As a not-for-profit provider of person-centred care and support to individuals with a range of support needs, Creative Support is looking for a Team Manager for Brandling Court, part of our Leeds service that provides autism specific support. 

Leading the service, you will coordinate a high standard of flexible support, ensuring an outcome-focused service is provided to our service users at all times.  This is a highly operational role, and you must demonstrate professionalism and confidence when working with the staff team, professionals and commissioners. You should also possess the warmth and consideration required to foster positive working relationships with service users and family members.

You will lead in the recruitment, supervision, mentoring and management of the staff team, so that the service is effectively supporting service users to maintain their independence, wellbeing and to enjoy opportunities for personal development.

You must be able to demonstrate relevant prior experience of working with adults with learning disabilities and autism in addition to staff supervision, coaching and support. This is a full-time role of 37.5 hours per week, primarily during office hours. However, some evening and weekend work will be required, including taking part with the local duty rota covering weekends and bank holidays.

In return we can offer personal development opportunities, generous employment benefits and a supportive, friendly and inclusive working culture. Creative Support is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to delivering high-quality care through a diverse, well trained and supported local work force.

Head of Services (Cancer and Cancer Prevention) 
Harrogate, North Yorkshire (with frequent travel across Yorkshire)

About Us 

Yorkshire Cancer Research is one of the most exciting and innovative charities in the UK. The charity is a leading funder of cancer research in the region and has a track record of supporting ground-breaking projects and clinical trials to help prevent cancer and increase survival. 

We are entering a very exciting period in our development. Following our commitment in 2015 to invest at least £100m in cancer research and service by 2025, our cancer and cancer prevention services work has already led to the creation of several pilot and larger scale programmes and we now require talented and motived people to expand and develop this vital work further.

We are currently seeking two exceptional individuals to join us as Head of Services and develop, deliver and manage a portfolio of evidence-based cancer and cancer prevention services.   

The Benefits

- Salary of circa £50,000 per annum DOE
- Pension scheme 
- Private medical insurance 
- 25 days’ holiday plus Bank Holidays (increasing with service to 30 days after 5 years’ service)
- Offices within walking distance of the train station/free onsite parking 

Both roles are permanent, although we will consider a temporary appointment for a minimum of 6 months for the right candidate. 

If you have experience of leading the delivery of health services, this is a superb opportunity to help us achieve our goal of saving an extra 2,000 lives a year in Yorkshire by 2025.

We’ve got a strong set of values that inform everything we do and we’re looking for people who are aligned with these. As our Head of Services, you will strive for excellence in everything you do, have integrity, champion expertise through improvement and innovation and be a great team player.

The Role

These are exciting, and continually developing roles for the charity, working in partnership with local authorities, Clinical Commissioning Groups, NHS Trusts, community and voluntary organisations and most importantly with patients and service users. The post holders will each take responsibility for a section of our cancer and cancer prevention portfolio depending on the post holder’s expertise and experience.

The full portfolio will aim to:

- Improve the early diagnosis of cancer by increasing uptake in national screening programmes and increasing awareness of signs and symptoms of cancer across Yorkshire
- Improve the early diagnosis of lung cancer by developing and expanding lung health checks using learning derived from the Yorkshire Lung Screening Trial (a clinical trial by Yorkshire Cancer Research)
- Reduce the risk of cancer recurrence through physical activity following an initial diagnosis of cancer
- Reduce cancer in Yorkshire through smoking cessation programmes 

About You

To join us as the Head of Services, you will need: 

- At least three years’ experience at a senior manager/team leader level in a relevant environment (such as delivering or commissioning services in a public, healthcare or third sector setting) 
- Substantial experience of implementing, managing and evaluating a strategic portfolio of health services
- Substantial experience of developing health services in collaboration with partners, patient advocates and service users
- Substantial experience of developing and maintaining strong relationships with stakeholders, including health service providers, commissioners, patients and service users
- Experience of commissioning health services 
- A degree level qualification in a public health, service management or health related subject OR a degree level qualification with at least five years’ experience in a relevant area, such as delivering or commissioning health related services in the public, healthcare or third sector setting

Other organisations may call this role Head of Cancer Prevention Services, Head of Healthcare Services, Healthcare Programme Manager, Cancer Prevention Programme Manager, or Head of Cancer Services. 

The closing date for applications is the 19th June 2020.

Webrecruit and Yorkshire Cancer Research are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be. 

So, if you’re seeking your next challenge as our Head of Services, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

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.

The Project Development Analyst can be based in any of our national offices, and will join the Pension Wise team in supporting the development and improvement of this exciting and evolving service. This role involves working with the Project Development Manager to provide data analysis, research and project management support to the wider service delivery team and funder. 

We’re looking for someone who has exceptional analytical and communication skills, who is comfortable in presenting data and making recommendations based on your research. You’ll be adept at building effective working relationships with stakeholders, and you’ll have experience of investigating service problems using, for example, stakeholder interviews, data analysis and desk-based research. You’ll be comfortable managing projects within established project management methodologies, and identifying and proposing opportunities for improvement. 

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.

Service Manager (30hrs per week, fixed term for 6 Months with possibility of extension or other employment opportunities)

We are looking to recruit an experienced Service Manager to ensure high standards of quality are maintained during a period of restructuring within Cruse nationally.

You will have experience of management in the voluntary sector and of staff & volunteer supervision.  Your role will encompass all aspects of service management including assessment of training needs, preparation of statistical reports for funders and oversight of budgets.

You must be prepared to work flexibly and provide some cover during mid-week evenings.

We can offer a welcoming environment within a small staff team, with a pool of skilled volunteers and lovely city centre premises.

Cruse Bereavement Care is the largest bereavement charity in the UK. Our mission is to offer support and advice and information to children, young people and adults when someone dies and enhance societies care of bereaved people.

As Cruse is currently undertaking a restructuring, the role will be an initial 6 month contract, with possibility of extension or further employment opportunities.

The closing date for this role is 6 April 2020 with interviews arranged for Thursday16th April 2020

Your application should consist of a CV and covering letter, which outlines your suitability for the role and should be no longer than two pages. 

Cruse welcomes and encourages application from everyone regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion ad sexual orientation

An enhanced DBS check will be carried out for this post.

Please note, applicants who are not short-listed will not be contacted.  Therefore, if you haven’t heard by 17th April, you can assume you have not been successful on this occasion.

Volunteering and Social Value Manager

Location: Flexible to be agreed – will require regular travel to our central office in Knottingley, West Yorkshire, and across RLO services in England

Circa £27,000

The role

We are looking for a volunteering and social value professional to join out operational team. You will have proven experience in setting up and managing volunteering programmes and social value projects and initiatives. You will work closely with local Service Managers, Heads of Operations, and the Director of Operations England to implement and Co-ordinate the ‘Real Life Volunteers’ project across RLO services in England.

You will work across RLO services in England to encourage and support volunteering project development and secure funding, either through supporting applications into the RLO Community Service Fund or sourcing appropriate external small grants and funding streams.

You will manage the recruitment, placement and retention of volunteers; develop volunteer specific procedures and processes, implement appropriate monitoring and reporting systems, best working practices and administrative support services.

Key to a successful volunteering programme will be the ability to develop close working relationships and build effective networks with local community volunteer brokers, community groups and national volunteering agencies (e.g. NVCO and Volunteering Matters) to promote and encourage volunteering within RLO services and share best practices in volunteering.

To support the development and implementation of the Social Value project across England services, you will be coordinating and supporting social values programmes and activities and acting as Social Value Champion; promoting social values to stakeholders both internally and externally.

The Person:

You will have a number of year’s proven experience of developing and managing successful volunteering projects, along with a good understanding of the necessary governance, including safeguarding and risk management for volunteers. You will have some experience of sourcing and successfully securing additional external funding for volunteering projects. You will have experience of promoting and championing initiatives, such as social value; comfortable promoting to and encouraging participation with internal and external stakeholders. You will be a self-starter, used to managing a diverse and varied work load, a good communicator and excellent ambassador, who can identify and develop key relationships internally and externally.

Benefits and Rewards

At Real Life Options we treat our people with the same respect, care and consideration that we show to the people we support. Not only do we provide competitive rates of pay, a great place to work and great job satisfaction, our additional benefits include:

• Accredited training giving you the knowledge and skills to deliver a first rate job
• Access to training bursaries
• A minimum of 33-days paid holiday a year, including bank holidays (pro-rata for part time staff)
• An employer contributory pension scheme (4% employee 4% employer)
• A free Employee Assistance Programme (including a medical helpline, telephone and face-to-face counselling, debt, financial and legal information)
• 2 x Monthly salary death in service cover
• A financial wellbeing scheme
• A reward gateway with access to discounted goods and services

We are keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviours who can help us to ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do these are:

Respect – Honesty – Responsibility – Excellence

Please note that initial contact with applicants will usually be by email, so please check all of your email folders regularly, including your junk mail folders.

Real Life Options are an equal opportunities employer. We seek to recruit, train and promote the best person for the job, to make full use of the talents and resources of all our people and to craft a working environment free from unlawful discrimination, victimisation and harassment in which all individuals are treated with dignity and respect.

If you have a disability, a learning difficulty, a medical condition or individual need that you believe may affect your performance in selection, we'll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to our processes to enable you to perform at your best so please do let us know.

Please note applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis as received ,so the post may be filled before the published closing date. 

Operational Lead

37 hours per week

£31,000 – 35,000 (subject to experience) plus 3% pension contribution

We are a national umbrella charity, representing a movement of specialist Rape Crisis Centres, but previous experience of working at a national level is not a requirement for this role.  This is a new post focused on providing day-to-day oversight and management of the charity’s operations and projects, which will include general project and programme management, reporting to the Board of Trustees, producing project and budget reports for funders in liaison with the Bookkeeper, and general HR management.
 
The Operational Lead should provide strong programme leadership to ensure effective and efficient management and administration of all aspects of the organisation’s operations

Rape Crisis England & Wales values diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We encourage and welcome applications from women of all backgrounds.

*We require post-holder to be female - Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR), Schedule 9 (Work; Exceptions), Part 1 (Occupational Requirements), of the Equality Act (2010) applies. RCEW and local Rape Crisis Centres provide a women-only safe space in which women and children who have experienced sexual violence and abuse rare supported and can access services.

An exciting opportunity has arisen in our central operations to head up our fantastic Twinnage division as the Head of Twinnage. Twinnage is our overseas aid division and the successful candidate will be responsible for delivering the Twinnage development programme within budget ensuring full compliance. 

Working Hours = You will be contracted to 22.5 hours per week
Contract = Permanent
Location = Flexible on location but will require some travel
Salary = You will be paid £30,000.00 per annum (£50,000 FTE)
Benefits Package = 33 days holiday (pro rata) per year inclusive of bank holidays increasing to 38 days with service, competitive pension scheme, buy and sell holidays, birthday reward, enhanced maternity pay and lots more.

The main duties as Head of Twinnage will involve:

• Develop and manage the strategic plan including budgets and deliver within budget to agreed timescales
• Manage the Twinnage team including the Twinnage Administration Officer and a number of volunteers
• Manage all funding requirements to ensure the need is real and report / monitor all grants to sure payments follow Society policies
• Promote Twinnage and Overseas Development internally and externally
• Build and enhance partnership links  with other Overseas development organisations and Social Justice teams
• Develop strong working relationship with internal Twinnage Officers and the 6 twin countries undertaking regular communication and visits
• Develop SVP Trading links with twinned countries so that produce made in those countries by the SVP local organisations is sold in England and Wales SVP shops
• Ensure that twinned countries have adequate safeguarding policies and procedures in place and in use
• Seek external funding to supplement Society raised funds for Twinnage projects in consultation with the fundraising team.
• Ensure that all requirements regarding the Charities Commission and the International Twinnage manual are understood, communicated and complied with.

It is essential for the candidate to demonstrate the following:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent
• Experience in a senior management role involving managing a programme, change management, budget management and strategic development
• NGO experience
• Good knowledge of the International Aid Sector and safeguarding practices
• Willingness to travel inside and outside the UK
• Proficiency in various IT systems including Microsoft Office
• Understanding of financial reports and measures
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Good organisation skills, including the ability to plan and priorities tasks
• Sympathy with the Christian aims and purposes of the Association and demonstrated cultural sensitivity

Other attributes that would be desirable but not essential are:

• Experience in working with and managing volunteers
• Working experience in Risk Management, internal audits, fundraising and marketing

In return we’ll provide you with the opportunity to work for a welcoming organisation that offers support and guidance to all members of staff.

Urdu / Punjabi speaking

Community Connector Posts x 2

£ 21,589 pro rata starting salary + 5% pension

1 x 15hrs per week maternity cover post            1 x 24.5hrs per week post

Have you got what it takes to join our award winning team?

A Community Connector provides short term interventions for people who are isolated, experience mental health problems or who have had a sudden crisis in their lives which results in their needing support to access community activities. You will work closely with GP Practices and health professionals taking referrals and ensuring a joined up approach to health and social care

The successful candidate will also have excellent interpersonal skills and the energy and persistence to see tasks through to successful completion as they work within this developing service.

For full details please visit our website 

The closing date for applications: 12 noon on 11th June 2020

Interviews: To be held on Wednesday 17th June 2020            

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.

As Best Practice Coordinator, you’ll bring innovative and creative thinking to develop the design and delivery of our services. In this role you’ll be supporting a team of regional Best Practice Leads to gather insight and data from our frontline services and work out what best practice looks like. You’ll then help to integrate this into our programme by working with colleagues in the data, policy, service design or delivery teams. 

As you build relationships with people around the programme you’ll be able to establish the best ways to gather data, as well as working with our standard reports. You’ll also be supporting the effort to make sure ideas for improvement are turned into successful new products and processes, helping to make sure we’re delivering high-quality advice and support to the people who access our services.

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.

Are you caring and compassionate? Looking for a role where you can make a real difference to people’s lives every day? Welcome to Richmond Fellowship as a Night Recovery Worker. You don’t need experience, we’re more interested in your personality, so if you can bring empathy and a real commitment to supporting people to achieve independence, we will provide you with all the training and development you need to excel in this role.

Right now, we are looking for someone like you to join our team at Moor View where we support people with mental health problems. Following a recent CQC inspection that raised some operational issues, we have taken positive steps to address them and have started an improvement journey which we’d love you to join us on. You’ll share our commitment to creating and maintaining an environment where people can thrive and achieve their full potential. You’ll join a team of Recovery Workers and get involved in a range of duties such as helping to come up with a personal support plan, developing domestic and finance management skills or accessing work, leisure or educational opportunities. It’s a varied role but one that will give you real satisfaction as you see the difference your input makes to the lives of the people we support.

Training and Benefits

When you join us you will receive a thorough induction and ongoing training and development, along with a great range of benefits including 25 days annual leave (which increases the longer you are with us) family friendly policies, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

The salary is £17,004.00 with progression to £17,230.00 per annum. In addition the successful candidates will receive a £1,000 Golden Hello payment.

Please note that this post is for a night worker and the post-holder will be required to work night shifts. 

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.

Richmond Fellowship 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.

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’re seeking two Information Governance Officers with experience of supporting the design and delivery of good data protection practice within an organisation. This role will be joining an established Information Governance team which will consist of 6 members of staff.

As an Information Governance Officer, you’ll work with the team to support the aims of Citizens Advice and create a culture of shared responsibility for privacy risk management.

You’ll help develop and support organisational policies and processes that ensure we comply with data protection law and good information management practice. 

You may lead on or support work streams to sustain our compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation, Data Protection Act 2018 and meet our business objectives.

The role will also require you to provide data protection advice to Citizens Advice and our wider network of local offices on issues with a practical, risk based approach to ensure we continue to protect the privacy rights of our clients, employees and volunteers.

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.

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.

The Witness and Consumer Service provide telephone advice/support and/or face to face support across England and Wales. We are looking for an individual to fulfill the role of Business Analyst / Project Development Officer for the two services.

This role provides the business analysis and project development support on the ongoing improvement of the two services. You’ll work with the Project Development Manager and the operations managers to identify problems in each of the services and design user-centred solutions. You’ll then support with delivering those solutions, gaining buy-in from decision makers and stakeholders. You might also be involved in investigating funder priorities and developing service improvements to support the securing of future funding.

You don’t need to be an experienced Business Analyst for this role. 

We’re looking for someone who has exceptional communications skills, with experience in confidently facilitating workshops and/or meetings with stakeholders, particularly where they have conflicting priorities. You’ll be adept at building effective working relationships with stakeholders, and you’ll have experience of investigating service problems using, for example, stakeholder interviews, data analysis and desk-based research. You’ll be forward-thinking, anticipating potential business problems before they arise, and you’ll be able to see the bigger picture and understand how different business areas fit together. You’ll be comfortable managing your own workload and identifying and proposing opportunities for improvement

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.

Leeds Cares is the charity of Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, one of the largest NHS trusts in the country and the largest provider of specialist regional and national services. The Trust comprises seven hospitals and a dental institute including Leeds General Infirmary, St James University Hospital, Leeds Children’s Hospital and Leeds Cancer Centre.

From the heart of Yorkshire, on a local, regional, national and international platform, Leeds Cares is dedicated to supporting and enhancing the highest standards of healthcare and patient and family wellbeing, from pioneering and life-saving front line clinical care to ground breaking and novel research and innovation, supporting the communities we serve to live fulfilling and healthy lives.

We are seeking a highly motivated individual to provide high quality administrative support for a range of governance and compliance matters to help the Charity to meet its regulatory requirements.

This is an exciting time to join the friendly team at Leeds Cares which has ambitious plans to provide exceptional healthcare for all in our communities and is about to embark on a £30 million capital appeal.

You will have excellent administrative and organisational skills, a flexible attitude and be able to co-ordinate a wide range of tasks to tight deadlines. You will possess highly effective interpersonal and written communication skills, excellent attention to detail and above all a positive and proactive attitude and a keenness to learn.

The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society, and for every employee to feel respected and supported to perform at their best and achieve their full potential. Applications are welcomed from full time and part time applicants.

To apply please submit a CV and Covering Letter which evidences how you meet the person specification. For an informal conversation about the role please get in touch with Catherine Smith, Governance, Compliance and Risk Manager, whose contact details are at the bottom of the job description.

About the role

We're seeking an experienced Project Worker who is passionate about working with kinship carers and issues affecting children on the edge of the care system in order to transform the support they receive. We're looking for someone who has the interpersonal and communication skills to perform their role sensitively and creatively, and who is able to work collaboratively with local authorities across West Yorkshire (specifically Bradford and Calderdale) who have commissioned our service to support special guardians.

Who we’re looking for:

Kinship carers are at the heart of what we do, so you’ll be absolutely committed to the work of Grandparents Plus and passionate about making a difference to the lives of vulnerable families. An experienced and thoughtful Project Worker, you’ll work in partnership with the team, our kinship carers and local authorities to deliver a sensitive and creative service.

Calm, practical and empathetic, you’ll strive to achieve the best impact for our kinship carers and the organisation. Confident working independently and able to respond and adapt to change positively, you'll demonstrate strong group facilitation skills, along with experience of facilitating remote support. You’ll also need excellent administration skills, balancing our reporting requirements and database input with the practical needs of the kinship carers.

This can be a tough role as you’ll be hearing stories from carers in crisis. As a team, we make time to make sure your wellbeing is also looked after and that we support each other.

About Grandparents Plus – the kinship care charity

Kinship care often begins in crisis - a child whose parents are unable to care for them, for whatever reason. It’s frightening, confusing and heart-breaking.

Instinctively, a loved one steps in – a grandparent, brother, sister, aunt, uncle or family friend. They are now a kinship carer, bringing up the children they love. There’s no chance to prepare. Plans are pushed aside. Relationships, jobs and savings are sacrificed.

It’s life-changing and challenging raising children who’ve lost their parents, but kinship carers do it without a thought for themselves because they put the children first.

And it’s a fight to get support. Kinship families raising over 200,000 children are on the brink of going under because there’s no recognition or support. They feel invisible. They are desperate.

At Grandparents Plus we know how hard life can be for kinship carers. But we’ve seen the amazing things they’re capable of with someone by their side. With the right support, children raised in kinship families flourish.

That’s why we support, connect and campaign. To keep kinship families stronger by keeping them together.

We use our experience and expertise to change lives. We are supporting kinship carers in their homes and communities, giving advice and helping them work through problems to find the best way forward.

We connect carers together in our national community and network of local support groups, to share experiences so they don’t have to face the fight alone.

We help professionals understand kinship families and improve support for them. And our research and campaigns make sure kinship care is understood and government knows what changes are needed.

We’ll not rest until the recognition and support is there for every kinship family.

We’re a friendly team, passionate about doing good, better.

If this also sounds like you, join us.

Closing date: Noon on Wednesday 3 June

Interview date: Wednesday 10 June