Service Co-ordinator (Contract)
Liverpool, Merseyside
£15,640 per annum

Royal Voluntary Service is an innovative charity that focuses on inspiring people to give the gift of voluntary time to support the NHS and older people at home and in the community. We are now looking for a Service Co-ordinator to join us on a contract until 31st March 2020 (which has the high likelihood of extension to March 2021).
 
If you have some knowledge of the NHS, this is the ideal role in which to do more and support some incredible services that are making a huge difference to older people in your community.

As a Service Co-ordinator, you will co-ordinate volunteers and patients leaving hospital in our “Home from Hospital" service to help people have a successful and timely discharge home from hospital.

The support offered by our volunteers can begin on the ward and continues at home and in the community for up to 12 weeks. The aim is to reduce recovery time and feelings of isolation and loneliness and reduce the chances of re-admission, helping people to regain independence and reconnect with their community with a focus on hydration, nutrition and mobility. 

Facilitating the delivery of the service throughout Liverpool, you will:

- Assist with the recruitment, induction, training and day-to-day management of volunteers 
- Meet with service users to assess and review their needs 
- Work with the Service Manager to action all referrals and any volunteer enquiries
- Develop and maintain relationships with key local contacts 

Interested? To be considered, you will need:

- Great communication skills
- The ability to act on your own initiative
- The willingness to help with volunteer recruitment
- The ability to support and motivate volunteers from a wide variety of backgrounds
- An empathetic approach to others

GCSEs (or equivalent) at grade C or above in Maths and English would be beneficial to your application.

This is a full time role, working 35 hours per week.
 
The closing date for this role is the 31st October 2019, with interviews scheduled to be held in the first week of November in Liverpool.
 
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Other organisations may call this role Co-ordinator, Team Co-ordinator, Team Leader, Charity Service Co-ordinator, Volunteer Co-ordinator, Volunteer Support Co-ordinator, Service Administrator, or Administrator.

Salary: £ 24,368 + 15% enhancement for shift work (£28,023.20)  Status: substantive post  Hours: Approx. 42 hours per week on a rolling rota (working 12.5 hr shifts from approx. 7:00pm until 07:30am) Holidays: 20 Days plus Bank Holidays (or a day in lieu for bank holidays worked)  Life Insurance Gym Membership Based at: Sites across Wigan and Leigh 
 
Responsible to: Emergency Access Intensive Housing Team Manager
 
Accountable to: Queen’s Hall Action on Poverty Trustees
 
Closing Date : 12 Noon 25th October 
 
Interview : w/c 28th October 
 
SUMMARY
 
The Brick is a small charity with big aspirations for people in need within our community. We provide RELIEF, RESTORATION and REFORMATION by offering tailored support, hope, and opportunity to those looking to improve their quality of life. We now are looking for an enthusiastic, proactive and inspirational Activity and Training Co-ordinator to join our team, a believer in the right to equal life chances with a passion to improve lives through collaboration and innovation.
 
JOB PURPOSE 
 
You will support the delivery and growth of the emergency accommodation facilities in Wigan and Leigh and build trusting relationships with those using the provision and key partners. You will effectively and efficiently provide a safe and secure place to stay. An important element in keeping people safe is ensuring that the environment and its cleanliness is maintained. You will identify needs and will liaise with key partners and services who will provide the appropriate support using a person centred approach. You will recruit, train and support volunteers to assist in the Night Shelter delivery model.
The overnight accommodation is part of a community hub model that will offer wrap around care and support to those homeless and most vulnerable in Wigan.  Individuals who stay at the overnight accommodation will be offered an intensive support package by key partners, highlighting agreed actions for sustainable move on.  As an overnight accommodation worker, your knowledge and understanding of those we look to house is critical in forming these holistic actions plans with support agencies. The intelligence you collect on shift will be an integral part of individual action plans used by agencies offering support.

Operationally, you will manage a consistent flow of referrals to the overnight accommodation and manage the complex needs of those using the provision to ensure that throughout their stay they receive a warm welcome and equally a place where they feel safe.  You will create an inclusive environment that promotes independence and build healthy professional relationships between the staff team and encourage and adopt practices to ensure social inclusion for all. Working in an asset based way, you will recognise the strengths, skills and assets of people experiencing homelessness and work hard to build upon these assets, connecting them with their communities. You will work in close partnership with key services based at the hub to ensure every individual is receiving support through key agencies unique to them.
You will be required to share information with relevant partners to allow for continued ongoing engagement. You will play a key role in sharing frontline experience and knowledge with others to contribute to the wider homelessness strategy in Wigan.

Use of a car and full UK driving licence is preferred, as this role includes covering sites located across the borough.

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full time- 35 hours a week

Location: Can be based in any UK Trust office

We’re looking for someone who is passionate about creating person centred services that enable young people to thrive. This key role in the team will lead the service design and innovation of the Prince’s Trust’s education offer for young people.

The Trust is in the process of introducing digital as the backbone for delivering and administering its services to young people. We’re keen to develop a blended model of both digital and non-digital services that are desirable for young people, teachers and staff and deliver high impact that transforms lives.

We’re looking for someone that:

• Has passion for delivering the goals of the Prince’s Trust; helping young people transform their lives by developing the confidence and skills, to live, learn and earn.
• Is keen to work collaboratively within multi-disciplinary projects teams, with colleagues across the organisation and young people.
• Embraces agile approaches, working iteratively to design and test services that maximise impact
• Is passionate about human-centred design and innovation methods; undertaking user research, data collection and facilitation of the development of new ideas.
• Recognises the value of co-design and understands how to ensure our services work for young people, teachers and our staff.
• Understands the need to look at the whole experience of young people, and design customer journeys and services that meet needs.
• Has a strong desire to learn and embrace new ideas, approaches and ways of working; and to share these with colleagues.

Experience in the education or youth sector would be an advantageous; this role will be primarily focussed on our developing our future education. However, we’re keen to hear from people from a diverse range of backgrounds.

This is an exciting time to join the Prince’s Trust, we are building a multi-disciplinary team that encompasses service design, content creation, user experience and project management.  We want to create an engine that drives forward our offer to young people, ensuring we meet our ambition to reach one million young people over the next ten years.

To learn more about the role, please download the job description.

About The Prince’s Trust

We are a youth charity whose mission is to help young people transform their lives by developing the confidence and skills, to live, learn and earn. This year we will support more than 70,000 young people through a range of proven programmes, with three in four achieving a positive outcome!

We have a bold ambition to extend the reach and impact of our work and help one million more young people transform their lives over the next ten years.  Our job is to inspire them, support them and release their potential, so that they can thrive and society can prosper.  We will focus on innovation, to ensure we adapt and remain relevant in a rapidly changing world.  We owe it to ourselves and the young people we serve, to do the best work of our lives and to help give them an increasing stake in our economy and society. They are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us.

To help us realise our vision, we are changing our approach and looking at innovative ways to develop and enhance our ways of working.  This has led to the creation of exciting new opportunities across The Prince’s Trust at all levels based throughout the United Kingdom.

The Prince’s Trust is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare of the children and young people we work with. Successful applicants to roles at The Prince’s Trust will be subject to criminal vetting checks, and where necessary for the role, a check at an enhanced level will be required.

To apply for this vacancy please go to our website and complete the online application.  To help you with the supporting statement section, you may want to download a copy of the Prince’s Trust Behavioural Framework.

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Are you passionate about personal development, student engagement and student leadership? This role looks to empower and support student leaders to develop, deliver and evaluate student opportunities at Liverpool John Moores University Students’ Union (JMSU). These activities will provide a wide range of opportunities for students to engage in co-curricular activity, try new things, be part of communities and develop their leadership skills. This post will ensure student leaders are supported to be champions and ambassadors for the Students’ union and that the Students’ Union understands, and is able to communicate, the positive impact of student opportunities to our students and the University.

You have proven experience of working in a Finance department, where you’ve managed large data sets and identified and produced key management information . All you need is the perfect environment to put your skills to great use. Welcome to Richmond Fellowship as an Assistant Management Accountant.

Right now, we’re looking for a well-organised yet flexible individual to work with, and support, our Northern and group-wide Finance teams. As well as helping to deliver the Northern team’s management accounts however, we’ll rely on you to assist the wider Recovery Focus Finance team with the maintenance and management of property related costs for the Group’s estate. You’ll also be responsible for helping our Accounts Payable & Accounts Receivable team to post various income and cost invoices onto our financial system (we use Workday) and maintain the standing data of that system. And, when it comes to carrying out various ad-hoc analyses that can be used for the next year budgeting process or help identify where there are cost-saving or process-improvement opportunities, again, we’ll count on you.

The ideal person for this challenging role will be part-qualified or preparing to study for a relevant professional CCAB qualification (AAT, ACCA, CIMA). And, if you’ve worked in the area of management accounting and budgetary control and/or accounting within the RSL sector, even better. Experience of trial balance management and scrutiny and working with Accruals and Prepayments would be useful too, while an understanding of accounting standards, rent accounting and managing reserves is essential. Proficient using Excel and comfortable managing conflicting demands and priorities on time, you have a relaxed attitude to working hours and, crucially, are willing to travel to various Group locations in order to get the hob done.

So, are you ready to take on this rewarding role that comes with some really great benefits, including a smartphone? 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.

About The Role

We are currently seeking an Assistant Service Leader to join the team at The Watchfactory and Crawford Gardens. The Assistant Service Leader will support the Service Leaders in the overall management of these Extra Care services.
As Assistant Service Leader, the key responsibilities are as follows:

• To support the Service Leader in managing the service, promoting teamwork with all disciplines of staff. 
• To promote and maintain a person centred service with emphasis at all times on independence, individuality, rights, choice, privacy, and fulfilment.
• To deputise for the service leader in times of absence effectively maintaining business performance and high quality standards.
• Development of services to ensure highest compliance with internal and external standards and the needs of the local community.

The successful candidate will be striving to improve the quality of Extra Care services in order to achieve outstanding, having excellent local knowledge to be able to integrate these services into the local community.

About You

The successful candidate will have an NVQ in social care at level 3  or be willing to work towards this. This is a great developmental opportunity to gain experience and work towards becoming a Registered Manager as you will be coached and managed by experienced Extra Care Managers. You should be experienced in managing teams of staff and monitoring, evaluating and improving performance or experience of supporting your line manager with additional tasks which improve service delivery.

It is essential to possess a thorough knowledge of CQC and its remit within social care, risk management tools and their application, and an understanding of the mental capacity act and deprivation of liberty safeguarding protocols. A good knowledge of HR procedures, managing budgets and carrying out investigations is desirable. The successful candidate should have good IT skills and the ability to work independently with a positive and helpful attitude.

It is important too that you share our company values - We Include; We Deliver; We Aspire; We Respect; We Enable, which are at the heart of everything we do and ensure that we deliver high quality, consistent care and support.

Working for Us

In return, we offer you a rewarding role with the opportunity to develop your skills and future career in a rewarding and enriching environment. We also offer the following;

• Comprehensive induction and commitment to on going learning and development - opportunities to take NVQs, classroom based courses and e-learning
• Holiday purchase scheme
• Contributory pension scheme
• Access to a free app offering retail discounts, leisure savings and holiday and travel discounts
• Employee of the month and other recognition schemes
• Employee Assistant programme - available 24/7
• Wellbeing Fund
• Employee Voice - GameChangers
• We will also pay for your DBS

Community Integrated Care is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

Passionate about providing effective marketing and creative communication to a diverse range of stakeholders? This role helps ensure the Students’ Union communicates effectively with students and other key stakeholders as well as delivering a wide range of creative marketing and PR campaigns.  The post holder will play a key role in developing JMSU’s brand and ensuring high levels of awareness and understanding about our opportunities, services and impact on student life.

Location:           Lancashire, base to be agreed with successful applicant

Grade/Salary:       £26,539 - £29,520, depending on experience

Hours of Work:     Flexible, 35 hours per week

This is a very exciting time to join Age UK Lancashire and to play a key role in contributing to delivery of our three year strategy for growth. The successful applicant will join a small, supportive team, committed to raising funds so that the charity can continue to provide essential, high quality, responsive services to the older people of Lancashire, Blackpool and North Sefton.

We are seeking an individual who has a proven track record in developing high value relationships, identifying new supporters, sales, stewarding relationships, securing multi-year pledges and accessing networks of supporters.

This role would suit someone who has a natural ability to build rapport with potential donors, is exceptionally pro-active and self-motivated, enjoys working collaboratively and has empathy with the work of Age UK Lancashire, to grow the income of a charity that has a national name, but a very local identity and focus.

You will develop relationships with individuals, agencies and corporates to generate productive partnerships for the charity including: sponsorship of services; donations of retail stock; pre-retirement course sales.

Have responsibility for establishing and developing our major gifts and individual giving programmes to make a significant impact on the charity’s income from these sources.

Assist in the development of a culture within Age UK Lancashire that engages the wider staff team in productive relationships with donors. 

If you -   Enjoy variety in fundraising, to grow a charity with a very local identity and focus. 

              Are an experienced fundraiser or salesperson with a proven track record.

              Have experience of working with high value donors and enjoy working collaboratively with excellent people                       skills.

              Are an excellent relationship manager, highly pro-active, self-motivated and organised.

We would love to hear from you,  this position could be perfect for you?

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. 

For an informal discussion about the post please contact Alison Read, Director of Partnerships and Growth, contact details can be found on our website.

For an application pack and more information, please visit our website. 

Closing date:   28th October 2019 5pm  (early applications are invited)

Interview date: 19th November 2019

Contract Type: Fixed Term 12 months (With the possibility of an extension)

Hours: Full time - 35 hours a week

Location: Can be based in any of our Trust offices

We are looking for an Innovation Delivery Lead who will support an exciting period of growth and change for the organisation. Working with external suppliers and stakeholders across The Trust, the Digital Delivery Lead will work with the innovation team and be required to facilitate the delivery of innovation projects.

We're after someone who can:

• -Make clear,pragmatic and manageable plans for innovation projects
• -Exemplify positive customer service behaviors and promote a culture focused on ensuring customer needs are met
• -Establish how the business area compares to customer service expectations and industry best practice and identify necessary improvements in plans
• -Clarify strategies and plans, giving clear sense of direction and purpose for self and team
• -Confidently engage with stakeholders and colleagues at all levels to generate commitment to goals

This is a fixed term role for 12 months with the possibility of extension and can be based in any UK Trust office. To learn more about the role, please download the job description.

About The Prince's Trust

We are a youth charity whose mission is to help young people transform their lives by developing the confidence and skills, to live, learn and earn. This year we will support more than 70,000 young people through a range of proven programmes, with three in four achieving a positive outcome!

We have a bold ambition to extend the reach and impact of our work and help one million more young people transform their lives over the next ten years.Our job is to inspire them, support them and release their potential, so that they can thrive and society can prosper.We will focus on innovation, to ensure we adapt and remain relevant in a rapidly changing world.We owe it to ourselves and the young people we serve, to do the best work of our lives and to help give them an increasing stake in our economy and society. They are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us.

The Prince's Trust is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare of the children and young people we work with. Successful applicants to roles at The Prince's Trust will be subject to criminal vetting checks, and where necessary for the role, a check at an enhanced level will be required.

To apply for this vacancy please complete the online application.To help you with the supporting statement section, you may want to download a copy of the Prince's Trust Behavioural Framework.

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Sense are looking for a reliable and motivated person to join our professional team as a Team Leader (Social Care) at our Sense Centre in Warrington. This is a full time position working 37.5 hours per week.

Title: Team Leader (Social Care)
Ref: 43628
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, full time
Location: Warrington
Contract type: Permanent
Salary: Circa £17,700 per annum, pro rata

About the role

The Team leader will need to manage the day to day running of a responsive innovative and high quality service for people with sensory impairments and complex needs.  Special attention will be paid to the creation of a continuous learning environment that will seek to maximise the potential of each person.

You will assist the manager in the running of the service including co-ordinating and supervising the team to ensure that all shared responsibilities are fulfilled and systems maintained.

About you

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate willingness to participate in training and development. You will need to communicate in a variety of different methods and be prepared to deal with challenging situations. You will also be expected to work on your own initiative and show patience and understanding.

The successful candidate will have a proven track record of motivating others including carrying out supervision meetings.  You will have experience of working with adults with disabilities, monitoring the care provided and identifying and resolving issues arising from the 'day to day' operation.

About us

For everyone living with complex disabilities. For everyone who is deafblind. Sense is here to help people communicate and experience the world.

We believe that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential.

Sense has a proven record of offering high quality, pioneering services.

Working at Sense can be incredibly rewarding; we offer the opportunity to work in a large, diverse and successful charity where people can develop their skills, knowledge and careers in a supportive and flexible environment. In addition, we have excellent training and development, the opportunity for you to join our Group Personal Pension scheme and a generous annual leave entitlement.

Closing date: Wednesday 23 October 2019
Interview date: As applications are received

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the apply button to be directed to our website where you can download the job description and complete the application process. 

We would recommend that you read the candidate guidelines and job description (available on our website) before applying. If you are a disabled candidate and require a hard copy pack or a different format for example large print, Braille or audio, further details can be found on our website.

Sense is an Equal Opportunities Employer and is committed to ensuring that all staff are motivated, skilled and rewarded by their work.  Sense is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable children and adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. Therefore, all offers of employment are subject to a number of checks including an enhanced DBS check where appropriate.

No agencies please.

Sense are looking for a reliable and motivated person to join our professional team as a Team Leader (Social Care) at our Sense Centre in Warrington. This is a part time position working 30 hours per week.

The centre is open Monday to Friday 9.30am to 6pm, & the role also includes community support. The role will also include occasional 'sleep ins' which you will be paid additional enhancements. The centre is a small, people led centre where you will be managing a team of 5 Support Workers.

Title: Part Time Team Leader (Social Care)
Reference number: 43651
Hours: 30 hours per week
Location: Warrington
Contract type: Permanent
Salary: Circa £17,700 pro rata

About the role 
The Team leader will need to manage the day to day running of a responsive innovative and high quality service for people with sensory impairments and complex needs.  Special attention will be paid to the creation of a continuous learning environment that will seek to maximise the potential of each person.

You will assist the manager in the running of the service including co-ordinating and supervising the team to ensure that all shared responsibilities are fulfilled and systems maintained.

About you 
The successful candidate will need to demonstrate willingness to participate in training and development. You will need to communicate in a variety of different methods and be prepared to deal with challenging situations. You will also be expected to work on your own initiative and show patience and understanding.

The successful candidate will have a proven track record of motivating others including carrying out supervision meetings.  You will have experience of working with adults with disabilities, monitoring the care provided and identifying and resolving issues arising from the 'day to day' operation.

About us 
For everyone living with complex disabilities. For everyone who is deafblind. Sense is here to help people communicate and experience the world. We believe that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential. Sense has a proven record of offering high quality, pioneering services.

Working at Sense can be incredibly rewarding; we offer the opportunity to work in a large, diverse and successful charity where people can develop their skills, knowledge and careers in a supportive and flexible environment. In addition, we have excellent training and development, the opportunity for you to join our Group Personal Pension scheme and a generous annual leave entitlement.

Closing date: Thursday 31 October 2019
Interview date: To be confirmed

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the apply button to be directed to our website where you can download the job description and complete the application process. 

We would recommend that you read the candidate guidelines and job description (available on our website) before applying. If you are a disabled candidate and require a hard copy pack or a different format for example large print, Braille or audio, further details can be found on our website.

Sense is an Equal Opportunities Employer and is committed to ensuring that all staff are motivated, skilled and rewarded by their work.  Sense is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable children and adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. Therefore, all offers of employment are subject to a number of checks including an enhanced DBS check where appropriate.

No agencies please.

2 x Vacancies

1 x Permanent, 1 x Fixed Term until June 2020 (secondment cover)

7% Employer pension contribution

28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

We are looking for highly motivated individuals to join our generalist advice team as an Advice Session Supervisor. Ideally, you already have experience of supervision and Quality of Advice Assessments, or you will be an experienced adviser who has a track record in supporting others and is willing to learn.

You will be someone who enjoys working within a busy environment providing support, guidance and feedback to volunteers in order to maintain a consistent quality of advice, and to ensure the provision of an effective and efficient service to the public.

For an application pack please visit our website. 

Closing date for applications: 23rd October (5pm)

Interviews: 28th October 2019

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Do you care about the quality of and access to education, representation and student leadership? This role aims to empower and support academic representatives to identify opportunities to improve the educational experience within the University and create change that will improve academic quality and engagement for their peers and future students.  This post holder will coach and mentor academic reps to thrive in their volunteer roles and create a community of champions and ambassadors for the Students’ Union through their participation and involvement, fostering deeper engagement through a positive and transformative experience.