About us

The Lucy Faithfull Foundation is the only UK-wide charity dedicated solely to preventing child sexual abuse. We’re bold, we’re pioneering, we’re growing and we want your help.

Since 1992 we’ve kept children safe by working with people who have harmed them or who might do so to help them stop. We work with adults worried about their own sexual thoughts, feelings or behaviour towards children; adults worried about another adult or young person; young people themselves and with protective adults and professionals.

Our mission is to prevent sexual abuse from happening by working with those perpetrating it, those affected by it and with protective adults who can keep children safe.

We do this by working in partnership with government, charitable trusts, voluntary, statutory and private sector and the public.

Our confidential Stop It Now! helpline is the largest of its kind in the world. Our services, programmes and projects are designed to place a protective shield around children, to help prevent sexual abuse from happening in the first place or to prevent it from happening again.

The Stop It Now! helpline started in 2002. It is an anonymous and confidential helpline that provides advice and support to people who have concerns about child sexual abuse. Our target caller categories are:

• People concerned about their own sexual thoughts and behaviour towards children
• People concerned about another adult’s thoughts and behaviours to children
• Parents/Carers concerned about children displaying harmful sexual behaviour
• Parents/Carers concerned that their child has been abused.
• Adult survivors of child sexual abuse
• Professionals calling for case advice

About the role

Helpline Advisors are the first port of call to people who want to gain support and advice to deal with concerns relating to child sexual abuse. This can involve supporting them through the emotional impact of their personal and family circumstances; advising them of resources available that relate to their circumstances; but also guiding them through steps to help their situation so that they can move forward positively. There are a number of follow-on services offered by the organisation. The helpline is often the first point of access for these.

This is a highly rewarding role within a friendly and hardworking team which is committed to keeping children safe from sexual harm.

The helpline is open 9am-9:30pm Monday-Thursday and 9am-5pm Friday. Advisors typically work 4 hour shifts and we are looking for people who can commit to between 3 and 6 shifts per week.

About you

You will have experience of working in child protection, ideally with one or more of our key target groups: for example adults and/or children and young people who have sexually harmful behaviours, or child victims of sexual abuse, or family members of these individuals. Or you may be studying for a career in a related field, for example psychology, criminology, or anthropology. Our ideal candidate will be an energetic individual with excellent communication skills and a warm, empathic telephone manner.

Key attributes we are seeking include:

• A confident telephone manner
• An ability to explore a caller’s personal circumstances and provide confidential advice to callers through the Stop It Now! Helpline, chat and email services
• A team player who works well with colleagues to do their best to prevent child sexual abuse
• An enthusiasm to learn and to develop knowledge and skills to enhance their contribution to child safety
• Confidence and competence in the use of modern technologies for the effective discharge of many day to day tasks
• A finisher who pays attention to detail and maintains effective records in line with agreed policy and practice.

How to Apply

An application form and equal opportunities monitoring form is attached to this posting. We look forward to receiving your completed documents by 10:00am on 17th June 2022 to our HR Team. Please note that in the event of exceptionally high levels of response, we reserve the right to close the post before the date stated in order to prevent the number of applications received being unmanageable. You are advised to submit your completed application form as soon as possible to have the best chance of being considered. Interviews are scheduled to take place on 1st and 6th July 2022. You will not be contacted if you have not been shortlisted.

Please note the successful candidate will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check for this post. 

We believe in creating a positive environment where our differences are respected and each of us feels valued for our contribution. Treating people fairly is part of our values and at the core of our culture. As an inclusive employer, all qualified candidates will be considered regardless of race, ethnicity, religion or belief, age, socioeconomic background, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity and caring responsibilities, marital status, nationality and disability including invisible disabilities and neurodiversity.

Prospectus is delighted to be working with Barnardo's to recruit for an exciting opportunity as a Senior Policy Advisor who will advocate on behalf of children and young people who have experienced childhood harms through influencing public policy, influencing governmental change and through the media.

Barnardo's runs over 1,000 UK projects that transform the lives of almost 300,000 children and young people every year. They believe they can bring out the best in every child regardless of the issues they face. Their work supports children living in poverty, children that have been sexually exploited, children living with a disability, children living with domestic violence, and young carers who look after an ill parent or relative.

The overall purpose of this role is to provide expertise on relevant issues such as childhood trauma, the criminal justice system and children's services. You will influence public policy and practice based on evidence from research, policy analysis, and engagement with service users and practitioners. To achieve this by influencing change within UK Governments and through the media on key issues. You will research and write briefings for internal audiences and external stakeholders, keep up to date with current policy and support with amendments to legislation, committee inquiries and relevant cross-party groupings. You will also establish strong relationships with networks, all with the overarching effect of advising on policy and research developments.

To be successful as a Senior Policy Advisor you will have experience of working with politicians across the UK, engaging senior officials and a wide range of sector stakeholders to influence policy change. You will have knowledge of the criminal justice system and children's protection services in the UK. You will be comfortable developing evidence-based policy recommendations and applying current legislative, policy and practice developments affecting children, young people and families. You will be able to apply evidence from research and practice to development policy, have strong written, verbal and interpersonal skills, including the ability to persuade and negotiate. Overall, you will be confident in identifying and maximising opportunities within the political environment to lobby for change.

As a specialist Recruitment Practice we are committed to building inclusive and diverse organisations, and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application.

In order to apply, simply submit your CV. Should your experience be suitable, we will send you the full job description and arrange for a call to assess your suitability and discuss the role further. Please note that the role may close earlier than the date advertised.

Location: Flexible global location, remote working from home.

Salary: £60,000 - £65,000 GBP for UK location, adjusted based on the cost of labour for the country in which the candidate resides. Salary will be determined based on experience and qualifications. Candidates must have the right to work in the country they are applying from.

Reports to: Executive Director

Contract Type: Permanent employment contract

Background

The Urban Movement Innovation Fund (UMI Fund) works to connect, align, and strengthen people-power for a more socially just, zero carbon future.  Drawing together and amplifying the efforts of NGOs working on technical solutions, or working with policy makers, with those of campaign or grassroots groups and movements working to increase citizen engagement and activity.  UMIF´s goal is to dramatically accelerate humanity’s transition to a zero-carbon world. UMIF is a convenor of the field, an advisor to philanthropy, and a grant maker.

UMI Fund believes that people-powered movements are critical to creating a zero-carbon world, generating the drive and popular support necessary for huge political, cultural and technological shifts.  In order to grow in our set direction and meet our strategic plan, we are in urgent need to build a team to help us strategically reach our goals. 

The UMI Fund team is small with a large portfolio of grants. As part of the team, led by the Co-Executive Directors, the Senior Programme Officer will make and manage a portion of these grants. The successful candidate will be an excellent strategist and a seasoned and successful change maker. They will have the

opportunity to explore various climate change linked issues and to work with truly inspirational partners from all over the world. This position is full-time and home-based; being part of a fully remote working and internationally distributed team.

Primary Responsibilities

UMI Fund has a small team that operates collaboratively and flexibly with sometimes overlapping responsibilities. Team members have specialisms, but we avoid being siloed in work delivery. Within the team the Senior Programme Officer will primarily be in a grant making role, and have a particular focus on the following:

• Establishing and maintaining good relationships with applicants/grantees and other partners.
• Networking, landscape scanning and mapping, conducting research and performing due diligence on grants and partnerships that fall within UMI Fund’s theory of change and current strategy. The Fund strategy encompasses movement building for action on climate change with a focus on ending the internal combustion engine, supporting the youth climate movement and fairer, more socially just climate solutions.
• Co-creating and supporting grantee projects and clusters of projects.
• Creating collaboration spaces for the UMI Fund community.
• Writing recommendations for funding, and monitoring and reporting on the progress of open grants which may sometimes involve travel to conduct site visits (depending on Covid-19 related travel restrictions).
• Supporting grantees with capacity building and the development of child safeguarding policies as needed.
• Assisting grantees with challenges during the grant period and drawing out lessons learned in ‘end-of-grant’ reports and evaluations when grants close.
• Working collaboratively with the full team at UMI Fund, ensuring there is cross-programme resonance, synergy, communication and learning where there are programmatic areas of overlap.
• Working collaboratively with other Grantmakers and funder initiatives as required.
• Contributing to internal reports, UMI Fund’s annual report, and board presentations as required;
• Representing the programme in a variety of settings both internally and externally.

Experience and Qualifications

The following list offers an aspirational view of our ideal candidate profile; however, we encourage applications from candidates with a wide range of experiences and backgrounds, especially those from underrepresented groups.

• A proven change maker with demonstrated success in international campaigning and/or movement building.
• Proven commitment to action on climate change and social justice with at least seven years’ experience of working in the not-for-profit sector and/or in philanthropy, including experience in project and budget management (whether from the implementation or donor side).
• Proven knowledge and work experience in the climate mitigation, social justice and/or movement building fields as a grant-maker, advocate and/or practitioner.
• Experience of working in diverse and international teams.

Skills and Attributes

The following offers an aspirational view of our ideal candidate profile; however, we encourage applications from candidates with a wide range of experiences and backgrounds, especially those from underrepresented groups.

• Tact, humility, flexibility, openness, and a good sense of humour,
• Proven experience in building and maintaining positive work relationships and partnerships.
• Excellent collaborative and facilitation skills.
• Strong analytical, negotiation, and communication skills.
• An understanding of intersectionality and inclusive approaches to grant-making.
• Ability to work independently but also flexibly and collaboratively, as part of a small team.

• Excellent workload and time management skills with the ability to manage a busy workload delivering high quality work to deadline and under pressure.

• Fluent in English; additional languages could be an advantage.
• Excellent writing and editing skills, and ability to write quickly to meet deadlines.
• A demonstrated commitment to the values of inclusion, equity and social justice.

The following skills/experience will strengthen candidacy for this role:  

• Knowledge and work experience in grant making.
• Knowledge and work experience in collective action or movement building.
• Knowledge and experience working on the agency, voice and power of women, youth, Indigenous Peoples, frontline communities, or other disadvantaged groups; particularly in the context of climate mitigation.
• A demonstrated ability to link local to global action to safeguard people and the environment.

*For all locations: Applicants must have the right to legally live and work in the country where they wish to be based.

UMI Fund is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, as detailed in our child and adults-at-risk safeguarding policy. We expect all staff to share this commitment. Please note that the successful candidate may undergo reference checks and be required to provide a police record prior to starting employment.

The deadline for applications is Sunday 5th June 2022

Daryl Upsall International actively promotes equality, diversity, and inclusion. In recruiting candidates, we seek candidates with the proven skills required, irrespective of race, gender, religion or belief, age, disability, or sexual orientation.

What is the Parent-Infant Foundation?

We are a national charity that works to ensure the healthy social and emotional development of every baby, through focusing on the relationship between parents and their babies from pregnancy and into the first years of life. 

Our mission is to support the growth, quality and sustainability of specialised parent-infant relationship teams and to contribute to the evidence base supporting them.  We also campaign for infant mental health and its importance in the health of our nation, to local and national governments. We care about infant mental health because babies cannot wait. 

This is an exciting time to join the Parent-Infant Foundation; we are seeing increased investment in and development of parent-infant teams across the UK and this role provides the opportunity to play an influential role in that momentum.

We are keen to attract applicants from all ages, cultures, ethnicities, sexualities, religions and genders. We are very parent-friendly, as you would expect. 

As Head of Clinical Strategy and Development, you will use your leadership skills, clinical experience and service development expertise to lead our development and implementation work.  This includes leadership of our comprehensive support offer to parent-infant relationship team commissioners, service developers and practitioners.  You will ensure we are providing detailed and expert consultancy on all aspects of service development such as business cases, service design, care pathway development, recruitment, intervention selection and measuring outcomes. We do not deliver, manage or inspect clinical services but we do provide comprehensive development and implementation support to them. We have a small development team which you will lead and manage in order to achieve our strategic goals. 

You will oversee our UK-wide programme of virtual and face to face learning events, ensuring they are high quality and impactful.  The role also requires regular dissemination of contemporary research and clinical literature and learning.  You will provide clinical leadership to all aspects of the Parent Infant Foundation, including working closely with Policy and Communications colleagues to create compelling evidence-based reports and presentations.  You will collaborate on press, media and publication activities, and contribute to fundraising applications and income generation activities.

Who we’re looking for 

We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly experienced clinician with leadership experience and clinical supervision skills. You will have extensive experience of working clinically with very young children and their carers.  We are looking for someone with exceptional relationship skills and extensive multi-disciplinary team working.  This role requires you to build strong relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, including senior managers, funders, commissioners, research and evaluation partners, and national policy makers. You will also need an understanding of infant mental health competencies and workforce training requirements.

You will need to be credible at a senior level with a track record of successful influencing. This role requires an understanding of research and evaluation work as it relates to parent-infant relationship teams and interventions.  We need someone who can lead and provide service development and quality improvement consultation, manage and deliver internal and external projects, and write clear, concise and compelling reports.

We are looking for a self-starter who is comfortable working from home but who prioritises team-working and relationship building to progress our strategic aims.

The role is for 3 days per week (22.5 hours). Core days are Tues & either Weds or Thurs.  The rest of the hours can be worked flexibly across the week but must be worked between 9am and 5pm.

Please see the job description for further details.

Interviews are scheduled to take place via Zoom on Wed 29th or Thurs 30th June 2022.

We’re hiring experienced Relationship Counsellors across locations in England and Wales to join our counselling teams.

We have job openings from Berkshire to Newcastle, Llandudno to Leicester, and everywhere in-between!

With a supportive community of over 1,000 counsellors, you’ll get the chance to learn from other counsellors, hone your practice with CPD training and clinical supervision.

No session will be the same – people from a wide range of backgrounds access our digital and face-to-face services. And we’d love for our counsellors to reflect the diversity of our society and client base, too.

We’ve been experiencing a really high demand for our services and are looking for experienced relationship counsellors to join our counselling teams.

As a relationship counsellor, you’ll focus on supporting couples and individuals. You’ll be caring and understanding, using your counselling expertise to provide the best support possible.

It would also be a bonus if you also had counselling qualifications in the following areas:

• Families
• Children (5 - 10 years)
• Young people (11 - 18 years)
• Psychosexual therapy (PST)

We’re looking for relationship counsellors across locations in England and Wales so please do get in touch to find out more about the various opportunities available.

While we’re still mostly working online and on the phone, we’re beginning to offer in-the-room sessions in some locations. This means we’re keen to recruit colleagues who can work across a range of mediums.

Some of the responsibilities of the role are:

• To provide adult relationship counselling services (and/or, if appropriately trained and qualified, specialist counselling services such as family counselling, children’s counselling – 5 to 10 years, young people’s counselling– 11 to 18 years, and psychosexual therapy) to clients at times and locations to be agreed with the line manager. Arrangements will be reviewed regularly to ensure client demand is being met.
• To undertake training and use Relate’s online client booking system(Penelope) on a daily basis to check appointments and complete client/service monitoring forms as directed.
• To notify the relevant administrative colleague of closed cases so that end of counselling forms can be dispatched.
• To update records confirming client attendance and work with the appointments team on future bookings and administrative requests. This should be completed at the end of every shift.
• To record and maintain written case records on Penelope in accordance with Relate policies, unless otherwise agreed in writing with your line manager.
• To ensure that safe practice and the wellbeing of clients is prioritised at all times, particularly in relation to issues such as child protection, domestic abuse and suicide ideation. This may include making welfare calls as required.
• To have an up-to-date and clear understanding of the safeguarding protocols within your centre, e.g. actions that need to be taken for making disclosures.
• To notify your supervisor, line manager and safeguarding lead of any issue that requires reporting to relevant authorities in order to ensure safeguarding and child protection procedures are followed in line with government regulations, local guidelines and Relate policies.
• To be fully up to date with all external organisations and resources relevant to the work such as local domestic abuse and safeguarding situations.
• To adhere to Relate’s requirements, consulting with supervisors regarding all clinical work, liaising, and consulting with the Practice Helpline and Senior Practice Consultants as necessary.
• To ensure all working practices are compliant with Relate’s policies and standards and to work within organisational frameworks and codes of practice.
• To work collaboratively with Relate to ensure all services are delivered in a co-ordinated, professional and efficient manner.

Regular supervision and line management 

• Attend regularly (on a monthly basis), individual case supervision meetings with your designated clinical supervisor/s.
• Attend regular Clinical Discussion Group (CDG) meetings.
• Keep all relevant information on Relate’s Practitioner Directory up to date and upload documentation as required.
• Complete requests for annual leave using appropriate systems, providing at least 2 weeks’ notice.
• Report to the relevant Manager on all other line management matters.
• Regularly attend staff meetings.

What will we offer you?

• Competetive pay rates starting at £25,480 pro rata dependent on responsibilities, experience and location (these rates are for the national charity Relate  based on a 35 hour working week)
• 36 days holiday (pro rata for part time)
• Working with clients from a wide range of backgrounds – no one session will be the same!
• Free one-to-one and case discussion groups – we pay you to attend.
• Access to our Practice Helpline, staffed by Relate's senior clinical team, where you can ask questions and gain further support.
• Continuing Professional Development, whether that’s webinars, online discussion groups, workshops, clinical Q&A's and other formal learning.
• Opportunities to train in/work for other services that we offer, such as young people’s counselling, family counselling and sex therapy.
• Supportive administration colleagues to help manage diaries, payments and client communications which allow you to focus on your clinical practice*.
• Support with GDPR and legal issues.
• Alongside working at an organisation with detailed clinical policies, clinical guidance and support from IT.

What will you offer us?

• Relate Certificate in Adult Relationship Counselling (or an equivalent* recognised qualification in couples counselling), or an appropriate qualification for delivery of specific service is required
• A Relate qualification or equivalent* in each Relate service to be delivered (see Relate's Accreditation of Prior Experience and Learning on our website)
• Understanding of a range of adult relationship counselling theories and methodologies
• Understanding of, and commitment to, anti-discriminatory practice
• Understanding of the dynamics of charitable organisations
• Experience of clinical practice providing adult relationship counselling.
• Experience of clinical practice providing specialist services e.g. PST.
• Experience of working with a range of counselling theories and methodologies
• Experience of counselling through a range of delivery methods i.e. face-to-face, couples, individual, group, digital, telephone.
• Experience of working therapeutically with clients from a range of backgrounds and needs especially those who may be socially excluded
• Ability to understand and operate within Relate’s organisational policies, procedures and guidelines and Relate Code of Ethics and BACP frameworks of clinical practice for counsellors.
• Self-directed with strong organisational, IT and administrative skills and the ability to manage a complex and demanding workload.
• Can demonstrate the ability to maintain accurate and appropriate records in line with procedures and the law.
• Understanding of organisational structure and dynamics, and a willingness to adapt.
• Ability to work as part of a team and form effective working relationships.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Excellent time management skills.
• Commitment to working within and promoting Relate’s Equality and Diversity Policy.
• Professional, warm, empathetic, calm, friendly, reliable and adaptable.
• Committed to helping find ways forward in supporting people in troubled relationships.
• Commitment to professional development and delivering best practice.
• Ability to maintain professional boundaries while responding to complex ethical dilemmas.

To apply to be a relationship counsellor at Relate, please email with a short covering letter outlining your qualifications and experience, your CV and your preferred geographical working location. We’ll then do our best to match you with a local Relate service who may have opportunities now or in the future.

If you don’t hear back from us within 10 days of applying, please feel free to email for an update.

Worried you don’t fit all of the listed criteria? Please don’t be! If you’re unsure whether or not to apply, please contact us and we’ll do our best to help.

We’re really keen to hear from as many people as possible.

You can keep updated about upcoming job opportunities via our LinkedIn

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Cochrane aims to put evidence at the heart of health decision-making globally. They collaborate to produce trusted synthesized evidence, make it accessible to all, and advocate for its use. Cochrane is seeking a Director of Development to work with their global community to grow fundraising income and ensure Cochrane has a sustainable and successful future.

Cochrane is a charity and a global, independent network of health practitioners, researchers, patient advocates and others, responding to the challenge of making vast amounts of research evidence useful for informing decisions about health. They do this by synthesising research findings to produce the best available evidence on what works. Their work has been recognised as the international gold standard for high quality, trusted information.

As a member of the Executive Leadership Team, this new role will lead the Development Directorate (which includes fundraising, advocacy, communications, partnerships, member and supporter engagement) and will establish a fundraising operation that works collaboratively to deliver significant global income growth. The Director of Development will play a key part in the transformation of the organisation as part of the 2021-2023 Strategy to ensure that Cochrane maintains its relevance and pre-eminence into the future.

Cochrane is seeking an ambitious individual who relishes a challenge, loves collaborative working, delivers results and has extensive experience of successfully delivering strategy. The ideal candidates will possess an understanding and experience of international fundraising, strong relationship management skills, and experience of working at director-level. Finally, you will be enterprising and a strategic thinker with the ability to seek and find creative solutions and foster innovation in your teams.

Implementation Lead - British Transport Police representing The Children's Society.

2 Vacancies available, one role is for 37 hours per week and the other is 25 hours per week.

Flexible working hours: 8-4, 9-5, 10-6 or in between (to be agreed with your manager).

Contract until 31st March 2023, permanent pending funding

Family-friendly policies: Including enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave.

Free confidential counselling service: Available to all staff and volunteers

For a number of years, The Children’s Society have and continue to deliver a range of national and regional child exploitation programmes. The British Transport Police project is now entering it’s third year, having received further funding continue to work towards our goal of collaboratively preventing Child Exploitation and Abuse across England and Wales.

As an organisation, we work in collaboration with a range of professionals and this role will include working closely with the police as well as social workers and a range of charities. You will also work with ‘non-traditional’ partners like train drivers, retail staff and other businesses to coordinate work encouraging them to take a more active role in preventing exploitation across the country.

This programme focuses on collaborative learning using a variety of delivery approaches including facilitation, training, creating resources, leading working groups, leading reflective practice and providing safeguarding and best practice advice and guidance. All these approaches are utilised to encourage partners to ensure every child exploitation victim is recognised and supported, including those committing crime as part of their exploitation.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

The Implementation Lead will join this team and work alongside another TCS British Transport Police Senior Practitioner, working nationally to expand and develop our exploitation work within BTP.

The BTP County Lines Task Force known as Operation Defiant has been funded by the Home Office since 2019 and has taken a proactive approach to tackling County Lines. The Task Force is made up of specialist officers and analysts who develop operations and intelligence to specifically target Organised Crime Groups involved in County Lines Drug Dealing and to identify and safeguard vulnerable children and adults who may be criminally exploited through this model.

As part of BTP’s commitment to understanding the exploitation that underpins County Lines criminality and improving the forces response to safeguarding children at risk, the taskforce also has a multi-disciplinary safeguarding team that you will be part of. This includes a senior Subject Matter Expert in Child Exploitation with a background in leading social care and probation services and our own Implementation Lead roles which bring a child-focused charity sector perspective into the team.

You will work both operationally; supporting officers to safeguard suspected exploitation victims in live safeguarding cases and upskilling train staff and other businesses to identify and report exploitation concerns and strategically; to influence organisational change through coordinating British Transport Police activity (such as County Lines Intensification Week’s safeguarding activity in connection with the Prevention programme’s #LookCloser campaign), capturing learning and developing good practice.

The unique Implementation Lead roles means you’ll be working collaboratively across two teams and organisations with the exciting opportunity to learn from, share insight and create real impact across both and wider organisations.  This role is integral in achieving robust safeguarding around children and vulnerable adults at critical points. It requires strong operational knowledge and experience of statutory child protection, experience of providing safeguarding advice and the ability to professionally challenge at a management level. 

KEY SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

In order to be successful in this role, you must have:

• Significant practice experience of working with children and young people who have experienced child exploitation
• Experience of working in a multi-agency setting with Police, Children's Social Care and other voluntary and statutory partners
• Significant knowledge and experience of relevant safeguarding legislation and guidance relative to the field of child exploitation
• Experience in responding to and providing effective advice and guidance in relation to safeguarding concerns
• Experience of developing and delivering child exploitation focused resources, training and workshops and facilitating working groups and other learning interventions to increase knowledge and improve practice for BTP officers and external partners

INFO ABOUT THE CHILDREN’S SOCIETY

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.

We view diversity and inclusion as fundamental to achieving social change. To tackle the complex issues facing young people, we need access to diverse talent, perspectives, experiences and working practices. Applications from diverse backgrounds and communities are encouraged and we have policies to support flexible, inclusive and accessible employment.

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 23:59 on Sunday 29 May 2022

Interviews to be held on week commencing 6 June 2022

The Disclosure and Barring Service are seeking a permanent Head of Strategic Supplier Relationship Management. The DBS embrace remote working, so while occasional travel to the Liverpool or Darlington offices will be required, this vacancy is available to applicants across the UK.

Supplier Relationship Management is a relatively new but vital service for DBS as we progress our ambitious 2020-2025 Strategy. We will need sound strategic management experience in this function to help us build and deliver on our aim to develop an effective intelligent client function, supporting the DBS to become more business-like, and as a result enhancing our ability to make recruitment safer.

In this role, you will:

• Provide expert supplier relationship management professional support, guidance, and advice to the supplier relationship management team and across the business.
• Measure, manage, maintain and enhance the supplier management framework and supporting processes so that they are fit for purpose for DBS requirements including development of supplier segmentation methodology, and a clear approach to oversight of supplier due diligence, assurance and performance.
• Manage the supplier relationship management strategy ensuring it meets the business and commercial needs of the organisation.
• Manage changes to the supplier strategy and plans, at a tactical or strategic level, in order to mitigate any evolving issues or supplier risks, or to align more closely with the corporate strategy.

Applicants must demonstrate the following essential criteria:

• Exceptional management skills and ability to operate in a Matrix management environment.
• Strong at delivering with remarkable resilience.
• Thinks long-term and doesn't get dragged into the day-to-day.
• Demonstrable ability to build effective internal relationships at multiple levels.
• Create and maintain positive, collaborative, and trusting working relationships with a wide range of people within and outside the organisation.
• Knowledge and understanding of, and the ability to operate effectively in, the statutory, regulatory, and guidance-based policy and service delivery framework within which the DBS and wider public sector operates.
• An expert people manager with the ability to both lead and develop team working, engage others, and deliver the required KPI and wider OneDBS performance outcomes.
• Expert practitioner in strategic supplier relationship management and demonstrable experience of leading a supplier management capability in a range of settings.
• Expert knowledge in complex commercial relationship management and contracting processes.
• Outstanding relationship management capabilities, and a track record of negotiations, at executive and senior levels.
• Proactively forges new relationships with senior stakeholders in all key supplier organisations, investing time in maintaining such relationships.
• Evidence of coaching and mentoring senior stakeholders in strategic supplier performance management.
• Actively engages with, and provides value to, senior business partners (Commercial, Transformation, HR, Finance, Disclosure, Safeguarding & Barring, Strategy and Performance)
• Effective presenter - able to articulate ideas and concepts extremely well.

Please provide a CV and supporting suitability statement outlining how you meet the essential criteria listed by 23:55 on Sunday 5th June 2022.

As part of our clearance process all successful candidates will be required to undergo a DBS basics check and receive Home Office Baseline Security Clearance. Once a provisional offer is issued you'll be required to complete the DBS Basics Check yourself online. Guidance on how to complete this will be issued at the provisional offer stage.

Salary: equivalent to NHS Band 7, £160.00 per day

Hours: Ad hoc – approximately 20 -30 days per year (minimum two days per month, ten months of the year) up to 2 days per week. Flexibility is required on the part of the Professional Officer and will be reciprocated by the Baby Friendly Initiative.

Permanent

Location: Home based, will involve travel  

UNICEF ensures more of the world’s children are vaccinated, educated and protected than any other organisation. We have done more to influence laws and policies to help protect children than anyone else. We get things done. And we’re not going to stop until the world is a safe place for all our children.

This is a great opportunity to join the UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK) Baby Friendly Initiative as a Professional Officer to support our Programmes.

In this role you will take part in assessments of services seeking Baby Friendly accreditation. Depending on specialist knowledge and experience, other work may also be offered, for example training, document review.

You will be a practitioner with experience of leading on the implementation of the UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative standards in a relevant UK public service and of teaching infant feeding to health professionals. Training will be provided.

Closing date: 5pm, 3 June 2022.

Interview date: 29 June 2022 via video conferencing (MS Teams).

We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, and disabled candidates, because we would like to increase the representation of these groups at this level at UNICEF UK. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for children.

UNICEF UK promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We make employment decisions by matching business needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

The successful candidate will be required to apply for a criminal records check. A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working with us. This will depend on the nature of the role and the circumstances of your offences.

We only accept online applications as this saves us money, making more funds available for us to help ensure children’s rights.

If you require support in completing the online form or an application form in an alternative format, please contact our Supporter Care line during office hours.

If you do not hear from us within 14 days of the closing date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note that we only provide feedback to shortlisted candidates.

Registered Charity Nos. 1072612 (England and Wales) SC043677 (Scotland)

About Us

The National Lottery Community Fund is the largest funder of community activity in the UK – we support people and communities to prosper and thrive.

National Lottery players raise an incredible £30 million a week for good causes. This money funds projects and activities that transform communities, protect our heritage and enrich lives through arts, sports and culture. We are proud to be one of 12 distributors responsible for awarding this funding across the UK.

Thanks to National Lottery players, last year we were able to award over half a billion pounds of life-changing funding to UK communities, supporting thousands of projects making a real difference to people’s lives.

Over eight in ten of our grants were for under £10,000 going to grassroots groups and charities across the UK doing great things to support their communities, during a particularly tough time.

We also distribute non-National Lottery funds, working closely with Government on funding for important issues, such as tackling loneliness, multiple and complex needs, mental health and distributing Dormant Accounts money.

Over the last five years we’ve awarded a total of £3.4 billion, of which £2.7 billion is National Lottery money.

We fund things that matter – whether helping communities respond positively to national, regional or local priorities, or helping the UK achieve its big social ambitions. Our grants range from £500 up to multi-million-pound programmes – supporting people and projects to do extraordinary things and bring great ideas for their community to life.

About the Role

Are you passionate, creative and curious about creating change in communities across the UK?

We’re looking for five proactive, energetic people to join our UK Portfolio Team as Portfolio Officers.

Portfolio Officers are at the core of what we do, they work closely with grant seekers to support them through our funding, assess their applications and provide recommendations to our decision makers. They also work closely with grant holders ensuring public money is spent appropriately within communities across the UK and share learning and insights from the work we fund.

The UK Portfolio sits in our Funding Strategy Directorate. We deliver funding programmes and support projects that are working across the UK. Uniquely positioned to complement and add value to the work of the Fund’s other four country directorates: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. We’re a relatively small, yet energetic team with a range of expertise and interests, reflected in the range of programmes we deliver. Annually we distribute approximately £80m within the UK Portfolio across a range of funding programmes supporting projects from Fife to Omagh; Teesside to Bridgend. 

You’ll report to one of our Portfolio Managers and work with other Portfolio Officers across one or more of our funding programmes. Some of our recent and exciting programmes include:

• The Climate Action Fund, a £100m programme supporting communities across the UK to take action on climate change.
• Bringing People Together aims to support projects that will build stronger connections across communities and strengthen these connections by exploring and developing the conditions needed to build better and longer-lasting ways of bringing people together.
• The Platinum Jubilee Fund aims celebrates 70 years of Her Majesty The Queen’s reign and will fund 70 projects across the UK. The programme aims to fund projects that create a greater legacy for our places and spaces, and that support new opportunities, activities and build better relationships with one another, across generations and with the natural world.

You will work across the full life cycle of our grant making which might mean helping the design of new programmes; assessing applications on current, open programmes; managing and sometimes closing down grants as they are completed.

Within these roles there may also be opportunities to provide project management support, and/or work specifically on climate, one of our key thematic areas.

These roles would suit people who:

• Can work flexibly, at pace and to tight deadlines
• Are adept at building and maintaining relationships with those from a range of backgrounds and job roles
• Are able to use their initiative and manage their time working comfortably with competing priorities and deadlines and a can-do attitude
• Are comfortable working with an online and geographically dispersed team
• Can learn quickly about complex and nuanced issues, think about and create connections and synthesize this information to present it to others in a clear and concise manner
• Are curious, ask questions and comfortable providing feedback to a range of people and groups.

This is an exciting opportunity for you to join a dynamic and welcoming team, working with hugely important and fascinating projects that are responding to and addressing a wide range of topics from employment to climate, racial justice to safeguarding.

Importantly we need people who are curious about the society we live in and passionate about the vital role of charities and voluntary organisations in helping communities to thrive and about the work The National Lottery Community Fund does.

As we continue to move out of the COVID-19 pandemic, you may need to travel from time to time for this role, supporting colleagues and communities across the UK. We do not expect this to be any more than one to two occasions per month.

You can be based anywhere in the UK to carry out these roles.

We are currently exploring how we’ll work in the longer term, but it is likely that all roles will be of a hybrid nature with options to work from home, an office, out in the community or a mixture of these.

Contract Type: 5 Permanent roles are available

Hours: Full time. Flexible working considered

Interview Date: Week commencing 27 June

Location: UK wide

Essential Criteria

We are looking for talented people from a wide range of backgrounds, cultures and experiences who share our values and are passionate about making a difference through our funding. Whether through lived, learnt or gained experience you will really understand the communities we work with.

In your application, you need to demonstrate how you address the following criteria: 

Essential 

• Relationships: Ability to build and maintain effective relationships internally and externally, at different levels; with a strong commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion. 
• Written and communication skills: Proven ability to assess applications and manage a caseload; analyse and synthesise large amounts of information and communicate complex ideas in an engaging and clear manner, challenge when appropriate and manage risk.
• Communication skills: Strong listening, written and verbal communication. Experienced and able to produce written communication (for example, assessment papers, reports, articles, case studies or research papers) to a high standard and to a tight deadline.
• Advanced critical and analytical skills: Ability to absorb a wide range of information, drawing connections across knowledge, relationships and systems, and make judgement-based decisions with confidence

Desirable Criteria

• An understanding of and / or experience of funding work that fits with the  ambitions and programmes of the UK Portfolio.

• Good knowledge and understanding of our communities and the voluntary sector and the ability to spot trends and identify opportunities for our programmes.

For You

We seek to develop our staff and offer a wide range of personal development opportunities.

We offer a wide range of generous benefits including:

• Generous annual leave and company pension scheme
• Flexible working to support staff with their work/life balance, taking into account things such as caring responsibilities, worship and attendance at religious festivals
• Enhanced paid maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Season ticket and cycle to work loans
• Paid volunteering leave

Equal Opportunities

Communities in the UK come in all shapes and sizes. National Lottery funding is for everyone – we are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion and work hard to ensure our funding reaches where it is needed.

We also believe our people should represent the communities, organisations and individuals we work with. We are committed to being an inclusive and great place to work, and recognise our people come from diverse backgrounds.  As such we particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities, Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, LGBTQ+ and from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We welcome applications from disabled people and will proactively make reasonable adjustments if needed through the recruitment process and during employment. This can be related to a physical and mental health conditions.

We are also proud to be a Stonewall Diversity Champion, supporting our commitment to being a great place to work for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) staff.

Project Co-ordinator Welsh Language

We have an exciting new role funded by the Welsh Government. The Welsh Language Project Co-ordinator will play an important role in the organisations Cymru’s Cwlwm work. The role supports early years, childcare and playwork practitioners with Welsh language skills

Position: Welsh Language Project Co-ordinator

Location: Home based

Hours: 37 hours per week

Salary: £24,226

Duration: Funded to 31 March 2023, with possibility of extension subject to funding

Benefits: Include 25 days’ holiday, rising to 29 after service increments plus 8 bank holiday, Personal Pension Scheme, Healthcare Cash Plan, Employee Assistance Programme, Staff Awards Scheme, Company Sick Pay Scheme, flexible working patterns

The Role

As Welsh Language Project Co-ordinator, you will co-ordinate the Welsh language project, encourage members to embark onto the Camau online self-learning course,  and provide ongoing support to practitioners on increasing their use of the Welsh language. Travel will be required to undertake this role.

Main duties include:

• Establish and manage robust procedures and systems to support the co- ordination, delivery and monitoring of the Welsh Language project
• Identify settings and recruitment of practitioners for the delivery of training courses
• Working with Cwlwm partners in the early years, childcare and playwork sector
• Promote the development of Welsh language skills
• Provide support to practitioners to ensure what is learnt in the training is implemented in the workplace
• Development of resources to ensure training influences practice
• Delivery of live interaction sessions with practitioners and other partners
• Collection of data, monitoring and tracking the progress of participants following their completion of the course
• Provide regular written reports identifying progress against targets for Senior Managers and funding bodies.
• Systematically gather and record sector intelligence and research from early years, childcare and play work providers and partners
• Promote the benefits of membership and access to its products, services and support

About You

As Welsh Language Project Co-ordinator, you will have:

• A good standard of education in Welsh and English
• Knowledge of the benefits and value of the Welsh language in the early year’s sector
• Good communication skills - fluent in both English and Welsh
• Experience of using a range of IT applications including Microsoft Office/ Excel
• Excellent administrative skills with attention to detail
• Able to build relationships easily and communicate at all levels,
• Enthusiasm for quality early years, childcare and playwork opportunities

To apply you will be asked to submit your CV along with a covering letter detailing how your skills, knowledge and experience meet the requirements of the role.

About the Organisation

The organisation is a national charity and membership association specifically for nurseries. They work in partnership with nurseries, local authorities, national government and a range of partners to develop an environment in which early learning and care can flourish.

The organisation is committed to a policy of equal opportunities and is actively opposed to discrimination in society.

You may also have experience as a Project Coordinator, Welsh Language, Project Administrator, Administrator, Admin, Administration, Welsh Speaker, Welsh Coordinator, Coordinator, Project Manager, Project Assistant.

​TechVets is a non-profit established in March 2018 and now a programme within RFEA - The Forces Employment Charity. TechVets provides opportunities for veterans, Service leavers, reservists and their families to join our amazing community, to learn and train using leading resources and to receive valuable employment support.

We have created an online community of more than 3,170 members across 12 active regional hubs throughout the UK. This provides a safe community environment with like-minded tech-curious veterans to support them in transition/resettlement concerns, tech advice and support, learning and development as well as training collaboration, and local physical meetups to maintain their Military family. The community, growing at an average of c.100+ new members per month, offers to…

• De-bunk the resettlement and cyber/tech myths to improve decision making

• Provide pastoral support through a complex, challenging time

•  Leverage expertise of those veterans who are experienced cyber practitioners​

We are now seeking a motivated Community Lead, passionate about tech and the Military community, to join our small but growing TechVets team as we continue to deliver the UKs leading support for veterans and service leavers into information technology careers. This role is an exciting opportunity to be part of a dynamic disruptor reshaping the way our veterans and service leavers enter technical careers, and changing thousands of peoples lives for the better. 

Is this role for you?

The online community is hosted on our Discord server but our community should be extended to the entire British Military community and for us to retain our community as the best throughout the word, we are seeking the right person to deliver the following:

Outreach to the Forces community

Conduct outreach activities to extend TechVets reach further and wider into the veteran and service leaver community and their families. This will help us to ensure that our services are accessible to many more that may benefit from enhanced digital skills or that may wish to pursue a pathway into an IT career and the benefits that can bring.

​Support the development of the online community platform

The online Discord server is the home to our community and therefore it needs to provide an exceptional mechanism for support that our members deserve. The Community Lead will work with Director TechVets and the (volunteer) Discord Technical Support to enhance our community platform.

Coordinate & lead community engagement activities

Coordinate targeted activities within the community to improve the user experience, to enhance the interactive nature of our community forum, and to increase the levels of accessibility and engagement across the entire membership.

Reporting

​The Community Lead will collate the necessary data and provide regular reports to the TechVets Director. The Community Lead will be expected to verbally (virtually and / or physically) present results to TechVets Director as well as the RFEA Senior Management Team.

Ideally you have the following skills & experience...

• UK Military experience (any rank, any service).
• Experience developing, managing or coordinating an online community.
• Good understanding of the tech sector and information technology careers.
•  Good technical knowledge with ability and passion to learn new systems with ease.
• Capable of working remotely to targets and deadlines.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication (verbal and written) skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills and passionate about people and the military community.
• Effective team player but also able to self motivate and operate independently.
• Uses initiative and drive to navigate both internally and externally to achieve results.
• Highly organised, good attention to detail and works with pace.
•  Enthusiastic, adaptable and willing to learn.
• Adept at using basic productivity software (ie...Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word)

It would be even better if you had the following skills & experience...

• Currently a TechVets member.
• Proficient user of Discord.
• Familiar with using CRM software.
• Familiar with basic project management software.

​This is a full time fixed term contract working 35 hours per week until April 2023. You will receive an competitive salary of £28k-30k (depending on experience) along a generous annual leave entitlement and other benefits. 

The role is remote based, however, candidates will be expected to travel to our Head Office in London and to other events around the UK as and when required. 

Please apply with a CV and Covering Letter. The closing date for the position is 3rd June 2022 with interviews expected to commence the following week. 

Counsellor

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced counsellor with management experience to join our Emotional Support Project in Cornwall. 

Position: Stroke Association Emotional Support Service Manager/Counsellor – Emotional Support

Location: Homebased, with regular travel required throughout Cornwall

Hours: Part-time, 21 hours per week

Salary: Circa £17,640 per annum (FTE salary circa £29,400)

Contract: This is a three years fixed term contract until 31 March 2025. Three years funding for this role has been provided from The Elwyn Thomas Memorial Fund, funding will expire 31 March 2025.

Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (this will increase with service up to 30 days, full time equivalent) cashback and discount scheme, employee assistance programme, learning and development, pension scheme, Life Assurance, Eye Care vouchers, Long Service Award, Tax-free childcare, Health Cash Plan, Working Pattern Agreement, flexible working opportunities available.

Closing Date: 5 June 2022

Interview Date: 13 June 2022

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic interviews may be held via video conferencing. Please let us know if this will present any challenges when you email your application

The Role

The project funded by the Elwyn Thomas Memorial Fund will deliver an Emotional Support Service as well as through collaborative community working, will result in valuable assets for the community, in the shape of self-sustaining peer and volunteer led support through groups, partnerships and activities.

Reporting to the Services Delivery Lead, the team will deliver a professional counselling service to stroke survivors, carers and relatives.  Counselling sessions are designed to help clients to develop emotional resilience, readjust to life after stroke and prepare to reintegrate into community life.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Direct, lead and manage the development and provision of a stroke specific counselling service, ensuring professional and ethical excellence
• Be responsible for the management of Emotional Support Service Co-ordinators/Counsellors and Project Engagement Officers, ensuring good governance and safe, ethical delivery of counselling services
• Manage the Elwyn Thomas Memorial Fund donation, including working collaboratively with external partners to deliver sustainable community development initiates to improve emotional wellbeing of stroke survivors.
• To maintain a client case load and providing a flexible approach in meeting the needs of clients with cognitive or communication difficulties.

About You

You will have:

• An advanced diploma in integrative, humanistic or person-centred counselling/psychotherapy; for example, BACP recognised course or equivalent (i.e. 450 hours skills and theory, 100 hours of supervised practice, 20 hours of personal therapy). *
• A minimum of 1 year post qualification supervised clinical practice. *
• BACP (or equivalent) registration/accreditation. *
• Experience of delivering short-term counselling
• Experience of working with people with cognitive impairment
• Experience of project management and community development

* Alternatively, equivalent experience.

This role requires extensive travel across a large geographical locality to visit people at home and in community settings.  Candidates must be able to demonstrate how they can meet this requirement of the role

To fulfil the role, you must abode within the U.K and have the right to work in the U.K

Please submit your CV and a covering letter of no more than two pages demonstrating how you meet the person specification and what you bring to the role in terms of your skills and experience.  Please state the reference S909 when applying.

About the Organisation

Stroke Association. Rebuilding lives after stroke.

When stroke strikes, part of your brain shuts down. And so does a part of you. That’s because a stroke happens in the brain, the control centre for who we are and what we can do. It happens every five minutes in the UK and changes lives instantly. Recovery is tough, but with the right specialist support and a ton of courage and determination, the brain can adapt.

We believe everyone deserves to live the best life they can after stroke. And it’s a team effort to get there.

We provide specialist support, fund critical research and campaign to make sure people affected by stroke get the very best care and support to rebuild their lives.

We’re working to improve the diversity of our team.  Because we know that individuality leads to a richer experience for our people and better support for those affected by stroke.

We strongly encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. And we’re particularly looking to increase the number of applications from those with lived experience of stroke and those from under-represented communities. 

Every five minutes, stroke destroys lives. Help us rebuild them and join our team.

In 2019, we developed a bold new corporate strategy so that we can rebuild more lives after stroke and make a bigger difference to people’s lives. To help us deliver our strategy and make a real difference, we are looking to recruit talented people to a number of new roles. If you would like to support stroke survivors to rebuild their lives, we want to hear from you!

You may also have experience in areas such as Support Manager, Emotional Support, Counsellor, Emotional Support Mentor, Emotional Wellbeing, Wellbeing Worker, Social and Emotional Support, Mental Health Worker, Counsellor, Therapist, Junior Counsellor, Senior Counsellor, Mental Health Counsellor, Stroke Counsellor, Community Based Counsellor, Counselling Psychologist, Psychotherapist, Clinical Counsellor, Online Counsellor, Telephone Counsellor, Emotional Support, Emotional Support Counsellor, Stroke, Rehabilitation.

Counsellor (Stroke Support)

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced counsellor to join the Emotional Support Service in Northern Ireland. 

Position: Stroke Association Support Co-ordinator/Counsellor - Emotional Support Service, ‘STEPS’ project

Location: Homebased [Regular travel required throughout Northern Ireland

Hours: Part-time, 21 hours per week

Salary: Circa £16,380 per annum (FTE salary circa £27,300)

Contract: This is a fixed term contract until September 2024. Funding has been provided from The National Lottery Community Fund, made possible thanks to National Lottery players.

Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (this will increase with service up to 30 days, full time equivalent) cashback and discount scheme, employee assistance programme, learning and development, pension scheme, Life Assurance, Eye Care vouchers, Long Service Award, Tax-free childcare, Health Cash Plan, Working Pattern Agreement, flexible working opportunities available.

Closing Date: 31 May 2022 

Interview Date: 16 June 2022

Interviews may be held via video conferencing.  Please let us know if this will present any challenges when you email your application.

The Role

STEPS (Stroke Tailored Emotional and Psychological Support) is funded to deliver stroke specific counselling using a blended approach e.g. in person (Face to Face), by telephone and on-line (using a secure digital platform) throughout Northern Ireland. 

Reporting to the Emotional Support Service Manager the team will deliver a professional counselling service to stroke survivors, carers and relatives.  Counselling sessions are designed to help clients to develop emotional resilience, readjust to life after stroke and prepare to reintegrate into community life.

Key responsibilities will include:

• providing one to one counselling to stroke survivors, carers and relatives including those with communication or cognitive difficulties
• providing counselling sessions in person, on-line or by telephone, throughout Northern Ireland
• assessing the appropriateness of counselling for service users by providing emotional needs assessment sessions as well as using appropriate screening/evaluation tools (e.g. CORE)
• managing risk and safeguarding issues in accordance with appropriate legal, ethical and organisational requirements.

About You

You will have:

• An advanced diploma in integrative, humanistic or person-centred counselling/psychotherapy; for example, BACP recognised course or equivalent (i.e. 450 hours’ skills and theory, 100 hours of supervised practice, 20 hours of personal therapy)
• A minimum of 1-year post qualification supervised clinical practice
• BACP registration (or equivalent) and actively working towards accreditation
• Experience of delivering short-term counselling
• Experience of working with people with cognitive impairment

The use of a car with business use cover and the ability to drive is essential to be able to fulfil the requirements of the role.  The successful applicant must be able to travel independently to carry out the requirements of the post without relying on public transport.

To fulfil the role, you must have the right to work in the U.K

Please submit your CV and a covering letter of no more than two pages demonstrating how you meet the person specification and what you bring to the role in terms of your skills and experience. 

About the Organisation

Stroke Association. Rebuilding lives after stroke.

When stroke strikes, part of your brain shuts down. And so does a part of you. That’s because a stroke happens in the brain, the control centre for who we are and what we can do. It happens every five minutes in the UK and changes lives instantly. Recovery is tough, but with the right specialist support and a ton of courage and determination, the brain can adapt.

We believe everyone deserves to live the best life they can after stroke. And it’s a team effort to get there.

We provide specialist support, fund critical research and campaign to make sure people affected by stroke get the very best care and support to rebuild their lives.

We’re working to improve the diversity of our team.  Because we know that individuality leads to a richer experience for our people and better support for those affected by stroke.

We strongly encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. And we’re particularly looking to increase the number of applications from those with lived experience of stroke and those from under-represented communities. 

Every five minutes, stroke destroys lives. Help us rebuild them and join our team.

In 2019, we developed a bold new corporate strategy so that we can rebuild more lives after stroke and make a bigger difference to people’s lives. To help us deliver our strategy and make a real difference, we are looking to recruit talented people to a number of new roles. If you would like to support stroke survivors to rebuild their lives, we want to hear from you!

You may also have experience in areas such as Support Manager, Emotional Support, Counsellor, Emotional Support Mentor, Emotional Wellbeing, Wellbeing Worker, Social and Emotional Support, Mental Health Worker, Counsellor, Therapist, Junior Counsellor, Senior Counsellor, Mental Health Counsellor, Stroke Counsellor, Community Based Counsellor, Counselling Psychologist, Psychotherapist, Clinical Counsellor, Online Counsellor, Telephone Counsellor, Emotional Support, Emotional Support Counsellor, Stroke, Rehabilitation.