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The Independence at Home Manager is a senior role within Age UK Lancashire, and the Operations Team, reporting to the Operations Director and deputising for them where required. You will lead a team responsible for delivering a number of income streams including services contracted by the Local Authority and NHS.
This role provides an outstanding opportunity to work for a Charity where our mission is to Deliver Outstanding, Responsive & Inclusive Services & Solutions
As a Senior Operational Delivery Manager you will be responsible for:
- Leading the delivery and development of contracted, grant funded and customer purchased services
- Engaging with relevant external and internal colleagues to ensure that the quality of services are continuously improved and are value for money
- Reporting to the Operations Director and supporting them to design, develop and deliver the Operation’s strategy
- Leading delivery teams to achieve optimum performance
- Key stakeholder management
About you
Some of the key skills and experience you'll bring:
- Experience of working in the Charity/Third Sector, or related field.
- Extensive experience of Operational Performance and Reporting
- Strong leadership and people management skills, with experience of having improved team performance
- Very strong operational and data analytical capability and organisational skills, adherence to policy and procedures and ability to establish new business processes as they arise
- Strong leadership and people management skills, with experience of having improved team performance
- Experience of managing NHS/Local authority contracts or working within a similar sector
- Recent track record of service improvement
Next Steps
For an informal discussion about the role please contact Donna Studholme, Operations Director, details can be found in the job pack on our website:
The full job pack can be downloaded from our website, we do not accept CV's.
Closing date: 22nd February 2021
Interviews: TBC
The nature of the post will require travel across the area. A full driving licence, appropriate insurance cover and use of a car are essential.
DBS: This post is eligible for an enhanced DBS check and all the associated costs will be met by the employee. The cost for the DBS check is £40 plus an additional administration charge of £5.50 totalling £45.50. This amount will be deducted from an employees first salary with Age UK Lancashire.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are looking for a dynamic individual to join our team as Scheme Director to lead and develop Home-Start Lambeth.
Home-Start Lambeth improves the life chances of some of London’s most vulnerable children by supporting their parents to meet their needs. We offer support, friendship and practical help to families with young children who are struggling to cope. We train volunteers and match them with a local family. We also offer specialist support for women who have experienced Domestic Abuse.
The Scheme Director will lead on the development and implementation of income generation and and service development strategies, as well as being responsible for the day to day running of the charity ensuring all legal obligations are met.
To apply for this position please read over the job description and person specification and return the application form and diversity form.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Creative Support is a national, fast growing not-for-profit organisation providing support to individuals with a wide range of care needs. We are currently looking to add a Senior Support to our team in Ribbleton, Preston.
We are looking for calm, patient and hardworking individuals with a friendly disposition that are keen to assist in leading a team of Support Workers. You will also be helping to provide 2 to 1 care to our male client who lives with learning disabilities and complex care needs including Tourette’s syndrome. Experience is essential for this role, as it the ability to demonstrate unconditional positive regard in a positive behavioural support setting.
Senior Support Worker Duties:
- Actively embrace all aspects of the role including support with personal care and domestic tasks as well as community activities such as walking, swimming and going to the gym
- Day-to-day coordination of a person centred service with the target to meet the needs of the service users
- Ensuring the overall quality of service provision and liaise closely with other professionals and agencies in respect of referrals, care plans and reviews.
- Communicate excellently with our tenants, their families and all stakeholders.
- Supervise and guide our staff team to deliver a consistently responsive and personalised service.
As a senior practitioner and supervisor, we will support your continuous development by providing accredited courses such as person centred planning, communication approaches and many more.
Benefits of working with Creative Support:
- Free 24/7 counselling and employee support programme,
- Support to complete the nationally recognised Care Certificate,
- Competitive pay and a pension with company contribution and 28 days annual leave,
- Company paid enhanced DBS for all staff,
- All our staff are supported 24/7 by our out of hour’s teams.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Senior Support Worker - Children & Young People (Nights)
Dartington, near Totnes
Salary scale: £10.23 - £10.55 per hour (plus night premium)
Working hours: Full time, fixed term-maternity cover contract for 9 – 12 months
We are looking for a Senior Support Worker to join the team at Robins, our 10 bed Residential & Respite Home in Dartington.
Children and young people with learning disabilities and their families are at the heart of everything we do and we want every person we support to have a great life, with excellent outcomes. We couldn’t achieve that without all the great Support Workers who join our care teams. It all starts with you!
There is no such thing as a ‘typical’ Support Worker. Our staff come from lots of different backgrounds, people with little or no experience but want a job that involves helping people, those who want a change of career, as well as experienced Support Workers.
The one thing that links all of them together is their desire to work with young people with learning disabilities, make their lives better and help them to learn something new or take a further step towards independence. Our Support Workers certainly don’t see what they do as ‘just another job’.
No two days will be the same as you will get involved in a variety of different tasks and activities whilst helping the young people to learn the skills they need to live the life they choose.
Ideally, you will have previous experience in this sector and must hold a Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare (or equivalent).
Defined as a “Good” provider by Ofsted, Robins are looking for “Outstanding” staff who will deliver support in a professional, caring way and in return, we can offer an excellent range of staff benefits including 28 days’ annual leave per annum, a company pension scheme, childcare vouchers, staff discount scheme, ongoing training and supervision, continuing professional development and support, as well as an extensive induction on commencement of employment. Lifeworks are also accredited Disability Confident Employers.
Lifeworks is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment. For this post, pre-employment checks will be carried out, references will be sought and successful candidates will need to undertake an enhanced DBS check.
Our client is currently seeking Community Support Workers to work throughout Wigan, South Wales and Cornwall to help provide care and support to elderly and vulnerable adults within their own homes.
Their quality care and support services place the individual at the centre of all they do, if you feel you can make a real difference as a Key Worker please apply today!
Support Worker Responsibilities:
· Prompting/Support with personal care and dressing (which could include assistance with intimate personal care).
· Support with light household duties, including laundry, shopping and cleaning, meal preparation.
· Assisting with medication – this could be collecting prescriptions, prompting, or administering medication.
· Accompanying to medical appointments if needed.
· General companionship.
Support Worker Requirements:
They do not ask for any formal qualifications or experience of working in care before, although having previous experience in a similar role would be desirable.
This role requires working with vulnerable individuals as well as delivering personal care and support. Your employment will therefore be subject to appropriate pre-employment checks including references and an Enhanced Disclosure & Baring Service Check.
A full driving licence and access to your own vehicle with 'business use' car insurance is essential to undertake this role.
About our client:
They are an information and advice service that helps navigate individuals through the care system. Working in partnership with councils across the UK, they give advice to those who have to pay for part or all of their care.
What they offer:
· £150 Refer a Friend Scheme (subject to conditions).
· Free uniform and full PPE.
· Paid induction training, including shadowing in the field.
· Family friendly company which offers flexible working.
· Opportunity to complete QCF Qualifications.
· Enhanced Bank Holiday rates.
Location: Wigan, South Wales and Cornwall
Contract Type: Full Time, Permanent
Hours: Various Hours Available
Salary: £9.00 to £10 per hour
You may have experience of the following: Support Worker, Care Staff, Senior Support Worker, Young People, Voluntary Sector, Residential Care Worker, Community Development, Challenging Behaviour, Senior Social Care Worker, Community Services, Care Assistant, etc.
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Home Start Derby Senior Co-ordinator
NJC Scale point 18 – 21 £24,982 - £26,511 per annum (pro rata) 25 hours per week (part flexible working available).
Permanent Contract
Home Start Derby is a registered charity supporting families with young children. We believe every child in our community deserves the best start in life.
The role
We are looking for a senior co-ordinator to work as part of a small team based across Derby and parts of Derbyshire. Responsibilities include assessing families and young children’s needs and matching them to volunteers. Supervising, training & supporting volunteers. Liaising with referrers and delivering input to young children and families through scheduled group work and home visiting. As the senior coordinator you will also have a role in caseload management and take a lead on our South Derbyshire operation. A driving license and the willingness to make regular travel for work is a necessity.
The candidate
We want to hear from you if you have parenting experience and an understanding of family’s needs and children’s early years’ development. A sound knowledge of safeguarding practise, ability to work under own initiative, able to motivate others and confident IT skills are expected.
Home Start Derby positively welcomes and seeks to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment. We encourage applications from all candidates regardless of age, race, gender, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or nationality.
This post is subject to an enhanced CRB check and Social Care checks.
At Home Start Derby 'we believe every child in our Community deserves the best start in life'.
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Are you a skilled multitasker? Are you an organised project manager with at least four years’ programme management experience? Are you committed to working towards a world where women have equal rights to men, and have the economic independence they need to participate fully in society?
If so, then you could be the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women’s new Senior Programme Manager.
As Senior Programme Manager you will join our small, but dynamic Entrepreneurship team, working alongside Entrepreneurship colleagues and with colleagues across the organisations to deliver our flagship technology based programmes that support women entrepreneurs with small and growing businesses across numerous geographies.
Although not essential, any prior experience working on projects in Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Vietnam, and Indonesia would be welcome. You will also play a central role in contributing to the design and delivery of programmes for foundations, corporate donors and institutional donors, such as USAID.
If this sounds like the sort of challenge you have been looking for, we welcome your application.
This is a fixed term and part time position for 21-28 hours per week for six months with a starting salary range of £36,796 pro-rata. We are open to discuss flexible working options with applicants, and you’ll be entitled to 25 days of annual leave pro-rata and other benefits. We have a lively, friendly, passionate and hard-working team, with an international and collaborative culture.
Apply by 9am GMT, Wednesday 17th March 2021. Interviews will be held via Zoom week commencing 22nd March.
The Foundation is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively encourages candidates of all backgrounds to apply for this position – diversity is important to us. All applicants should have the right to work in the UK. We are open to receiving applications from individuals who are interested in flexible or remote working options. Please let us know if you have any access requirements of which you would like us to be aware during this process.
Due to the large number of applications we receive, please note that you will only be contacted should we wish to invite you to interview.
Thank you for your interest in the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women. We look forward to receiving your application.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
As part of SHP's Islington Multidisciplinary Floating Support Service, the Islington Justice Link Service provides a flexible support to clients with Mental Health issues who come into contact with Criminal Justice System. The service also provides support to clients under MAPPA with a focus on housing need.
SHP (Single Homeless Project) is one of London’s leading homelessness prevention charities and a dynamic and growing organisation changing 8,000 lives every year across London - from supporting people in crisis, to helping them take the final steps towards independence and employment
As the Senior Link Worker you will hold a caseload of up to 20 clients, where you will support them to address offending behaviours, housing related issues, engaging with ETE and promoting independence. You will also be responsible for managing the referrals into the service and ensuring the service is running at capacity. Other responsibilities include, actively raising the profile of the service and promoting it to relevant stakeholders and to develop strong effective working relationships with probation officers, who you will work alongside.
To be successful you will have:
- A demonstrable level of experience of the range of approaches appropriate to working with someone with, one or more of the following needs: Mental or Physical heath, substance use, offending or antisocial behaviour
- A good and current understanding of safeguarding issues and procedures
- Experience of working in a client-focussed support service working with vulnerable people presenting high levels of need and risk
- Ability to engage and motivate people to move towards an appropriate level of independence and inclusion.
Closing date: 8th March 2021 (at Midnight)
Interviews to be held: 18th March 2021
This post will require an Enhanced DBS check to be processed for the successful applicant.
Our attractive benefits package includes:
- A salary increase after successfully completing six months.
- A 37.5 hour working week including flexible working hours (core hours are 10am – 4pm) in non-accommodation services
- 25 days annual leave, increasing annually to the maximum 30 days (plus paid Bank Holidays),
- A contributory pension scheme: SHP will contribute the equivalent of 5% of your annual salary
- Staff Health Cash Plan and discounts scheme
- Comprehensive and integrated training programme designed specifically to develop the skills and knowledge involved in our work
SHP is actively committed to equal opportunities and the promotion of diversity and inclusion, in all of our services and workplaces. We are also Disability Confident Committed, a Stonewall Diversity Champion and are IIP Silver accredited.
Carers Federation Ltd is a national charity and Company Limited by Guarantee established in 1992 to empower Carers, the people for whom they care and the wider community. The charity is managed by a Board of Trustees elected by our membership.
Our Action for Young Carers service helps young people aged 5-18. As part of a small team of Support Workers you will work closely with Young Carers and their families in Nottingham City. The attributes of AYC Support Worker would be.
- Deal with emotional, practical, and physical pressures
- Working with families providing assistance and one to one support
- Offer appropriate interventions and identify needs of individual and or family with internal and external support organisation statutory.
- Confident, conscientious, enthusiastic
- Previous experience in working with children
- You will be expected to deliver group activities during school holidays and at least one evening a week during term time.
You will work within Nottingham City Safeguarding Board policies and procedures alongside those of Carers Federation.
It is essential that you are a driver and car user as the role entails travel throughout Nottingham City and you will need to transport Young Carers to and from various activities.
Due to the current situation with Coronavirus you will be required to temporarily
work from home
This post is subject to medical, reference and enhanced DBS checks.
“Striving to promote equality and diversity throughout our service”
Closing date: Friday 12th March 2021.
Carers Federation operates a smoke free site policy. Smoking is not permitted on any of our premises.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Support Worker (Part Time)
Location: Bristol / Gloucestershire
Salary: £9 to £9.50 per hour + excellent benefits, paid travel time and training
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: Friday 26 February 2021
Our client is looking to recruit a Support Worker on a permanent contract to deliver independent living care and support to their customers on a part time basis. This is a great opportunity to make a real positive difference to an individual’s life.
Our client prides themselves on their high quality delivery of support and care services, ensuring a positive and safe environment where each customer can maintain their independence in their own home.
What can you expect in the role?
Everyday is unique in our client’s services and the extraordinary support they offer to individuals is different everyday too. You will be responsible for supporting adults who have single or combined sight and hearing loss with daily living tasks, from shopping, household cleaning and dealing with correspondence, to going out to galleries or places of interest, lunch out with friends or assisting them to their appointments.
It’s important for you as a trusted Support Worker to build good relationships with customers, empowering individual’s independence and engage well in conversations. Within this contract you will be supporting both male and female customers.
Do you need experience?
Our client is looking for someone with similar experience within a Support Worker or Social Care role and a British Sign Language (BSL) Level 2 qualification is essential.
The successful applicant will also require a full UK driving license and access to a car as this role involves lone working and you will be required to travel independently to customer’s homes. You will need to complete employment checks and an enhanced DBS check (paid for by the organisation).
Benefits
Choosing to work within our client’s unique services you will not only be benefiting from a supportive network of colleagues, this will also be complimented by an excellent benefits package including, competitive annual leave allowance, opportunity to take part in bespoke training & gain qualifications relevant to your role, DBS Enhanced Check fully paid for by the organisation, Inclusion in our client’s pension scheme, Care Certificate training and Discounts at major restaurants, hotels, shops and cinemas and Other benefits from the Perkbox employee benefits scheme
So if you share our client’s passion and enthusiasm, click apply, simply complete the short application form, attach your CV and tell us why you’re ideal for this role and we’ll be back in touch. We look forward to hearing from you.
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Full time, 37.5 hours per week
Fixed term contract for 12 months
Based at London Bridge and/or remote working with some travel to the London office (currently closed due to Covid-19 restrictions)
What the job involves
This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Data Insight Analyst to join our Data Insight function. As part of the Communications directorate, you will be laser focused on deepening our understanding of our customers and their behaviour to help us make informed, evidence-based decisions to keep them coming back for more.
You will play a key role in providing actionable insights through data deep-dive analysis. You will design and develop business KPI dashboards, deliver campaign and audience analysis, and provide recommendations to influence future planning and decision making.
You will work collaboratively with various stakeholders to share data best practice and optimise data usage and create an insight driven culture across the organisation. You’ll also be working closely with the Data Insight and Analysis Manager to facilitate a culture change by championing the use of data, insight and evidence across the organisation.
What we want from you
We’re looking for a self-motivated and experienced data insight analyst, who is passionate about using data and insight to solve business questions and deliver business strategy. You will have experience of manipulating large data sets, data mining and customer profiling. You will have
hands-on experience of various analytics software including FastStats, or similar analytics software.
You will have advanced knowledge of relational databases and strong SQL ability to query/join/transform data from various databases. A working experience of CRM system, such as Raiser’s Edge in the charity sector, would be advantageous too.
Apart from excellent analytical skills, you will have strong organisation, time management and problem-solving abilities. You need to be a strong communicator, confident at delivering your analysis outcomes to a wide range of audiences with excellent influencing skills.
Why work for us?
We’re here to stop prostate cancer killing men and damaging bodies and lives. We unite the brightest minds in science and healthcare and the most passionate and caring people to help men live long and live well. As the number of men diagnosed with prostate cancer continues to rise, we continue to make advances in research to focus on radical improvements in diagnosis, treatment and support so that we can build a future where lives are not limited by prostate cancer.
Be part of a team that will put an end to prostate cancer being a killer.
The working culture at Prostate Cancer UK is driven by the bold, energetic, collaborative and passionate people who work here. It’s a vibrant team that welcomes innovation and creative thinking that helps the charity punch above its weight in a crowded market.
The support we’ll provide
Join our team and you’ll be working at an award-winning charity that will help you learn, develop your skills and expertise, and achieve your highest aspirations. We provide everything you’d expect from a professional organisation – with agile working and a competitive benefits package including generous annual leave entitlement, an enhanced contributory pension scheme, life insurance, cycle to work scheme and season ticket loans. Work with us and you’ll see your efforts pay off as we fight for a better future for men.
For more information and to apply online go to our website, via the link.
Closing date: Sunday 7th March 2021.
Interviews: Week beginning 15th March 2121.
We welcome applications from all sections of the community.
Prostate Cancer UK is a registered charity in England and Wales (1005541) and in Scotland (SC039332). Registered company number 2653887.
Goldsmiths Community Association has a great new opportunity for an experienced Community Development Worker to join our team and help realise our vision.
This post will lead our exciting and ambitious Community Development strategy that puts health, wellbeing and connection at the forefront; empowering local people to help shape community life and play an active role in our pandemic recovery.
The successful Community Development Worker will play a dynamic, agile and creative role with strong cross-functional collaboration. They will be experienced in asset-based community development and community-led theory.
Please note: We have a legal responsibility to ensure that all our employees have the legal right to live and work in the UK. If we make an offer of employment, we will need to check that you are eligible to work in the UK before you start work.
We are committed to offering equitable opportunities. Our recruitment process is comprehensive and rigorous to ensure that all applicants receive fair treatment. We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) who are currently under-represented.
We are committed to provide a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum job criteria, and we are flexible with assessing people so disabled applicants have the best opportunity to demonstrate that they can do the job. We aim to make reasonable adjustments as required.
Our staff share our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable groups.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Senior Paediatric Occupational Therapist
Family Futures is a Voluntary Adoption Agency specialising in providing multi-disciplinary assessments and treatment to traumatised children. We were awarded an outstanding rating for our last three inspections by OFSTED including our most recent inspection in 2018. We have a reputation for innovation and offer a high-quality service - an integrated multi-disciplinary, assessment, treatment and family-finding service for children who are traumatised or have attachment difficulties.
We are looking for a Paediatric Occupational Therapist:
• with Sensory Integration post-graduate training
• with experience of delivering SI interventions
• who has a strong interest in the Family Futures’ Neuro Physiological Psychotherapy (NPP) approach to the treatment of developmentally traumatised children
• with experience or a strong interest in working with children and families in adoption and mental health
• who has experience of working with children and families in a therapeutic setting
• who is parent-positive and child friendly
• who wishes to develop their therapeutic skills in working with children, parents and families
• who would enjoy working as part of an integrated and multi-disciplinary team.
The successful candidate will join our existing OT team and will work as a key member of our multi-disciplinary Therapy Services team to provide specialist trauma-informed OT and Sensory Integration assessment and intervention.
This is a wonderful opportunity for someone who wants to be part of a team of diverse professionals who are fascinated by the impact of trauma on child development, and who are committed to improving the lives of traumatised children and their families, based on the most recent neuro-scientific research.
Family Futures offer great benefits to our staff and an inquiring learning culture.
Family Futures is an equal opportunities employer. The organisation follows safer recruitment practices to protect children and adults at risk of harm, and will require the successful applicant to undertake an Enhanced DBS disclosure. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment.
Salary Scale: £36,000 - £41,000 per annum
This is a full time post due to the requirements of the service.
Closing date for applications is midnight Sunday 28th February 2021 with interviews scheduled to take place on Thursday 8th April 2021.
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About Healthwatch England
We are the independent champion for people who use health and social care services. We’re here to find out what matters to people and help make sure their views shape the support they need.
Our sole purpose is to help make care better for people.
We have an ambitious vision to ensure that health and care works for everyone. Using the power of people’s stories, we aim to help improve how services are run now and in the future.
To help us do this, we are looking for with a track record in community engagement who wants to use their skills to make a difference.
Join our small but dynamic team, and in return, you’ll get to enjoy a great place to work, with excellent benefits.
What we are looking for
We’re looking for someone who is passionate about involving communities in shaping local services. You’ll need to be highly experienced in developing effective community engagement approaches, with the drive to lead a new national programme to support our 151 local Healthwatch services to establish common community engagement approaches.
As well as further increasing our reputation for outstanding community engagement, you’ll also play a key role in protecting and increasing the resources local Healthwatch need to carry out their role.
Let us tell you a little bit about the role....
You will be a senior member of the Network Development Team which supports local Healthwatch to be high performing and sustainable champions for people who use health and care services.
You’ll build a picture of local Healthwatch approaches to community engagement, especially with seldom heard groups, support the spread of good practice from within and outside the Healthwatch network and help enhance our reputation as a critical partner in supporting communities to have their say.
You’ll make sure local Healthwatch have a strong case for funding by leading our work on impact, quality and collaboration. You’ll also support five Regional Managers with advice and support when negotiating with local authority commissioners of local Healthwatch services.
What we're looking for from you....
You’ll have a track record on engagement, know the sector and how to achieve change at a national and local level and get the best for small organisations on tight budgets with a big remit.
You’ll have experience of, or the ability to demonstrate how you will quickly acquire an understanding of, commissioning, perhaps with experience in a related area. You’ll be a team player, enjoy collaborative working across Healthwatch England with excellent communication and analytical skills, judgment and ability to negotiate at senior level.
Whilst leading on our engagement and sustainability work, this role will also be pivotal in providing support to the Head of Network Development, so the ability to deputise is required.
Role Accountabilities:
Develop and implement an Engagement Plan which supports best practice on community engagement across the 151 local Healthwatch and builds Healthwatch England and Healthwatch’s reputation and profile for expertise in engagement within the health and care sector
Develop and implement a Sustainability Plan which seeks to protect and enhance local Healthwatch income and supports effective local authority commissioning and evidenced case for support from local and national funders
Provide support to Network Managers on sustainability, support them to manage stakeholder relationships, identify and manage risks across the Healthwatch network and provide high level intervention
Contribute to development and delivery of the Healthwatch England strategy and business plan, contribute to achieving outcomes, meeting deliverables and KPIs and development of Healthwatch England’s support offer to local Healthwatch.
Provide line management and effective support to 3 x Regional/Programme Network Managers, lead work within the designated region and Programme and contribute to the development of a high performing Network Development Team.
Contribute to team working and ensure effective integrated and collaborative working across Healthwatch England, local Healthwatch and external partners.
Cultivate and manage stakeholder relationships in relation to the job role, including at senior level with a particular focus on engagement at the national level in conjunction with Healthwatch England colleagues.
Manage resources, projects, events and/or partnerships that help deliver the Network Development Plan.
Provide self-administration
Essential Skills and Experience
A personal commitment to the mission and behaviours of Healthwatch England.
Related experience and ability to develop a deep understanding of, and operate effectively in, the Healthwatch England and local Healthwatch environment: federated structure;
supporting and influencing local authority commissioning as core funders of local Healthwatch; acing in an advisory role to support effectiveness of independent small/medium local voluntary organisations focused on influencing health and care with a statutory role.
Track record on community engagement with the vision and ability to drive change and support the achievement of Healthwatch England’s ambitions on engagement.
Ability to undertake high-level analysis of voluntary organisations’ effectiveness, associated risks and statutory contract arrangements, with the ability to identify, plan and implement solutions
Ability to provide effective support to and manage the performance of team members.
Track record on influencing and managing complex relationships including at senior level and negotiating effectively.
Excellent judgment with the ability to know when to escalate, act or delegate.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills that can be utilised for a variety of audiences and levels of authority.
Ability to work remotely and autonomously, be part of virtual team and work collaboratively with colleagues and stakeholders.
Desirable Skills and Experience
Track record on organisational development of small/medium sized voluntary organisations.
Understanding of the health and care sector
Looking for a new challenge?
Do you believe that all women, children and families deserve the very best opportunity to achieve their dreams and aspirations? Are you passionate about playing a part in helping people to achieve their goals and reach their potential? Are you creative, dynamic and can think outside the box? Then you may just be the person that we have been searching for!
YWCA Yorkshire is looking for a very special individual who can contribute towards the outstanding service delivery at our Doncaster Service (Green Gables). Green Gables is our Supported Housing and Tenancy Support Service that provides support to young women with children, and families across the Doncaster area. The right candidate will have the skills to provide professional support to clients within a dedicated team but will also have the enthusiasm and creativity to support our commercial enterprises and fundraising initiatives.
The person that we are looking for will be resilient, highly practical and able to form positive relationships with staff, volunteers and clients. You will have a “can do” attitude and thrive in a high challenge environment. You will be persistent and committed to ensuring that clients and volunteers are supported, and able to meet their potential.
In return, we offer a competitive remuneration package within an organisation that has a strong commitment to staff training and personal development and a proven track record in, and commitment to, employee wellbeing. You will be valued for the work that you do, involved in the decisions that we make as an organisation and form part of a dedicated team of people who will support and encourage you to achieve your own goals and aspirations.
Interested?
The opportunity:
Project Worker - Doncaster (Ref: PW/GG/2021)
Salary £21734 - £23945 (pro-rata)
A permanent, part-time role, 25 hours per week, supporting vulnerable young women with children, and families within a supported housing setting and also within their own tenancies. The hours will be worked over 3 days per week on a rota which will include some Saturdays. A copy of the rota is provided with the application pack.
All applications should be submitted on a YWCA application form.
Closing date for applications is: Friday 5th March 2021 at 12.00pm
Interviews will take place on: Monday 22nd & Tuesday 23rd March 2021
YWCA Yorkshire is an equal opportunities employer as defined by the Equality Act 2010 and as such, welcomes applications from all of the diverse sections of the community.
YWCA Yorkshire is fully committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults and will require full Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks as part of our recruitment process. A copy of our safeguarding policy will be provided with the application pack.
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