The organisation:

An international environmental campaign

The role:

To engage with development agencies eg FCDO, USAID, SIDA and other development finance institutions to support the objectives of the campaign

To develop the engagement strategy and identify any barriers to involvement from potential partner organisations.

To attend key events on behalf of the campaign, to act as a spokesperson and oversee the content for digital media.

The candidate:

Proven success at delivering high-level relationships with development agencies and excellent influencer

Demonstrable success as a communicator to academics, politicians at meetings, conferences and working groups.

Strong strategic abilities in order to maximise opportunities to take the campaign goals forward

Deadline – As soon as possible.

Summary

This role is vital to improving diabetes care, prevention and remission services and helping us advocate for people affected by or at risk of diabetes.

The Involvement Officer will help involve people affected by diabetes through the work of Diabetes UK and that of our partners.

Interview Date: 12 March 2021

Package

What we can offer you:

• Generous annual leave starting at 25 days plus bank holidays
• A Cash Healthcare Plan (giving you up to £1,500 towards a range of out of pocket health expenses like new glasses, dentist, chiropractor or osteopath appointments)
• Early finish Friday and flexible working as part of our approach to activity based working
• Discounts on gym membership
• Employee assistance programme to give you support on any issues that come up in life
• Annual season ticket loan* (on completion of your probation period and if contract is permanent or longer than 12 months)
• Very active social scene including sport teams, gardening and other activities
• Generous pension provision, life assurance and income protection insurance
• Cycle to work scheme* (eligible for scheme if contract is permanent or longer than 12 months)

*Some benefits aren't available until you've passed your probation period and are dependent on the length of contract.

Main Responsibilities

The Involvement Officer will support colleagues and our partners to reach good practice in involving and engaging people affected by diabetes.

There will be particular responsibility for the delivery of user involvement activities within the NHS England & Improvement diabetes programme.

Ideal Candidate

You will have experience in planning and delivering high quality involvement activities, making sure that people from diverse backgrounds are able to influence us and our partners.

You will understand what enables and stops people from being involved and you will be clear how involvement can improve services.

You will work well with partners and colleagues and use your experience to empower others to successfully involve people. You will have a strong commitment to delivering high quality work and to learning and developing yourself.

The organisation:

A health campaign

The role:

To deliver a specific themed campaign, co-ordinating cross-organisational involvement, stakeholders and campaign activists.

To work with public affairs team to co-ordinate appropriate campaign actions and their timings.

To support teams on all countries in the UK to be involved and deliver regional objectives.

The candidate:

Significant success in engaging members and supporters in a campaign to maximise action and response.

A superb relationship builder – internally and externally. Able to bring all parts of the organisation together for the campaign and work with external stakeholders to give the best chance of success.

Demonstrable experience of various campaign channels and methods – online and offline to and able to have a robust strategy to reach the campaign goals.

Deadline – As soon as possible.

Thank you for your interest in applying for the post of Policy Manager at Revolving Doors.

Revolving Doors is at an exciting time. We have an ever-expanding portfolio of independent research to support our policy programmes and campaigns, client- funded evaluations and user research, and academic partnerships. Independent research underpinned our Short-sighted campaign for a presumption against short prison sentences, while insight from our user research directly influenced the Government’s Transforming Justice courts and tribunals reform programme.

This is a key post within Revolving Doors. We are looking for an experienced policy professional able to use their excellent analytical skills to effect change for people facing severe social exclusion. You will develop and deliver policy programmes ensuring people with lived experience of the ‘revolving door’ shape our policy work. You will be a self-starter, highly motivated and an excellent communicator. In addition, you will be highly organised with strong project management skills.

The policy manager will work with the head of policy and the chief executive to deliver our four-year strategy and achieve support from local and national decision makers to help end the revolving door of crisis and crime. This post leads in delivering our New Generation Policing project working with police and crime commissioners and police services across England and Wales. You will also take a leading role in developing our policy positions, identifying gaps in the evidence base and communicating with key audiences. You will manage the policy and communications officer, as well as work closely with colleagues, partners, associates and people with lived experience.

We are committed to inclusive working practices, and particularly welcome applications from anyone with lived experience of the criminal justice system and people from Black, Asian and minoritised communities.

3 X Senior Family Safeguarding Recovery and Wellbeing Workers

Hours per week: 37

Contract: Fixed-term (until September 2022)

Salary: £24,487 - £26,759

Location: Somerset (traveling will be essential)

Hours: Monday-Friday (with the expectation that some evening & weekend work will be required).

Second Step is a leading mental health charity in the South West offering housing, support and hope to thousands of people with mental health and other problems.  Our goal is to inspire hope and deliver change for everybody and every community we work with.

Open Mental Health is a Somerset alliance of local voluntary organisations and the NHS. We are working in partnership to ensure that residents of Somerset get the support they need, when they need it. Our shared ambition is to ensure that people living with mental health problems get the right support at the right time. Working together, we support people to live a full life, by enabling access to specialist mental health services, housing support, debt and employment advice, volunteering opportunities, community activities and physical exercise, to help support and improve their wellbeing and quality of life.

This exciting new role aims to bring together the Open Mental Health and Family Safeguarding models. Working with parents who have a mental health condition and whose behaviour means that their families are at risk of harm, it will provide holistic, strengths-based support, focusing on the needs of the parent and family. Using a psycho-social approach, this role will deliver individual and group interventions and support engagement with a range of social, therapeutic, creative, practical and community activities.

About You

We are looking for someone who embodies our values of hope and courage, and is committed to making a positive difference to the health and wellbeing of service users. You will have experience of delivering individual and group interventions for people with complex needs, including mental health, domestic abuse, alcohol/drug dependency and long term conditions. You will thrive in a collaborative environment and have experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to deliver holistic and trauma-informed support to clients.

For more information on the role and person specification, please see the Role Profile attached to this advert. To open the Role Profile please click on ‘1 Document available’ at the top of the screen.

What we can offer you;

• Flexi-time working
• Childcare Voucher Scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• 26 days holiday
• An extra days holiday for each year of service up to 5 years
• Holiday purchase scheme

Closing date:  7th February 2021 at midnight

Interview date: Rolling

 Second Step is committed to Equal Opportunities and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community and from people who have personal experience of using mental health services.

Centrepoint is the UK’s leading charity for homeless young people. Working with over 7,800 young people every year, our vision is to end youth homelessness. While we pursue this vision, our immediate focus is on providing vulnerable young people with a place to call home and a chance to acquire the skills they need to build a better future. Centrepoint works directly in London, Yorkshire and the North East of England, and collaborates actively with similar organisations right across the UK.

We are currently recruiting for a Deputy Service Manager.  The role based in Camden includes responsibilities for supported accommodation services.

The purpose of the Deputy Service Manager role is to promote a vibrant culture with an uncompromising commitment to excellence and fully integrated support and development services, reflecting the needs of those accessing the service. At Centrepoint, we work in a Psychologically Informed Environment. All staff are required  to implement this approach when working with young people.

You will be required to line management and staff to ensure that performance targets and contractual requirements are met and exceeded. You will motivate and develop the staff team to deliver a consistently high quality, needs led and responsive service to young people in order to support their personal development and ultimately move them into more independent accommodation. You will demonstrate strong leadership skills and a commitment to individual and team development through effective management of staff.  You must be able to work flexibly and in line with the rota.

You will work positively and proactively with all local stakeholders including commissioners, providers, local community groups and young people.

This is an exciting opportunity to lead a team of staff providing an outstanding quality service to young people and stakeholders.

We seek to challenge discrimination and are committed to fairness and equality. We especially welcome applications from anyone with direct experience of being homeless or using young people’s service.

Location: Camden

Closing Date: Sunday 28 February 2021, midnight

Contract: Permanent

About us
Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.

About the role
Do you want to play a crucial role in helping Crisis develop our place-based approach to ending homelessness in Great Britain? 
Can you help us find the answers to what a place must actually do, or provide, to end homelessness?

Crisis is committed to building a programme of support to be available to, and effective for, any and all communities seeking to end homelessness in Britain. Our ‘Everybody In’, plan sets out how we can end homelessness in GB. As part of this we are investing resources in two or three local areas so that we can prove what can be done when a place-based approach is taken.

Each place based partnership will mean both Crisis and the local authority in that place commits to putting a plan into action to achieve an end to homelessness there, helping to lead the way for others to learn what needs to be done to end homelessness in an area for good.  This role needs someone with the right skills and experience to work with each place based partner we have secured. 
This role can be based at any of our 11 nationwide offices; Croydon, Central London, Brent, Oxford, Coventry, Birmingham, Rotherham, Liverpool, Newcastle, Edinburgh or South Wales

About you
Are you passionate about ending homelessness? Do you want to work in a team that values people’s skills and life experiences, whatever their background? 

Do you have demonstrable experience on the commissioning, management and delivery of evidence reviews that will help us understand how aspects of a system need to work differently to prevent and put an end to homelessness? Do you have experience of managing systems and databases to design services and inform decision-making? Can you bring people together and be able to communicate clearly and assertively, presenting complex research information in a user friendly way? 

If this excites you and you have the skills and aptitudes we need, then we would like to hear from you. Interviews will be in early to mid March 2021

Benefits
As a member of the team you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:
•  Interest free loans to purchase a train season ticket or a bike or for a deposit to secure a tenancy 
•  Mandatory pension scheme, with an employer contribution of 8.5% 
•  25 days’ annual leave which increases with service to 28 days
Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience and career. We really value people’s lived experience of homelessness and want to help develop diverse, committed and passionate people to help us end homelessness. 

How to apply
If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please click on the 'Apply for Job' button below.
If you need to request an application in an alternative format, please contact the Recruitment Team, contact details can be found on our website.

Closing date: Sunday 7th March 2021 (at 23:59)

We value diversity, promote equality and encourage and applications from people of all backgrounds.  We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of homelessness.

Caseworker: 22,847 – 26,350 p/a; Senior Caseworker: 25,526 – 29,501 p/a (please note successful candidates should expect to be appointed at the starting point of the salary scale and consideration may be given to a higher salary depending on the experience of the individual)

Fixed Term Contract until 31st March 2022 - Full-time (35 hrs p/w)

Whipps Cross Hospital

Ref code: SYV-211

Are you a proactive, compassionate and engaging individual with a proven record of working successfully with ‘high risk’ vulnerable young people? Then join St Giles as a Youth Violence Caseworker or Senior Caseworker and you will be embarking on a highly rewarding and career-enhancing position.

About St Giles

An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need. Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others. 

St Giles is expanding its delivery of hospital-based projects; this service is aimed at vulnerable 12 to 25-year-olds who attend the adult or paediatric emergency department or Urgent Care Centre at an East London Hospital. We will work alongside hospital staff to proactively identify vulnerable young people and help them to access and engage the support they need to prevent any potential escalation of violence and reduce the risk of repeat victimisation or exploitation.

About these key roles

You will be embedded into the hospital, providing support for those young people admitted to the emergency department right through to their discharge back into the community. You will have experience of working with ‘high risk,’ vulnerable young people, be part of a multidisciplinary team, and have a flexible, empathetic approach to your work.

As a Senior Caseworker, you will provide supervisory support to a small team of caseworkers so experience of supporting staff or volunteers is essential. You will be the day to day expert based in the hospital and be a positive role model to the team of caseworkers and escalate concerns to the Team Leader or Service Manager.

We actively encourage people with personal experience of the criminal justice system or lived experience of the issues facing this client group to apply for this role.

What we are looking for:

• Personal experience of the criminal justice system, lived experience of the issues facing this client group and/or experience of working with ‘high risk’, vulnerable children, young people and/or families
• Experience of assessing risk and implementing safety procedures when thinking about children and young people involved in or at risk of violence or exploitation
• Proven experience of working in a high intensity environment, with an ability to effectively manage your own wellbeing
• Experience of engaging successfully with ‘challenging’ young people, for example people who have complex needs, people who are reluctant to discuss their needs, and people who are angry and confused

In return, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, staff pension, access to clinical supervision flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, season ticket loan and much more.

In the supporting statement section of your application, please highlight whether you’re applying for the Youth Violence Caseworker or Senior Caseworker role.

As both roles involve working with young people, you will be expected to apply for a disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service before appointment is confirmed.

Closing date: 11pm, 28 February 2021. Interviews: 5th / 8th March (to be held virtually)

St Giles will guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria set out in the Job Description for the vacancy.

West Kent Mind provides a range of services with and on behalf of people with mental health problems.
This is a senior management role within the organisation. The post holder will lead the development, implementation and delivery of services that support people with mental health problems and support positive wellbeing, ensuring that these are in line with the strategic plan for West Kent Mind and are delivered within a framework of empowerment and excellence.

With the planned retirement of the current CEO Citizens Advice in May 2021, Citizens Advice Waverley (CAW) is seeking an interim CEO to lead on a number of key strategic initiatives currently underway, together with senior management and Trustees. The successful applicant will work alongside the current CEO to manage a smooth transfer of responsibilities and on the departure of the CEO, assume executive leadership of the organisation until such time as a permanent CEO is appointed. The appointment is for a period of 12 months, with the potential to extend for a further 6 months.

Accountabilities:

This interim role will ensure there is effective ongoing executive management of Citizens Advice services, Citizens Advice Waverley

The following key strategic initiatives are currently being established and a primary responsibility of the post-holder will be to ensure their successful delivery:

• Strategic priorities as defined in the 3 year strategic business plan including development of digital services and building referral pathways and relationships with partners including health, local authority and other charities
• Collaboration with Citizens Advice Guildford and Citizens Advice Ash on several priorities. This will involve working in collaboration with the current CEOs of Citizens Advice Guildford and Citizens Advice Ash and their board of trustees initially on areas of common purpose. The post-holder will also form part of a working group to assess opportunities for further development of the collaboration.  

Additionally, you will be expected to work alongside the CEO South West Surrey Domestic Abuse Outreach Service (SWSDAOS). These services were formally merged into CAW and we continue to embed the synergies.

Citizens Advice Waverley provides free, independent, confidential and impartial advice on social welfare (debt, benefits, housing, employment and family issues) that will help people get their lives back on track, as well as using on-the-ground knowledge to improve local and national social policy.

South West Surrey Domestic Abuse Outreach Service (SWSDAOS) provides free, confidential, independent and impartial advice to anyone aged 16 or above affected by domestic abuse living in the boroughs of Waverley and Guildford.  The service provides ongoing emotional support, and advice on issues such as safety planning, housing rights, relationships and separation, civil and criminal court proceedings, and the needs of children affected by domestic abuse.

The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate:

• experience of providing inspirational leadership to an organisation going through extensive change, ideally gained at an organisation of comparable scale and complexity (c.20 staff &140 volunteers and a turnover of over £0.4m).
• experience of leading and managing staff in the voluntary sector, motivating teams at all levels, building working relationships with colleagues, demonstrating personal commitment to organisational and staff development.
• experience of building and maintaining partnerships within and across organisations and sectors.

• a track record of financial management and budgetary control, and ability to manage a budget under the guidance of the treasurer.
• and ideally have experience of successful income generation and business development, through fundraising, commissioning and marketing activities.

We encourage applicants who are from underrepresented groups with protected characteristics, as we value having a diverse pool of applicants to find the best candidate.

Every local Citizens Advice is a registered charity.

All local Citizens Advice produce their own annual reports, and you can find out more about the Citizens Advice network from the website.

The Sleep Charity, an award winning, national organsation, is seeking an ambitious Head of Sleep Support Services in a new strategic role to support a growing organisation. 

For full details please download the application pack, forms can be returned by email

Pause works with women who have experienced – or are at risk of – repeated pregnancies that result in children needing to be removed from their care. The programme gives women the chance to pause and take control over their lives, breaking a destructive cycle that causes both them and their children deep trauma. We are now working with more women who have experienced multiple removals than anyone else in the country.

Pause Practitioners, and the therapeutic relationships they cultivate with the people they work with, are at the heart of Pause’s success. They will have demonstrable skills and a track record of supporting complex and vulnerable people to overcome the trauma and challenges of their lives. They will usually have held a senior practitioner role in their respective profession and should have experience of delivering evidence informed approaches in their practice.

As a Pause Practitioner, you will be responsible for implementing a range of interventions and support measures as part of an integrated package of health, therapeutic and social support. Pause is specifically designed to address the complex needs of women, through intensive support, to enable change in their lives, and ultimately reduce the numbers of children being removed into care. You will work systemically in delivering a relationship based programme where frequency, tenacity and creativity are central.

Location: Liverpool
Salary: Equivalent to Agenda for Change, Band 7/8a 
Hours: Flexible/ part time arrangements to be agreed

About us
Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.

About the role
We are a dynamic, innovative and values-led organisation, with the ability to develop our services to meet the needs of the people we work with. As part of our commitment to end the homelessness of more people using our direct services, including people with complex needs, we are seeking a clinical psychologist to work our Merseyside Skylight service.

About you
We are looking for people who are community focused and driven by shared values. You will look forward to engaging with individuals who have very difficult lives and have struggled to access traditional forms of support. You will have the skills to offer creative and flexible individual work, alongside consultation to core groups, multi-agency networks and the wider system. You will be excited about joining a local team of people who share a commitment to end homelessness and a national team of 11 clinical psychologists led by a lead psychologist. 

Benefits
As a member of the team you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:
· Interest free loans to purchase a train season ticket or a bike or for a deposit to secure a tenancy
· Mandatory pension scheme, with an employer contribution of 8.5%
· 25 days’ annual leave which increases with service to 28 days

Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience and career.

How To Apply 
If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please Click on the 'Apply For Job' button below.

If you need to request an application in an alternative format, please contact the Recruitment Team, contact details can be found on our website.

If you would like to speak further about the role or understand more about Crisis and the work we do, we would really like to hear from you. Please e-mail Peter Oakes, Lead Clinical Psychologist to arrange an informal conversation, contact details can be found on our website.

Closing Date: Sunday 7th March 2021
Interviews will take place Tuesday 23 March 2021

We value diversity, promote equality and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of homelessness.

This positive opportunity will complete and finish the first phase of Carers UK’s highly successful work to make it possible for more unpaid carers, particularly those over 55+, to be physically active and to reduce loneliness. 

The role has creativity and variety in terms of completing the final report which has been largely written taking it through publication to launch including working with media colleagues, working with professional and carers to disseminate the work and encouraging new activity in the run up to Carers Week (7-13 June). The work is funded by Sport England and reporting will also be necessary.

As a result, the role requires outstanding written and oral communication skills, experience of rapid relationship building and partnership working and the ability to multi-task across complex work streams. First-rate organisational skills, a good eye for campaigns and media, experience of working with funders, and an understanding of local government, health, and voluntary sectors will be essential.

You must be either immediately available or have a very short notice period.

Closing date for applications: Monday 1 March 2021 at 10.00am

Interviews will take place on: Tuesday 9 March 2021

Carers UK reserves the right to appoint at any stage, should an outstanding candidate emerge.