our Fundraising and Marketing Leadership Group, you will serve as a leading strategic voice in the overall direction of these key functions at The Prince’s Trust. An ability to write compelling proposals/reports and synthesise complex information is a must – as well as a commitment to building warm and genuine relationships.

You will also be seeing our work first-hand with young people on a regular basis, ensuring your supporters, prospects and influencers experience our life-changing work with you.

Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners, we're tackling the root causes of gender inequality and child poverty, and we are now active in more than 70 countries worldwide.

Are you ready to take a leading role in growing Plan International UK’s support to humanitarian crises globally? Are you driven to achieve results and prepared to hold yourself accountable to add value to our Disaster Risk Management Unit at Plan International UK? This is an exciting time to join as we implement a range of ambitious plans designed to make us ‘the’ best among our peers.

We are looking for a Senior Programme Manager with exceptional management and leadership skills to oversee the development and supervision of Plan International UK’s humanitarian portfolio as part of the Disaster Risk Management Unit within East and Southern Africa, Asia and the Pacific. In this role, you will lead a multi-disciplinary team (Programmes Specialists and Technical Advisers) to successfully develop innovative humanitarian proposals and implement our institutional funded projects in compliance with donors’ requirements, ensuring our projects are gender sensitive or transformative.

You will have extensive project and budget management experience in the humanitarian sector, with responsibility to raise and manage major donor grants working closely with your team and our partners. We would also like you to lead on strategic and innovative initiatives and workstreams within the wider team to further advance the rights of children especially girls within a humanitarian context.

You will be a successful manager and leader, setting a strong role model example with proven ability to create cohesive professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders. You will be skilled at using your formal and informal networks to raise our profile, to get things done and influence others.

Please click on the button below to apply.

The deadline for applications is 9:00am on Friday 28 January 2022.

Interviews will take place on 8 and 9 February 2022.

We are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children, young people and adults in our work.  We, therefore, apply rigorous recruitment and selection processes to ensure that only those who are suitable are recruited to work for us.  Accordingly, appointment to all our roles is subject to a range of vetting checks and for this role this will include a Basic check. A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working for us; this will depend on the circumstances of any offences

Plan International UK is committed to being an inclusive employer and we welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior User Researcher to join our team based in Gilwell Park, Chingford, London/flexible. We will offer you a competitive salary of £53,000 - £60,000 per annum plus market supplement.

We’re Scouts and everyone’s welcome here - all genders, races and backgrounds. Right across the UK, we help over 400,000 young people aged 4-25 gain skills for life and find their place in the world. We help them speak up, play their part and shine bright.

The Senior User Researcher Role:

As our Senior User Researcher, you'll have solid experience working from discovery stage to finished product, designing products or services which have a deep root in understanding users and their needs. You're confident in your proven user research and service design expertise. You're able to communicate clearly, translate ideas and prototype ‘just enough’ to validate your work to get you to the next stage.

Key responsibilities as our Senior User Researcher:

- Champion our digital principles, and ensure users are at the centre of all of our work
- Lead our best practice around user research service design and UX, ensuring that other teams understand and can adopt user centred design methodology
- Co-ordinate user research / service design work with third party suppliers to ensure consistency of our volunteer experience across all channels
- Champion user research and insight across a range of projects and products to understand our user needs and to feed these insights into product design
- Define and uphold user research. UX and design standards, guidelines and best practices
- Solve problems creatively using strategic thinking and innovative ideas
- Lead requirements gathering workshops with internal and external stakeholders
- Gather critical information from meetings with various stakeholders and produce useful insight
- Identify areas of improvement within current processes using varied systems design tools and techniques to demonstrate improvements.

What we are looking for in our Senior User Researcher:

- Demonstrable experience in using user research and UX design principles and methodologies and user centred design across a range of projects
- Demonstrable experience in leading user research projects, including face to face research, remote and online tools and analysis
- Thorough experience in using User research and service design and analytics tools
- Thorough experience of creating personas and other design tools
- Thorough experience of running discovery & design workshops
- Excellent knowledge and thorough experience in designing digital products and user experiences
- Experience of overseeing third party suppliers
- Facilitation, ideation, requirements capture and interview skills
- Line management. or mentoring experience
- Experience working as part of an agile delivery or a product team in a matrixed organisation
- Excellent knowledge of designing to accessibility standards
- Proficient in UX tools (such as Sketch, Invision, and Axure)
- HTML and CSS skills would be a bonus
- Education and industry standard qualifications in UK, an advantage but not a requirement.

What we can offer you as our Senior User Researcher:

- 25 days holiday and going up to 28 days after 2 years’ service and 32 days after 5 years’ service
- Additional holidays between Christmas & New Year
- Life Assurance
- Simply Health Scheme
- Generous Pension Schemes
- Free car parking

We are proud to be a family-friendly employer and offer…

- Up to four personal days paid leave a year
- Maternity/Paternity Leave
- Childcare Vouchers
- Flexible working hours
- Store Discount at our Scout Store + other online benefits
- Study and volunteer leave

Closing date: Tue, 8 February 2022, 23:59

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to join our fantastic team! Click ‘Apply’ now!

The Scouts is an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to diversity and actively seeking applicants from a wide range of backgrounds.

Strictly no agencies.

About The Advocacy Project 

We help people who are marginalised or vulnerable because of their circumstances make their own choices about their lives. We support them to speak up and help improve important services we all need. We want to make sure people across all age and care groups – including learning disability and mental health – can:

• voice their concerns
• understand their rights
• make effective choices about what happens in their lives

We do this through advocacy services which support people individually, and user involvement projects that help organisations improve the services they offer

About Personal Health Budgets

Personal health budgets (PHBs) are a way of personalising care, based around what matters to people and their individual strengths and needs. They give people more choice, control and flexibility over their healthcare, allowing them to develop a package of care tailored to what will help them to be well and stay well. The PHB team support with planning a PHB and process requests so people can access the items or activities that will help them. We are developing our services across adult and children & young people services. Watch our video to find out more.

About the role

This role will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the PHB service. The postholder will act as the point of contact for complex queries, allocate referrals, provide line management support to the PHB advisors and carry a case load of PHB referrals. You will work closely with the PHB manager and team to identify areas for development and explore further PHB opportunities. This role will require an enhanced DBS check

Key responsibilities

• Make sure the PHB service is delivered to contract requirements.
• Offer support and guidance on how people can use a PHB to reach their wellbeing goals.
• Provide regular support and supervision to PHB advisors, supporting them to process PHB referrals efficiently and accurately.
• Liaise with referring teams and PHB leads to make sure they have access to PHB training resources and support.
• Act as main point of contact for enquiries and provide awareness and training sessions.
• Monitor the case management system (CMS) and financial transaction reports and follow process for corrective action.
• Work with the PHB Manager and team to identify and implement areas to develop services and to mobilise new PHB services.
• Continually evaluate the service using data, case studies and feedback to demonstrate the impact of the service.
• Proactively involve people with lived experience in developing the service.
• Process PHB referrals efficiently, providing support to referrers as required.
• Support the implementation and development of Patient Knows Best (PKB) digital platform into PHB services.
• Keep accurate and up to date records of PHBs on the case management system.
• Work with the finance team to make sure PHB funds are released quickly and accurately, and risks are identified and managed appropriately.
• Deputise for the PHB manager.
• Work according to the Equality Act 2010 and other forms of legislation that combat discrimination and promote equality and diversity.

General responsibilities

• Participate in team meetings and training.
• Participate in personal, team and organisational development.
• Contribute to monitoring reports.
• Keep to our policies, including health & safety, safeguarding and risk regulations.
• Work to our mission, vision, and values.
• Carry out other projects and tasks as needed.

Person specification

We welcome applications from people with transferrable skills and qualities, and people with diverse employment histories and personal backgrounds.

Essential qualities, attributes and experience:

• Experience of managing staff, preferably within services that support people with health and social care needs.
• Experience of coordinating and evaluating projects.
• Ability to review and improve the service with support from the team.
• Passionate about supporting people to have their voices heard, to feel in control of decisions about their lives and to have their rights upheld.
• Experience of working with people with mental health issues and an understanding of the difficulties they face.
• Commitment to ongoing professional development.
• Good organisational and IT skills including database experience.
• Ability to listen and build trust, to encourage people to express their own views and to represent clients’ self-defined interests.
• Willingness to promote The Advocacy Project and its services in line with our mission, vision and values.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; experience of working with a wide variety of people including commissioners, service users and colleagues.
• Ability to work as part of a team and on your own initiative, and prioritise your workload.
• Commitment to working within The Advocacy Project code of conduct, equality and safeguarding policies.

Desirable knowledge and experience

• Experience of working with children and young people with neurodisabilities and an understanding of CAMHs.
• Experience of using and managing a case management system.
• Experience and understanding of direct payments or personal health budgets.
• Knowledge of mental health services, including current issues in policy and practice

Benefits of working for us 

We’re committed to providing an empowering, flexible and supportive working environment for all our staff. Our employee benefits include 30 days annual leave (including up to 3 days between Christmas and New Year), participation in a pension scheme with 6% employer contribution, access to a free confidential counselling service, and an interest-free travel/bike loan. All our staff are supported to learn and develop in a variety of ways, including a monthly lecture series where we invite sector experts to talk to our staff on topical issues. We are a Disability Confident and Mindful Employer. 

How to apply

Upload your application via our website. Include your CV and a supporting statement explaining why you think you’re the person we’re looking for and how your experience meets the person specification.

It’s a legal requirement that you are eligible to work in the UK for all our posts.

These roles are under review and  may be subject to change to £26,329 - £29,255

Two posts available – West Midlands

Sandwell Fixed contract, provisional end date for funding of  31/10/2021 (possible extension dependent upon funding) 

• 30 hours per week (including some unsociable hours, evening and weekends)
• Location various across Sandwell and some home working

Shropshire Beam 

• 35 hours per week (including some unsociable hours, evening and weekends)
• Location 9 Market Square, Wellington, Telford TF1 1BP

The Children’s Society has been helping children and young people in this country for over 130 years. We run local services that support children when they are at their most vulnerable and in desperate need of help. We’re there for children, every step of the way. 

This role sits within our Youth Impact directorate, which works to provide one-to-one support for children who need support. Your role will be to help us maintain and develop innovative practice to support our work in our services around the country.

The Children's Society deliver Sandwell Beam Service  and Shropshire Telford & Wrekin Beam Service. We offer a truly different way of delivering access to mental and emotional health support. We don't want young people to feel like they have to reach crisis point to get the help they need. We don't want young people to feel like they don't deserve a place to go because their worry is 'too small.' We don't want young people to have to wait to receive the care they deserve.

The Beam services provides brief intervention  for Children and young people from 5 – 18, professionals and carers to get immediate help and support. Children  and Young people can access through self referral online or drop  in to one of the locations, reducing the need for waiting list. The service in both in locations for face to face sessions or a call back phone/video call. 

We are looking for a Well Being Senior Practitioner that:

• Experience of management and supervision of  staff and volunteers:
• Has a genuine passion and working knowledge of young people and mental health.
• Is energetic, adaptable, able to offer innovation and ideas to support this evolving service. 
• Has a background or worked in Health Care, Education, Youth Work or Social work
• Able to provide direct low level therapeutic support that is person centred.
• Able to work at various locations across Sandwell and able to work a Saturday

It is imperative that the successful applicant has a good working knowledge of Mental and Emotional Health Issues that young people face today, including interventions on how to support young people in overcoming these challenges. Due to the fast paced environment and use of computers for clinical record keeping, you will need to have a good level of IT skills.  You will need to have experience of young people participation on all levels.

The Children’s Society runs over 100 local services that help thousands of young people who desperately need our support, and we campaign to get laws and policies changed to make children’s lives happier and safer. 

Every day we’re changing the lives of children in this country for the better – and with your help, tomorrow we can be there for even more. 

The Children’s Society is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with.  As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.  We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services.

The closing date for applications is midnight on 28th January 2022