These roles will support the Head of Grants and be an integral part of the Grants Team at NHS Charities Together (NHS CT). An important aspect of these roles is to ensure the delivery of the grants programmes to member NHS charities, with a focus on providing positive impact for the NHS above and beyond statutory responsibility.

The postholders will be a key point of contact for grants queries, reviewing and assessing grant applications and ongoing relational grant management. They will prepare papers for grant reviews by the Grants Advisory and Review Panel, summarising grant applications for grant meeting consideration and Board review. The postholders will enhance our offer to member charities through the development and delivery of Grants+ support and input into future grant strategies and programmes. This is an exciting time to join this small but agile team.

We are looking for two members to join our team, one Senior Grants Officer (permanent contract) Circa £30,000 and one Grants Officer (1 yr fixed term contract) circa £25,000.

We distribute the donations we’ve raised through a grants framework via our 240 NHS charity members and wider network. We have a national impact by working with our members, in collaboration with the Department of Health and a variety of other stakeholders in healthcare, to support the NHS to go above and beyond for patients, staff, volunteers and local communities.

We recognise the wide ranging and holistic nature of the health sector and have a particular focus on encouraging partnership working across our communities in providing the very best impact to support the health of our nation.

We’re uniquely placed to understand, through our engagement with both our members and the wider system, where the needs are and where our grants can fund initiatives to be most impactful nationally.

These vital funds and services are above and beyond what the NHS alone can provide, touching lives and making a huge difference to millions of people when they are at their most vulnerable.

Healthcare Coordinator

Alzheimer's Society is the UK's leading dementia charity. We provide information and support, improve care, fund research, and create lasting change for people affected by dementia.

Healthcare Coordinator Responsibilities:

This is a key co-ordination role within two volunteer-enabled services which the Society offers. Both use trained volunteers to support people with dementia. The first helps them to make a Lasting Power of Attorney using the online tool provided by the Office of the Public Guardian and the second to appeal NHS Continuing Healthcare decisions.

The role supports the supervisor of both services to manage access to them and to deliver high quality information, as well as managing records and waiting lists. It also provides core technical and administrative support to the volunteers.

Healthcare Coordinator Requirements:

Do you want to support people with dementia to exercise their rights and help them gain more control of their lives? Are you a good communicator who can quickly absorb complex information, and explain it clearly but in a kind and empathetic way? Are you organised with strong attention to detail and ability to problem solve? Can you work within limits of strict confidentiality and as part of a team? Would you find delivering an excellent service to people with dementia fulfilling?

If so, and if you are educated to degree level or equivalent or have extensive relevant work experience, this could be the role for you.

About Alzheimer’s Society:

Alzheimer's Society is the UK's leading dementia charity. We provide information and support, improve care, fund research, and create lasting change for people affected by dementia.

Position: Lasting Power of Attorney/Continuing Healthcare Services Coordinator
Location: Birmingham
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full time, 35 per week.
Salary: £20,363 - £21,603 actual per annum (depending on skills and experience)

Closing Date: 06 May 2021
Interview Date: TBC

You may have experience of the following: Dementia Support Worker, Care Assistant, Caseworker, Special Needs Assistant, Social Worker, Social Care, Community Care, Helpline Coordinator, Volunteering Officer, Support Worker, Dementia Adviser, Mental Health, Dementia, etc.

Ref: 98490

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 seeking a highly motivated and experienced Project Coordinator to join our friendly Birmingham Mental Health and Wellbeing Hubs.

We are seeking a warm, compassionate and proactive Project Coordinator to work across our sites in Northfield and Yardley, Birmingham. This service is for adults with enduring mental health needs, supporting them with recovery and enablement. The Project Coordinator will work to deputise for the Project Manager and Service Manager; sharing joint responsibility for tasks such as devising and delivering vibrant programmes of recovery and wellbeing support for service users. Such programmes will involve one-to-one goal planning, personalised interventions, recovery college sessions, peer support and co-produced social groups. This hub-based service is delivered in the community by a dedicated team of Recovery Navigators and volunteers who you will also support to supervise.

Project Coordinator Duties Include:

• Leading the service so that it is fully integrated with our colleagues at Birmingham Mind and with local IPS/Employment Specialists,
• Ensuring that recovery plans and risk assessments are reviewed in a timely manner,
• Developing and promoting the service’s online provision, website and social media presence,
• Ensuring that individuals are enabled to attain goals relating to their mental health/wellbeing, quality of life and community connections,
• Leading on the recruitment, supervision and embedding of volunteers within the service.

Experience of supervising staff or volunteers and managing/co-ordinating the delivery of support is essential for this role. You must be able to demonstrate a ‘can-do approach’, person-centred values, energy and commitment. You will have a strong work ethic and duty of care. Creative Support is committed to your continuous professional development and you will have the opportunity to explore your training and development needs.

Benefits of working with Creative Support:

• Free 24/7 counselling and employee support programme,
• 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-hours teams,
• Support to complete the nationally recognised Care Certificate and Social Care Diploma.

Home-Start Birmingham North West is seeking an experienced family support worker to act as a deputy to the scheme manager. The ideal candidate will have  experience of managing staff and volunteers as well as experience of working with families who have complex needs. 

The post is 25 hours a week Monday-Friday, The days worked can be negotiated. 

Home-Start Birmingham North West enrolls to the NEST pension scheme.

All employees are given 28 days annual leave (FTE)

About Home-Start Birmingham North West 

Home-Start is one of the UK’s leading family support charities. We help parents to build better lives and better futures for their children. We have been supporting families for over forty years right across the UK and on British Forces bases in Germany and Cyprus too.

We believe that children need a happy and secure childhood and that parents play the key role in giving their children the best possible start in life and helping them to achieve their full potential.

In an ideal world there would be no need for a charity like Home-Start. All parents would be free of the stresses and strains of raising their children. But for many parents the pressures of family life are simply too much to cope with alone. There can be so many reasons for this; poor mental health, illness and disability, poverty, isolation and lack of family support networks, the list is endless. We want to see a society in which every parent has the support they need to raise happy and healthy children.

Across Birmingham there are six Home-Start charities working in diverse communities throughout the city, Home-Start Birmingham North West covers Sutton Coldfield, Kingstanding,Perry Barr and Oscott. Our main office is located in Kingstanding. 

You have significant experience of direct client work in an alcohol, drug or mental health setting and are used to recruiting, line managing and supervising staff. All you need is the perfect environment to put your skills to great use. Welcome to Aquarius as a Service Manager.

Aquarius is part of Recovery Focus, a national group of charities highly experienced in providing specialist support services to individuals and families living with the effects of mental ill health, drug and alcohol use, gambling and domestic violence. We know that recovery can look and feel very different to each and every one of us. But we also know that if we provide the right support, at the right time, we can inspire recovery nationwide and that recovery is possible for everyone.

We currently have two vacancies, one at our Solihull SIAS service and one at our Birmingham Young Peoples Service. 

The Solihull SIAS service (Solihull Integrated Addiction Services), is a partnership between the lead partner Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (BSMHFT), Welcome, Changes UK and Aquarius. The service provides Drug and Alcohol substance misuse treatment and recovery support for adults and young people across Solihull, as well as homeless outreach, and floating support to clients who are rough sleeping or vulnerably housed.  SIAS have a good track record of service delivery with the addiction service being recommissioned in 2018 and the vulnerable housing service being re commissioned in 2020. Within SIAS, Aquarius lead on Brief interventions, Family support, training and homelessness.

Our Birmingham Young People’s Service provides holistic support service for under 18s with needs related to substance misuse, including those that are affected by their parent’s substance misuse. The purpose of the role is to engage young people in a variety of interventions, using a young person centred approach, empowering them to reduce risk, increase resilience and achieve positive outcomes. Primarily, the Service Manager will lead on the Young Peoples service however the role will also have oversight of and lead on the grant funds that we deliver across Birmingham. 

As Service Manager, you will have responsibility for the day to day operational management of the service. This will include the management and development of the Aquarius service, the financial performance, ensuring line management and clinical supervision for Aquarius staff, together with holding a small client caseload. You will also be responsible for the external and internal representation of Aquarius and the service as a whole.

An enthusiastic and determined leader, you will have a passion for delivering high quality services in a challenging environment. You’ll need a professional qualification in social care (e.g. NVQ Level 4 or above, DipSW, Mental Health Nursing or Counselling) or significant recent management/supervisory experience in a relevant care setting. You’ll also need to be highly motivated and flexible with the ability to lead from the front and work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary partnership. A management qualification or evidence of significant management training is also preferred. An energetic and confident self-starter, with lots of initiative, strong leadership skills and excellent literacy and numeracy, a flexible approach, good office IT skills and access to use of a car for travel within the local area are all essential too.

Both roles are permanent, requiring the post-holder to work 37 hours per week.

The salary for this role is £29,211.00-£35,243.00 dependant upon experience.

We are committed to increasing our diversity and we would welcome applications from those with lived experience and/or who are from a BAME background.

This is a rolling recruitment process, shortlisted candidates will be interviewed as and when they apply.

So, are you ready to take on this rewarding role that comes with some really great benefits? Apply now via our website.

Location: Flexible within England & Wales

Department: Customer Journey

Citizens Advice offers confidential advice online, over the phone, and in person, for free. Through our national network of charities, we give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented throughout Citizens Advice. We are a member of the race equality campaign at Business in the Community, the Prince’s responsible business network and are committed to improving employment opportunities for ethnic minorities across the UK. We also welcome applications from, LGB and Trans and non binary candidates.
We have made a positive commitment to employing disabled people and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role as set out in role profiles.

We’re looking for someone with lots of service design experience to lead the practice of Service Design and its community of practice at Citizens Advice. The role sits within our Customer Journey team, which is at the heart of the organisation’s ambition to deliver our vision for 2022.

In Customer Journey we often design digital services and products, but we’re not limited to digital. Our Service Designers work on discoveries, prototypes and continuous improvements that span the breadth of our services. We believe Service Design is about understanding, translating and joining up user and organisational needs into the end-to-end design of valuable services - no matter the channel.

In this role, you’ll lead a multi-level team of service designers working in multifunctional teams across a variety of services and products, in partnership with development and service delivery teams across Citizens Advice: you will create the right conditions for Service Designers to work effectively, set the strategic direction of their practice, assure the quality of our work, and ensure we always design with all users in mind. You’ll work in close collaboration with user researchers, product and content designers, and teams across Citizens Advice.

Job title: Assistant Visitor Services Manager

Directorate: National Memorial Arboretum

Contract: Permanent. Full Time, 35 hours per week

Salary: £23,800 to £25,500 gross per annum

­­­­­­­­­­­­­

About the National Memorial Arboretum

The Arboretum is the UK’s year-round centre of Remembrance and part of The Royal British Legion.  We are the Nation’s centre of Remembrance, freely open to all. Our 150-acre landscape is home to over 25,000 trees, punctuated by 400 memorials that recognise the service and sacrifice made by the Armed Forces, emergency services and civilian organisations to our country.

The Arboretum in one of the UK’s leading visitor attractions and we welcome over 300,000 people through our doors each year.  They come to explore our site, learn more about the fascinating stories behind our memorials, spend time in our woodlands, and to attend some of the 250+ events that take place each year.

The Arboretum is an award-winning destination, including the 2018 Visit England Awards for Excellence: Large Visitor Attraction of the Year (Gold).

Our Values and Behaviours

Does the following describe you?

• The ability to deliver world-class customer service.
• An encourager, eager to share your knowledge and experience to inspire others.
• Able to work with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Possessing the flexibility to excel in a fast-paced visitor attraction.
• Eager to come to work each day to be the best you can and to learn and develop.

If so, then we would like you hear from you ….

The Role

We are looking for an experienced individual to become a key member of our Visitor Services team, where you will help us to provides excellent customer service.  You will support the Visitor Services & Retail Manager to plan and deliver a range of strategic initiatives to create a world-class inspirational setting that is freely open to all.  To manage the daily operations of the Visitor Services team to deliver exceptional experiences and to achieve income against agreed targets.  To ensure that all visitor service operations are carried out in accordance with the Arboretum’s health and safety, wellbeing, and security protocols.

You will have experience of customer facing roles within a leisure environment or visitor attraction, you will have the ability to supervise staff and volunteers.  You will have excellent communication and inter-personal skills, together with organisation and planning experience.

This role requires weekend and bank holiday working on a regular basis and some evening work to support Arboretum events.

How to Apply

Please apply by clicking ‘Apply online’.

Closing date for this role is Monday 3rd May 2021.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy when we are in receipt of sufficient applications. Should you wish to apply for this post you are advised to complete and submit your application form as soon as possible.

Group Coordinator Smethwick GFS 9162

Term time only

Part time 5 hours per week

Salary: £2,535 (£12,86 per hr).

As part of our Covid recovery and growth plan, GFS are seeking a proactive and organised individual, to open and manage our planned group in Smethwick.

About the job

As part of our growth plan, GFS is undergoing an exciting change in the way we manage our service delivery. We have big plans to develop clusters of groups in targeted areas of England and Wales, to ensure we are best placed to meet the needs of girls and young women. As part of this change we are looking to recruit group coordinators to both new and existing GFS locations. Successful candidates will coordinate a local GFS group and gain experience in managing a team of volunteers and supporting the growth of GFS in the local area.

You will be responsible for; promoting GFS in schools and local networks to recruit girls/young women; train and lead a team of volunteers to plan and deliver weekly GFS sessions.

You will need experience of youth work or a related field in particular developing and delivering activities for children/young people.

You should be able to; apply equality, diversity, and inclusive practices across your work, operate within GFS’s feminist values, and put girls and young women at the heart of decision making.

You will have the ability to lead, motivate, and inspire volunteers and work as part of a team to deliver a structured programme of activities.

You will be an effective communicator able connect to a variety of audiences; and build your local knowledge to develop effective partnerships with people and organisations.

This post will require unsocial hours. (Evenings and weekend)

Statement of exemption with reference to the Equality Act 2010

The employee may provide girls and young women with personal services, promoting their welfare or education, which can be provided most effectively by a person of the same sex. The girls need a positive role model to build self-esteem, confidence and to help them take responsibility for their lives.

Due to the nature of the role this post is restricted to female applicants only under the Equality Act.

To apply please download the application pack and submit your application as soon possible. We will be scheduling interviewd as pplications come in.

Please note CV’s are not accepted.

This is an exciting and rewarding opportunity for someone to make a real difference to the futures of young children and families in central and south-west Birmingham.

Liaising with referrers, you will work closely with families with children under the age of five, assessing their needs and matching them with our current volunteers and new volunteers that you will recruit, train, supervise and support.

You will undertake regular reviews with the families you are supporting and ensure information is accurately collated, recorded and input onto the relevant systems.

You will also be expected to network within the community, building beneficial relationships in the areas of Bartley Green, Quinton, Harborne, Edgbaston, Ladywood and Soho; acting as an ambassador for the Scheme. It is therefore important that you have knowledge and understanding of the demographics of the wards this role covers and the cultural backgrounds of the communities. 

You will also work alongside the Scheme Manager and the wider team, contributing to the effective day to day operation and development of the Scheme.

We are looking for someone with relevant experience (paid or voluntary), including experience of working with families, who has a good understanding of the voluntary sector, knowledge of safeguarding practices and legislation and knowledge of the roles of agencies in providing services for children and families. You must have excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to develop and maintain professional relationships across different cultural and socio-economic backgrounds and be able to demonstrate empathy and understanding of the values and ethos of the scheme.

Due to the nature of the role, a DBS check will be required for the successful post holder. 

Closing date for applications: 25 April 2021 

Proposed interviews will take place the week commencing: 3 May 2021 

HomeStart Birmingham Central and South-West is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds. Applicants will be short-listed on the sole basis of their relevant skills, knowledge and experience.

To apply for this post can you please email us at: [email protected],org with your personal email address

The Vegan Society is an anagram of The Nicest Voyage. Quite fitting, we think, as for many people veganism is a journey – and a pretty remarkable one at that. Regardless of where you are on your vegan journey, our staff are on hand to make it easier, healthier and more fun. And if you think you’d be great at helping others with this, read on, as this may be right up your street.

The Vegan Society makes veganism more accessible and an easily adopted approach by supporting individuals, policy and decision makers, caterers, manufacturers, health care professionals and the media.

In order to meet our ambitious growth plans for the next few years, we need to recruit some key people to join our team in our new offices conveniently located by Snow Hill station in Birmingham. As such we are looking to recruit a Service Operations Manager for the Trademark Team, this role is key in supporting our growth strategy.

As the Service Operations Manager, you will;

• Managing and monitoring the operational process, work in progress, team workloads, KPI’s and income targets
• Producing reports for various income streams and manage the financial process alongside the finance team
• Supporting growth and development for the team including appraisals and on the job training, making sure the team have relevant training and systems are fit for purpose
• Develop positive relationships with key clients and working collaboratively with other departments to maximise the impact for the charity
• Development of new and existing KPI’s related to the various strategic objectives that measure growth for Trademark and contribute to Trademark related issues within the risk assessment strategy
• Project management where needed
• Providing absence cover for Business Development colleagues and deputising for the Head of Business Development.
• General office duties, including dealing with own correspondence and filing own papers.

To be considered as our Service Operations Manager, you will need;

• Experience in a customer service operations role at management level
• Proven experience of working to deadlines whist maintaining the highest quality of work
• Ability to develop and lead high preforming teams in busy, pressured environments
• Experience of managing change
• You must be willing to adhere to a vegan lifestyle for the duration of your employment.

What We Offer

• A fun and supportive team.
• A solution-focused atmosphere and hard-working environment.
• Flexible working hours.
• Employee Assistance Programme and health cash-back scheme.
• Cycle-to-work scheme.
• Childcare vouchers scheme.
• Animal companion compassionate leave.
• Ethical pension scheme (5-7% employer contribution).
• Death in service benefit.
• 28 days leave + 8 bank holidays.
• Central Birmingham office location (our roles are typically office-based, however remote working will be in place until social distancing measures are relaxed/removed. After these restrictions are eased a flexible work schedule could be considered).

The Vegan Society as an organisation values equality, diversity, and inclusion. We want to be an organisation that tackles any structural discrimination or prejudice. We are actively trying to increase diversity in our organisation and encourage applications from all sections of the community.

We will offer an automatic interview to all candidates who meet our essential criteria and who identify as from an under-represented race or ethnicity or as deaf, neurodiverse, or living with disability.

The role involves ensuring the successful management of Cruse Birmingham’s funding contracts and overseeing applications for grant funding from local and national grant making bodies.

The role is varied and will include line managing our local helpline team, collating data, producing reports, and representing Cruse at a variety of internal and external meetings. The role is currently predominantly home based but may move to a more blended arrangement with some office hours.

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

About the role
As Member Involvement Coordinator, you will be part of a team responsible for creating opportunities for people with lived experience of homelessness in the design, development and delivery of Crisis’s work.  You will co-ordinate he involvement of people with lived experience of homelessness in a range of events and projects across the organisation. Over the last few years, our ability to involve member in meaningful ways that genuinely impact their progression out of homelessness has gone from strength to strength.  We are looking to expand the Member Involvement team to increase our visibility and our capacity to support teams to embed co-production in their work and increase the number of opportunities we make available to our members.

About you
To be successful in this role you will have:

- Experience in working with people who are experiencing homelessness and/or multiple disadvantage 
- Strong facilitation skills 
- Strong organisational skills and experience in coordinating meetings and events 
- A passion for working collaboratively, sharing ideas and thinking creatively 
- approachable, non-judgmental and able to adapt to working with a broad range of people, creating a comfortable, professional and productive environment 
- Knowledge of and ability to comply with safeguarding procedures 
- Commitment to Crisis’ purpose and values including equality and social inclusion
- Lived experience of Homelessness is not essential but is preferred

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

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

Closing date: Monday 3rd May 2021 (at 23:59)
Interviews will be held on Tuesday 11th May 2021

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

This role offers the opportunity to coordinate and support a large, highly successful social work leadership programme.

The individual will play a central part in supporting the delivery of residential events for the Firstline leadership development programme and will support the wider Leadership Programmes team to deliver high quality programmes across various levels of Social Work. They will also support the delivery of new programme activity in our pipeline.

The successful candidate will be a flexible, committed individual with excellent organisation and interpersonal skills who enjoys variety and working in fast-paced environment.

There is a high autonomy culture within the team and organisation, so the role requires someone who is well organised, pro-active and can use their initiative to do what works. We are a growing team currently consisting of a Firstline Officer, Firstline Manager, Pedagogy Lead and Head of Leadership Programmes. The successful candidate will need to work across a varied range of activities and adapt quickly to the demands of our programmes.

Please note that if you have applied for a similar role at Frontline within the last 3 months your application will not be shortlisted. As we require this post to be filled urgently, only candidates who can start two weeks after receiving an offer will be considered.

Criminal justice charity Belong provides hope, rehabilitation and recovery for victims and perpetrators of crime.

We are seeking two full time Creative Practitioners to facilitate a series of drama workshops at HMPYOI Brinsford. Drama workshops will provide young men aged 18 – 30 years who are on remand or serving sentences at HMPYOI Brinsford, with the opportunity to engage in themed drama productions based around issues that are relevant to them. These could include psychoactive substances, gang violence, bullying, domestic violence, self-harm and mental health. Drama workshops will be delivered using a trauma-informed, strengths based approach.

The Creative Practitioner positions are exciting opportunities for two reliable, organised, energetic individuals to join Belong's committed, specialist team. The successful applicants will work together to design and deliver two series of drama workshops each month, with each series of workshops lasting one week. Each series of drama workshops will end with a production by the young men, performed to stakeholders and peers within the prison.

The successful candidates will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with experience of facilitating group work with young people and of working within the criminal justice or a related sector. They will have experience of using creative methods of engaging people in group work, for example puppetry, masks and mask-making, movement and dance, music, spoken word and poetry. The successful applicants will be able to demonstrate a track record of communicating effectively with individuals from a diverse range of backgrounds. Supported by our Service Coordinator, they will have the opportunity to engage in monthly clinical supervision and to meet regularly with our wider Belong team who are based in other prisons and community settings.

To apply for this position, please provide a detailed covering letter outlining how you meet the skills, experience and knowledge requirements outlined in our Job Description and Person Specification document. Please also send us your CV.

Applications for this position close at 11.30pm on Thursday 22nd April. Interviews for this position will be held during Wednesday 5th and Friday 7th May.

We particularly welcome applications for this position from those with current enhanced prison security vetting. We also encourage applications from individuals from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds and candidates who have had personal experience of the criminal justice system.