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The Youth Endowment Fund
Senior Change Manager, Children’s Services
Reports to: Head of Change, Children’s Services
Salary:£54,300 per annum, depending on experience
Location: Central London or Hybrid*(see below)
Contract: 2-year fixed term contract
Closing date for applications: 12 pm on Monday, 1st June 2026
Interview dates: Week commencing 15th June 2026
About the Youth Endowment Fund
All of us will experience violence at some point in our lives. For many children, it is a daily reality. Each year, tens of children are killed, hundreds are hospitalised, 1 in 5 teenage children are victims and the majority admit to feeling afraid of violence. It scares them when they travel home from school, prevents them from going out and makes the most vulnerable feel like they don’t matter. It is taking lives, traumatising families and dividing communities. It robs potential, progress and hope.
But it doesn’t have to be this way.
The Youth Endowment Fund believes that no child should be affected by violence. We research violence to understand it; we find, fund and test what works to prevent it; and we are building a movement to end it.
A big part of the movement that we need to build is in the world of children’s services. We need to inspire and connect with senior leaders in England and Wales to spread what works and make our country safer for some of our most vulnerable children. We need someone who can deliver this whilst understanding and working within the context of the major sector reforms that are currently being delivered via the Families First Partnership programme.
Key Responsibilities
We are at an exciting moment in our work. In June we will publish our children’s services practice guidance, setting out the evidence for what works to reduce serious youth violence in the children’s services sector.
We have plans to work with the sector over the rest of the financial year and beyond, including designing a self-assessment tool to help senior sector leaders benchmark their existing practice against the evidence. We will also launch a new change programme, working hand-in-hand with the sector to implement the evidence for what works, gaining valuable insights in the process.
Your role is to help us turn these plans into a reality.
This will include launching the self-assessment tool and promoting its use within the sector. It will also involve planning, designing and delivering the change programme to turn the theory into reality.
You will also contribute by designing and delivering a range of sector engagement activities, such as webinars, events and learning opportunities, that reach the sector, helping to build momentum, understanding and commitment across children’s services.
Lastly, you will support the Head of Change for Children’s Services with government engagement as required and support the establishment of a new network for senior sector leaders to share the latest evidence and best practice.
Key responsibilities will include:
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Supporting the launch and roll-out of the children’s services self-assessment tool, driving up demand and ensuring widespread completion of the tool across the sector;
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Work hands-on with Local Authorities to help them put evidence into practice via our change programme; planning, delivering and learning as the work continues;
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Continuously capture and act on learning from the self-assessment tool and deep dive change programme to inform future work;
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Supporting the design and roll-out of a children’s services network to spread learning of what works to reduce serious youth violence;
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Spend time genuinely understanding the pressures, priorities and constraints facing children’s services leaders to inform our longer-term approach to change.
As part of your wider contribution to the organisation, you will also:
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Build a culture where it is natural to perform well and support colleagues brilliantly.
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Contribute to setting the strategy, delivering results and building and modelling the culture that we need to succeed.
You are this sort of person:
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You are fascinated about change and are experienced in making it happen. You have outstanding analytical judgment alongside the emotional intelligence and experience needed to identify the right opportunities for change, then make them happen. You understand why people find change difficult. You come alive talking about how people make decisions and why they do the things they do.
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You understand the children’s services sector. You understand how the sector really works. This could include experience of working with/supporting senior sector leaders to facilitate change and improvement that improves the lives of young people.
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You win people over. People tend to warm to you and respect you. You have built good relationships with very senior people and with very junior people. You are good at chairing meetings, connecting people and having good introductory meetings. You are comfortable talking to a government minister, a youth worker, a company CEO, a social worker and a 15-year-old student. Listening to people from all backgrounds matters to you.
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You have experience of developing resources which support children’s services. You understand and take a curious approach to learning about the needs of sector leaders. You are able to skilfully translate these insights into helpful resources and tools which support leaders to improve practice.
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You learn fast but remain humble. You are very quick at getting your head around things. You like learning. You are very good at synthesising information. You know how much you don't know. You know that you can learn more. You know that it's easy to assume you know when you don't. You care more that good things happen than who gets the credit. You are a great and supportive team player.
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You don't want your days to pass without making a difference. You want to play a significant part in reducing violence.
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You understand young people. You understand what the lives of vulnerable young people can be like, and you understand some of the organisations that work with them, ideally through first-hand experience.
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You are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion.
You must have this sort of experience
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Delivering positive change within children’s services: You have significant experience of working with sector leaders to support the development and improvement of practice.
While it’s not a criteria, we’re especially interested to hear from applicants who have lived experience of violence affecting children and young people.
It’s also important to us that the people we hire do not discriminate. We believe in being inclusive and giving everyone an equal chance to succeed. Applications are welcome from all regardless of age, sex, gender identity, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, race, sexual orientation, transgender status or social economic background.
All appointments will be made on merit, following a fair and transparent process. In line with the Equality Act 2010, however, the organisation may employ positive action where candidates from underrepresented groups can demonstrate their ability to perform the role equally well.
Hybrid Working
The office is based in Central London. Those living in and around London are expected to be in the office a minimum of 2 days per week. If you live outside of London and work remotely, you’ll be expected to work from the London office 2 days per month.
To Apply
Please click on the "Apply for this" button and submit your CV, your completed monitoring form and ensure your covering letter answers the following three questions below. Please submit your application by Monday 1st June 2026 at 12pm.
Application Questions
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How have you used evidence to deliver effective change and improve outcomes? How did you gather and use the evidence and influence senior leaders to act differently?
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Describe your experience and understanding of working in or with the children’s services sector, in particular working with senior sector leaders. Please be specific about the context and impact you made.
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What personal and professional experiences shape your understanding of the children’s services sector and its role in preventing youth violence?
As part of our commitment to flexible working we will consider a range of options for the successful applicant. All options can be discussed at the interview stage.
Interview Process
This will be a two-stage interview process. Interviews will take place the week of 15th June 2025.
Please Note: We do not sponsor work permits and you will be required to provide proof of your eligibility to work in the UK.
Benefits Include
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£1,000 professional development budget annually
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25 days annual leave, 3 days end of year shut down, plus Bank Holidays
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Four half days for volunteering activities
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Employee Assistance Programme – 24hr phone line for free confidential support
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Volunteering days - 4 half days per year
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Death in service - 4 times annual salary
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Flexible hours. Core office hours 10am – 4pm
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Financial support including travel and hardship loans
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Employer contributed pension of 5%.
Your Data
Your personal data will be shared for the purposes of the recruitment exercise. This includes our HR team, interviewers (who may include other partners in the project and independent advisors), relevant team managers and our IT service provider if access to the data is necessary for performance of their roles. We do not share your data with other third parties, unless your application for employment is successful, and we make you an offer of employment. We will then share your data with former employers to obtain references for you. We do not transfer your data outside the European Economic Area.
We exist to prevent children and young people becoming involved in violence.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Job Overview
The Cathedral Safeguarding Officer is the designated safeguarding professional for Lincoln Cathedral, responsible for ensuring that safeguarding is embedded across all aspects of Cathedral life.
The postholder will ensure compliance with Church of England safeguarding policy, diocesan frameworks and relevant statutory legislation, while promoting a culture of care, accountability and continuous improvement.
The role involves providing expert safeguarding advice, managing safeguarding concerns and casework, supporting safer recruitment processes, and ensuring that clergy, staff and volunteers understand and fulfil their safeguarding responsibilities.
Working in partnership with the Diocesan Safeguarding Team and statutory agencies, the Cathedral Safeguarding Officer will support the Dean and Chapter in fulfilling their safeguarding responsibilities, while exercising independent professional judgement in relation to safeguarding matters.
Key Responsibilities
• Promote a culture in which safeguarding is understood as everyone’s responsibility.
• Manage safeguarding concerns, allegations and casework.
• Support safer recruitment processes, including DBS requirements and safeguarding risk assessments.
• Develop and review safeguarding policies and procedures.
• Support safeguarding training and awareness across the Cathedral community.
• Maintain accurate, secure and confidential safeguarding records using the MyConcern system.
• Liaise with statutory agencies, including local authorities and police, where required.
• Prepare safeguarding reports for governance bodies including Chapter and SLT.
Skills and Experience
The successful candidate will have:
• Significant experience of safeguarding casework involving children and/or vulnerable adults.
• Strong working knowledge of safeguarding legislation, statutory guidance and best practice.
• Experience of risk assessment and safeguarding risk management.
• Experience of working with or alongside statutory agencies.
• Strong interpersonal, organisational and communication skills.
• Ability to manage sensitive and complex situations with professionalism, discretion and resilience.
Working Pattern and Benefits
• Permanent part-time role.
• 21 hours per week across a minimum of 3 days per week.
• Primarily site based at Lincoln Cathedral.
• Up to 1 day per fortnight home working may be negotiated.
• 33 days annual leave including bank holidays (pro rata).
• Church Workers Pension Scheme.
Safeguarding and Recruitment Information
Lincoln Cathedral is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This role is subject to enhanced safeguarding requirements, including an Enhanced DBS check with barred list check.
Please complete the Cathedral Application Form. CVs will not be accepted as a substitute for the application form.
Closing date for applications: Tuesday 26 May 2026 at 5pm.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Using Anonymous Recruitment
This organisation is using Anonymous Recruitment to reduce bias in the first stages of the hiring process. Submit your application as normal and our system will anonymise it for you. Your personal information will be hidden until the recruiter contacts you.
Join Disability Law Service and help empower Deaf and Disabled people to access justice. Support our vital work by playing a key role in strengthening our finance and administrative functions.
Disability Law Service is a Deaf and Disabled Peoples Organisation providing free legal advice and representation to Deaf and Disabled people across England and Wales. We work to promote equality, inclusion, and access to justice through high-quality legal advice, welfare benefits support, and systems change work. Our work is grounded in the social model of disability and is focused on tackling discrimination and structural barriers faced by Deaf and Disabled people.
Purpose of the role
To support the financial and administrative operations of Disability Law Service, ensuring accurate financial management and efficient day-to-day organisational support.
You will manage bookkeeping, legal aid billing, financial records, and general administrative processes, supporting the smooth running of organisational systems and compliance requirements.
Key responsibilities
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Manage bookkeeping, invoices, payments, and reconciliations
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Take responsibility for billing processes and financial records
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Prepare month-end adjustments (including accruals and prepayments)
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Maintain accurate financial systems in line with charity and legal aid requirements
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Support audit and compliance processes
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Provide general administrative support
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Use finance and office systems accurately and efficiently
What we offer
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Opportunities to develop experience in finance, administration, and legal processes within a charitable setting
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A supportive and inclusive working environment within a committed and experienced team
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A varied role where your work directly supports access to justice for Deaf and Disabled people.
Equality, diversity and inclusion
We welcome applications from everyone and are particularly keen to support Deaf and Disabled people to join and develop within our organisation. We are a flexible employer committed to creating an inclusive environment in which everyone can thrive.
To apply
To apply, please upload your CV and a supporting cover letter (up to 2 pages) outlining your suitability for the role via CharityJob. Please make sure you have fully read the Job Description and Person Specification before applying.
Please let us know if your require the application materials in an alternative format, or any reasonable adjustments to apply.
Our mission is to provide free legal advice to Deaf and Disabled people to ensure that they have access to their rights and justice.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Key details
Job Title: Supporter Connection and Engagement Officer
Location: Sheffield, up to 40% home working across the month
Salary: £26,582 per annum
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (full time)
Contract: 18 month fixed-term contract, with opportunity for a permanent role upon completion.
Line Manager: Fundraising Operations Manager
Department: Engagement Team (Fundraising)
Pension: Auto-enrolment scheme with 5% employer contributions
Annual Leave: 25 days (excluding Bank Holidays)
Probation: Six months
Notice Period: Four weeks (after probation)
DBS: Not required
Occupational Requirement: This role has an occupational requirement for the post holder to be a committed Christian, in line with the Equality Act 2010.
What is the role of Supporter Connection and Engagement Officer?
The Supporter Connection and Engagement Officer plays a key role in building and strengthening relationships with our supporters, this can include churches, church leaders, key volunteers and individual. You’ll engage with people personally – primarily through phone and email – to inspire generosity, communicate impact, and ensure every supporter feels valued and connected to Church Army’s mission.
You’ll also support the smooth running of our supporter systems, helping ensure that data is accurate and that every interaction leads to meaningful follow-up. This is a varied role where you’ll balance communication, administration, and creativity – while developing skills that will serve you throughout your career.
Who this role might suit
We’re more interested in your potential than a perfect CV. This role could be a great fit if you:
• Enjoy talking to people and building relationships
• Are motivated by purpose and want your work to make a difference
• Are willing to learn and develop new skills
• Feel comfortable talking about your Christian faith in a natural and authentic way
• Can stay positive and resilient, even when conversations are challenging
You might have gained relevant skills through part-time work, volunteering, university, church involvement, or other life experiences.
Application Deadline: Monday 22nd June 2026
Interview Date: Wednesday 15th July 2026
Next Steps:
For more information on the role, you can find the job description and our Faith Based Application Form from our website.
PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT ACCEPT CVs
We want everyone everywhere to encounter God’s love and be empowered to transform their communities through faith shared in words and action.

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The Director of Service Delivery is a senior leadership role responsible for ensuring Emerging Futures’ services are safe, high‑quality, and financially sustainable nationwide.
The role oversees supported housing for people experiencing homelessness and substance use, as well as community‑based coaching, peer support, and therapeutic programmes.
The postholder will lead large, geographically dispersed services through change and growth, using a compassionate, trauma‑informed, and values‑led approach alongside strong accountability and data‑driven decision‑making. At a pivotal time for the organisation, the role focuses on strengthening systems, leadership capability, and assurance in response to regulatory change and organisational learning.
This is a home‑based role with significant national travel, providing visible leadership and building strong relationships across diverse, remote teams.
Emerging Futures works across the country with people affected by homelessness, drug and alcohol problems and physical and mental health needs.



The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £29,849.40 - £35,493.06
Closing Date: Monday, 25 May 2026
Interviews will be held w/c Monday, 8 June 2026
Centrepoint, the UK’s leading youth homelessness charity, is looking for a Stewardship Officer (Mid-value) to join our Individual Giving and Legacies team based in London.
About us
Centrepoint helps vulnerable young people by giving them the practical and emotional support they need to find a job and live independently. We provide homeless young people with accommodation, health support and life skills to get them back into education, training and employment. Along with our partners, we support more than 16,000 young people across the UK every year. Together, we’re determined to end youth homelessness by 2037.
The Stewardship Officer (Mid-value) role sits within Centrepoint’s Stewardship Team in Individual Giving and Legacies (IGL). The IGL unit has grown significantly in recent years and is forecast to raise £24.7m in FY 2026/27. This role is core to the delivery of the IG Stewardship programme, supporting growth across Mid‑value Cash and Regular Giving audiences.
Working closely with the Senior Stewardship Officer (Mid-value), you will deliver a fundraising communications plan for mid-value donors, who give an annualised value of £1,000-£5,000 - including targeted appeals, inspiring updates and impact reports, as well as supporter events and online webinars. You will support efforts to drive forward stewardship journeys to deepen engagement, build long-term relationships and increase lifetime value.
Centrepoint operates a hybrid working model. The requirement is a minimum of 50% of your working week. For most full-time colleagues, this means attending the office for five days over a two-week period (e.g., two days one week and three days the next). For colleagues on different contracts (including part-time or compressed contracts) this will be adjusted accordingly.
About you
- You’re an organised, detail‑oriented and target-driven direct marketer who enjoys managing multiple campaigns and seeing projects through from start to finish
- You’re collaborative, data‑driven and supporter‑focused, with a strong interest in building long‑term donor relationships
What you’ll be doing
- Delivering supporter‑centric, integrated campaigns for Mid‑value donors (£1,000–£5,000 annual value), including fundraising appeals, donor journeys, impact reports, events and online webinars
- Working closely with the Senior Stewardship Officer (Mid‑value) to deliver the Mid‑value fundraising communications plan, supporting growth across both MV Cash and Regular Giving audiences
- Acting as the day‑to‑day contact for creative, print and fulfilment agencies to deliver innovative, multi‑channel campaigns
- Monitoring budgets, schedules and approvals to ensure campaigns are delivered on time, within budget and to agreed KPIs
- Analysing campaign performance and using supporter insights to refine journeys and inform future plans across the Mid-value programme
What we’d be looking for from you…
- Experience delivering direct marketing fundraising campaigns across channels such as direct mail, email, telephone and digital
- Excellent organisational skills with the ability to plan and manage a variety of projects and activities to tight deadlines
- Strong people skills, along with the confidence to communicate with donors and ability to develop strong working relationships with external suppliers and internal departments
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to write engaging copy, also to proofread and critique drafts.
- Confidence in interpreting data and implementing insight to optimise fundraising appeals and stewardship communications.
- A commitment to supporter‑first fundraising, data protection, safeguarding and equal opportunities.
Why join Centrepoint?
In return for your efforts, you’ll receive a competitive salary, excellent training and development, and a host of staff benefits including:
- 25 days of annual leave per year, rising by one day per year to a maximum of 27 days
- Healthcare cash plan (Cover the costs of a wide range of medical treatment including Dental, Optical, Complementary and Alternative therapies).
- Private Medical insurance
- Income protection
- Employer pension contributions of 5%
- Access to Cycle 2 Work loan scheme
- An interest-free travel loan
At Centrepoint we challenge the discrimination within society that contributes to youth homelessness, and we are just as committed to fairness and equality within Centrepoint itself. We are passionate about ensuring all of our colleagues are made to feel included in the work we do and that we value the rich diversity within the organization.
We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications regardless of sex, gender, race, age, belief in any religion and none, gender identity, ethnic origin, class, sexuality, nationality, appearance, unrelated criminal activities, disability, responsibility for dependents, part time or shift workers, being HIV positive or living with AIDS, lived experience of homelessness or using young people’s services and any other matter which causes a person to be treated with injustice.
Centrepoint’s policy is to recruit, employ and promote people on the basis of their suitability for the work to be performed, and to this end, our aim is to ensure that all applicants, employees and volunteers receive equal treatment.
Our approach to applications
We recognise that candidates may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support their applications. While this is absolutely fine, all examples and statements included must be truthful, accurate and based on your own experience.
We’re keen to understand your individual skills, experience and motivations, so please ensure your application reflects your own voice.
Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to join our team as a Stewardship Officer, click ‘Apply’ now!
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Using Anonymous Recruitment
This organisation is using Anonymous Recruitment to reduce bias in the first stages of the hiring process. Submit your application as normal and our system will anonymise it for you. Your personal information will be hidden until the recruiter contacts you.
About Bipolar UK
Bipolar UK is the only national charity dedicated to supporting people affected by bipolar — including individuals, carers, families and loved ones. Over one million people in the UK live with bipolar disorder, yet many experience symptoms for years before receiving an accurate diagnosis.
We are entering an exciting new phase following the launch of our co-produced three-year strategy (2026–2029). Over the coming years, we will reach more people than ever before, expand access to self-management support, and build understanding of bipolar across workplaces, services and communities.
At the heart of our work is the belief that people affected by bipolar are the experts in their own lives. We are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion, and to ensuring our services are accessible, culturally responsive and shaped by lived experience.
Purpose: The Peer Support Officer role will work within Bipolar UK’s Peer Support Line team to support our community through telephone and email support across the UK.
The role involves using your skills and knowledge to support people affected by bipolar disorder with support requests and providing information and signposting to people via email and telephone. The successful applicant will also manage service reports in Salesforce, report back regularly to the management team, as well as developing links with other mental health services or appropriate agencies.
Though Bipolar UK does not offer Crisis Support, the successful applicant may have to direct members of our community experiencing a crisis to relevant services and will also be responsible for recognising and reporting Safeguarding incidents within the bounds of Bipolar UK’s Safeguarding Policies.
The position requires good personal interaction and the ability to empathise with service users while remaining calm and considered in sometimes difficult situations. This is a varied and hands on role and we are looking for someone with good communication (verbal and written) along with good organisational skills. Bipolar UK will offer the successful applicant regular support and engagement with the team, as well as reflective practice sessions throughout their service with the charity.
The Peer Support Officer reports to the Services Manager who manages this service. This will be a home-based role with occasional travel, such as team days/meetings/training.
Why join us?
This is an opportunity to provide practical, non-clinical information and peer support to our community, including family and loved ones. Our Peer Support Line is often a first point of contact, offering a listening ear, helping to reduce isolation, and signposting people to relevant information, services, research and campaigns.
You will join a team of highly skilled colleagues who share the same passion to support our community in a safe and appropriate way.
Specific Responsibilities
- Act as an initial point of contact with the charity for all enquiries about our services
- Act as an initial point of contact for all people affected by bipolar disorder seeking support, information and signposting
- Direct enquiries for Bipolar UK’s additional services, including understanding Bipolar UK’s specific resources and training opportunities for workplaces and connections for research
- Build and maintain relationships with existing volunteers and with volunteers expressing interest in supporting Bipolar UK
- Ensure that all service provided by both the postholder complies operationally with Bipolar UK policies and procedures, including safeguarding and data protection postholder must handle personal/special category data confidentially and in line with policy/UK GDPR
- Contribute to the development and delivery of new formats of peer support in a spirit of co-production
- Ability to work flexibly and responsively, responding to urgent requirements
- To ensure that all support information and signposting options are kept up to date
- To complete all support records in a timely manner
- Reporting all Safeguarding concerns and crisis incidents in line with Bipolar UK’s relevant policies
- To work with community mental health teams and other interested stakeholders to promote the services of the charity
- To act as an advocate for Bipolar UK within your work
- Willing to travel within the UK as deemed appropriate by the organisation, reasonable adjustments are available.
- Other duties deemed appropriate by the Chief Executive to assist in achieving the aims and objectives of the charity
Person Specification
The successful candidate will have:
- Understanding of lived experience and peer support
- Ability to work as part of a team and individually using own initiative
- An understanding and awareness of safeguarding
- Ability to work autonomously and at times remotely from line manager
- Experience of data collection and monitoring
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent organisational skills
- Be competent in the use of Microsoft 365 products including Outlook and other Microsoft Office programmes
- Experience of delivering peer support in paid employment or as a volunteer
Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
Bipolar UK is an equal opportunities organisation. We warmly welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and particularly encourage applications from people with lived experience of bipolar or other mental health conditions, people from under‑represented communities, and those whose voices are less often heard in mental health spaces.
All recruitment decisions are based solely on skills, experience and suitability for the role.
Data Protection
Any personal information you provide will be handled securely and used only for recruitment purposes, in line with UK data protection legislation.
Safeguarding
All employees are expected to work in line with Bipolar UK’s safeguarding policies, ensuring safe, respectful and empowering environments for everyone we work with.
The successful candidate will likely have:
- Experience of partnership working with statutory and third sector organisations
- Lived or professional experience supporting people affected by bipolar, or severe mental health conditions.
How to Apply
Bipolar UK operate a blind recruitment practice and advertise our roles via CharityJob.
Please submit your CV online to CharityJob with a covering letter (maximum two A4 pages). Your cover letter should clearly demonstrate how your experience meets the person specification and explains your motivation for working with Bipolar UK
Closing date is 9am on Monday 25 May 2026.
Our mission is to empower everyone affected by bipolar to live well and fulfil their potential.
Director of Isle of Man Services & Quality, Performance and Safeguarding
Service: Isle of Man Services & Quality, Performance and Safeguarding
Salary: £85,000 - £95,000 FTE per annum* Additionally £480 FTE per annum home-based working allowance
Location: Homebased with a requirement to be present on the Isle of Man for at least three days/30 hours a week, including regular travel to our London Head Office.
Contract & Hours: Permanent, 37 hours per week. We offer flexible working arrangements.
Family Action & the Role’s Impact:
Family Action supports people through change, challenge or crisis. It’s what we’ve done for over 150 years. We protect children, support young people and adults and offer direct, practical help to families and communities. We see first-hand the power of family to shape lives, for better or worse, so we speak up for the importance of family in national and local policymaking, amplify family voices and represent the changing needs of families in the UK today.
Are you an innovative, inspirational leader, who is solution focused and passionate about making a difference? Do you have the energy and focus to lead an extraordinary combination of services for children and families across the Isle of Man and take organisational responsibility for quality, performance and safeguarding?
Do you have a proven track record of delivering safe, excellent, inclusive services and cultivating quality and diversity? Are you hungry to show how you can drive system change? Are you looking for a diverse, ambitious and fast paced organisation where you can be part of the Executive leadership team – if so, you have found it.
About the Role:
The Director’s primary function is to provide strategic, operational and professional leadership across Family Action’s services on the Isle of Man (children’s residential homes, secure accommodation, short-stay homes, wraparound and edge of care services, semi independent accommodation, aftercare services, family support and Family Time) - ensuring consistently high-quality, safe, trauma informed practice and provision that meets statutory requirements and best practice standards.
The Director will be the organisational lead for quality assurance, performance and safeguarding, responsible for designing, implementing and assuring robust governance, oversight, and continuous improvement frameworks. They will collaborate closely with Manx Care, Commissioners, partners, multi agency safeguarding arrangements, and internal teams to deliver exceptional outcomes for looked after children, care leavers and families - modelling the organisation’s values; people focus, can do, excellence and mutual respect.
Main Responsibilities:
• Provide executive leadership for Residential, Wraparound, Edge of Care, Leaving and Aftercare services, Family Support and Family Time on the Isle of Man ensuring alignment with organisational strategy and contract specifications.
• Develop high-quality, trauma informed, therapeutic approaches across all services, ensuring models reflect emerging research, innovation, and best practice.
• Serve as the strategic lead for safeguarding, ensuring compliance with organisational safeguarding procedures and statutory requirements.
• Establish, monitor and report on Quality Assurance frameworks, including audits, inspections, risk management, incident reporting, and service performance.
• Ensure all residential services, including secure accommodation, operate in accordance with the Children and Young Persons Act and relevant inspection and regulatory frameworks.
• Advise senior leaders and governors/trustees on matters relating to Residential, Wraparound, Edge of Care, Leaving and Aftercare, Family Support and Family Time provision on the Isle of Man and quality assurance, performance and safeguarding across Family Action.
• Direct line management of two Deputy Directors and overseeing budgets to ensure efficient, cost-effective service delivery. Championing the sharing of learning, the development of staff and volunteers and best practice across services to support continuous improvement and innovation.
• Strategic and accountable leadership, leading the Directorate by motivating and galvanizing the team to achieve the highest quality services maximising outcomes for the children and families we support.
• Be part of the Executive Group of Directors and the Chief Executive, influencing organisational development and decision-making, resource allocation and future strategy.
Main Requirements (for details check the job description and person specification):
• Passionate about social justice, improving life chances and supporting children, young people and adults on the Isle of Man.
• Passionate about leading quality, performance and safeguarding across an entire organisation, and being part of a high-performing executive team leading an exciting and fast-paced charity.
• Extensive senior leadership experience in children’s social care with significant leadership experience in regulated environments.
• Proven responsibility for safeguarding, statutory compliance, quality assurance and regulatory engagement. And who has
• Proven experience working with vulnerable children, young people, and complex families, including trauma-informed practice.
• Highly robust, able to prioritise multiple workflows and issues and a fantastic and inclusive leader that can inspire their Directorate, peers and other senior leaders across Family Action.
• Present on the Isle of Man for a minimum of three days/30 hours a week and to attend Executive Group meetings in London once a month.
• Appointments are subject to satisfactory Safer Recruitment checks and Family Action receiving a satisfactory disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service – Enhanced and children’s barred list.
Benefits:
- an annual paid leave entitlement of 30 working days plus bank holidays
- up to 6% matched-pension contributions
- flexible working arrangements with the right to make flexible working requests from day one of employment
- enhanced paid sick leave and paid family leave provisions
- eye care, winter flu jabs vouchers and cycle to work scheme
- professional development with ongoing quality training and career development opportunities
Closing date - Thursday 21st May at 23:59.
Interviews and assessment - week commencing 1st or 8th June via Microsoft Teams.
If you would like to discuss the selection process or the potential for flexible working, please see email address provided on the Family Action job advert for David Holmes.
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion:
We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Intersectionality is important to us and we particularly welcome applications from ethnically diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ candidates and disabled candidates because we are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at Family Action. We also encourage applications from candidates with lived experience of the people we serve. We know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families and children and we strive for our workforce to be truly representative of the diverse communities we support.
We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process and also, we will make reasonable adjustments on the job where required. All candidates with a disability are welcome to apply under the Disability Confident Scheme and request priority consideration for an interview, provided they meet the essential criteria for the role.
To help remove financial barriers, we will reimburse reasonable travel costs if you attend an interview in person.
*Salaries are typically not offered at the top of the range and will be based on the level of skill and expertise of the successful candidate and internal equity.
Family Action is an award-winning national charity working from the heart of local communities across England and Wales.



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Position: Communications and Engagement Officer
Location: Barnsley, South Yorkshire
Hours: 22.5 hours per week, 1 day working from home allowance
Salary: £24,454 FTE (£14,870 actual); 5% pension contribution, 33 days of annual leave entitlement (inclusive of bank holidays) pro rata
Contract type: Permanent
Reportable to: Communications and Engagement Manager
Direct reports: No direct reports
Benefits:
- 5% pension contribution
- 33 days of annual leave per year (pro rata) which increases with length of service
- Enhanced sick leave entitlement with length of service
- Enhanced maternity pay
- Individual training budgets
- Discounts on local Barnsley Gyms
- Free parking in the town centre
Job Purpose
At an exciting time of growth and strategic development, Barnsley CVS is looking for a creative and motivated Communications and Engagement Officer to help tell our story and strengthen connections across the borough.
In this entry-level role, you will support how we communicate, connect and engage with local communities, members, stakeholders and the wider VCSE sector. You’ll help bring our work to life – creating accessible, engaging content and supporting campaigns that showcase the impact of local organisations and the difference they make every day.
Working as part of a small, supportive team, you will contribute to delivering communications that inform, inspire and involve. From digital content creation and social media to events and community engagement, you’ll play a hands-on role in helping people understand, access and take part in opportunities across Barnsley.
You will also help ensure that we are quick and effective at responding to the voices of local people and organisations. Your role will be key to supporting Barnsley CVS’s mission to build a strong, connected and thriving VCSE sector that has a positive impact on communities.
This is an ideal opportunity for someone starting their career in communications and engagement, who is passionate about communities, keen to develop their skills, and motivated to make a meaningful difference.
To be successful in this role, you will be someone who already has some experience and knowledge of communications and digital media but also has a genuine interest and passion for the VCSE/Charity sector in Barnsley and is motivated to highlight the work of the sector across our Borough. Paid working experience is not essential if you can demonstrate an appetite and a commitment to charitable causes and creative communications.
We provide leadership, support and coordination to the vibrant VCSE sector in Barnsley to create a positive drive that impacts communities
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Senior Supporter Engagement Manager will lead the strategic development of personalised, data‑driven supporter experiences that deepen engagement and maximise long‑term value. This role oversees the design and optimisation of multi‑channel supporter journeys, with a key focus on the creation and delivery of the email, SMS and What’s App communications, as well as our loyalty‑focused communications such as Cure Magazine, supporter newsletters and seasonal loyalty comm such as Christmas Cards. You’ll be a resident expert in marketing personalisation and data automation through martech tools.
Acting as the organisation’s expert in supporter experience design, the postholder ensures that every interaction — from the point that a supporter hits our database to long‑term stewardship — is timely, relevant, and insight‑led. You will use a mix of influence, coaching and collaboration skills to work across the organisation – working closely with Fundraising, Digital, Data, Business Intelligence, Insight, Policy and Campaigning, Volunteering, Info Services and Brand teams to embed a culture of continuous improvement and supporter‑centric thinking.
Most importantly you’ll be passionate about giving supporters a fantastic experience so that they stay longer, do more and feel like a valued part of getting to a cure for dementia.
Key Responsibilities:
Supporter Journey Development & Design
· Lead the end‑to‑end design of supporter journeys working collaboratively across all the organisation, taking an audience led approach in achieving our income, engagement and influence objectives, joining the dots and identifying opportunities for cross sell, upsell and integration of offers throughout a supporter's relationship with us.
· Oversea the mapping and optimisation of lifecycle journeys, ensuring they are insight‑driven, segmented, and aligned with organisational goals towards a cure.
Responsible for ensuring your teams are expert in our martech, and use testing frameworks (A/B, multivariate), data and performance insights to optimise journeys performance.
· Lead for automation of journeys within our martech, balancing efficiencies on resource with excellent supporter experiences.
· Lead for data, compliance and technical troubleshooting.
Data Selections & Audience Targeting
· Responsible for making audience targeting decisions ensuring accurate, timely, and insight‑led targeting for all fundraising and engagement activity.
· Working collaboratively with the BI team to ensure the development and application of data modelling and propensity models to predict supporter behaviour models that support tailored communications and efficient campaign delivery.
· Work closely with Data and Analytics teams to maintain data quality and optimise selection processes, and work with insight and BI to translate performance outputs into actionable recommendations for optimising our supporter journey performance.
· Ensure robust documentation, governance, and continuous improvement of data targeting and selection workflows
· Work collaboratively with the digital analytics team to ensure a strong connection between web and paid digital activity to avoid siloes across the stages of a supporter's experience with ARUK.
Supporter Loyalty & Stewardship Communications
· Lead the creation of loyalty‑focused communications that build long‑term relationships and increase lifetime value and deliver on our supporter experience principles – including communications such as Cure Magazine and E-newsletter.
· Work collaborative with Senior Supporter Relations Manager to develop stewardship frameworks that recognise and thank supporters at key moments – including the coordination of an ARUK approach supporter Christmas and Seasonal greetings.
· Ensure collaboration within these organisational supporter loyalty communications is effective leading for RACI and levels of approval.
· Lead for your team adhering to GDPR-aligned audience management and safe data activation.
Leadership & Collaboration
· Manage and develop a multi‑disciplinary team across your key responsibilities, fostering a culture of audience led, testing, continuous improvement and joined up thinking, planning and delivery.
· Build strong relationships with key stakeholders across fundraising, digital, brand, data, insight, info services, policy and campaigning, and research teams to ensure alignment and shared priorities.
· Responsible for keeping up to date on latest thinking, tools and technology for delivering effective Supporter Experiences, working closely with our Salesforce Technical Product Owner. And represent the charity in conferences, networking and influencing within the sector.
Knowledge, skills and experience needed:
· Extensive experience in supporter or customer journey design, CRM‑driven marketing personalisation and data automation
· Strong understanding of email marketing and supporter journey platforms and infrastructure, automation tools, and CRM systems.
· Familiarity of audience targeting segmentation and data selections.
· Familiarity with propensity modelling, predictive analytics, or working alongside data science teams.
· Proven ability to lead teams and manage complex, cross‑functional projects.
· Strong analytical mindset with the ability to translate insight into action.
· Excellent communication and stakeholder‑management skills.
· Demonstrable experience of leading supporter engagement programmes across multi-channel campaigns and activity.
· Demonstrable experience of working with external partners, including creative agencies, platform providers, research agencies, print and production houses.
· Demonstrable budget development and management experience.
· Deeply supporter‑centric, with a passion for creating meaningful experiences and supporter communications.
· Ability to distil complex data into simplified actionable insights that build the programme.
· Curious, analytical, and comfortable working with data and making driven decision‑making.
· Creative thinker who enjoys solving complex problems, particularly solving problems in collaboration with stakeholders.
· Collaborative, confident, and able to influence at all levels, particularly at a senior level across the organisation.
· Experience of coaching internal stakeholders, with strong workshop facilitation experience.
· Committed to continuous learning and innovation.
Additional Information:
Ways of working:
As part of our Agile ways of working, you will be required to work approximately 2 days a week from the office, which is subject to the requirements of the role and the business needs. Flexibility on where you work can be split between working from home and our office.
Roles that are classed as part of the Agile ways of working are not able to claim any costs for Mileage/Travel on Public Transport, Accommodation and/or Meals. This includes when attending the office for various meetings/events.
Our Office: Our office is at 3 Riverside, Granta Park, Great Abington, Cambridge, CB21 6AD.
Salary: Circa £56,000 per annum, plus benefits.
Please download the Vacancy Pack on our website for more information.
The closing date for applications is the 31st May 2026, with interviews being arrange once shortlisting has been completed. Please indicate in your covering letter if you are unable to attend an interview on a certain date. We would encourage you to submit your application at the earliest opportunity, as on occasion we may have to bring forward the interview date and/or the closing date based on the needs of the business. Although a possibility, this will only happen in exceptional circumstances. Please indicate in your covering letter if you are unable to attend an interview on a certain date.
We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, particularly from those in the global majority, those with disabilities, men and those from the LGBTQIA+ community. Any offer of employment is however subject to you having the right to work in the UK.
As part of our commitment to being an inclusive employer and ensuring fairness and consistency in our selection process, we will handle your CV and application with the utmost confidentiality. Should you require any adjustments at either the application or interview stage, please contact us via our website.
How to apply: Please create an online account using our Online Recruitment Platform which can be accessed through our Job Vacancies page. You will be able to attach your CV to your application and track the status of your application.
About Alzheimer’s Research UK: Alzheimer's Research UK is the UK's leading dementia research charity. Our mission is to accelerate progress towards a cure. Today 1 in 2 people will be impacted by dementia, either through caring for a loved one, developing it themselves or tragically both. But there is hope.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
At Endometriosis UK, we are passionate about driving political change for the 1 in 10 women and those assigned female at birth living with endometriosis in the UK. This role will play an instrumental role in supporting the campaigns and policy function within the wider Communications Team.
This will be a busy, varied and important role working closely with the Policy and Campaigns Manager and Head of Campaigns and Communications to provide administration and wider support for the charity’s growing policy and campaigns function. This will include contributing to the production of government consultation responses, writing letters to politicians, producing background briefings ahead of parliamentary meetings and taking responsibility for political monitoring and informing the team of any engagement opportunities. A key part of the role will also be providing administration support for the policy function of the charity and the Head of Communications and Campaigns, including administrative support for the All-Party-Parliamentary Group on Endometriosis which Endometriosis UK provides secretariat support for. Tasks will include writing minutes, helping produce briefing papers, and booking events and meeting rooms.
You will also be the first point of call for our campaign supporters and will be aiding our supporters to take campaign actions through the drafting and creation of e-actions using Engaging Networks. You will be an exciting opportunity to help build our campaigning work and work towards the goals of our new 2025 organisational strategy.
Closing date for applications is Monday 25th May at 5pm. Interview date will be Tuesday 2nd June 2026 at our offices in London Bridge.
Please note that for capacity reasons, we are only able to get back to successful candidates on the status of their application.
Our Network is here to offer those affected by endometriosis the support and information they need to understand the condition and take control


The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Accountable to: CEO
Place of work: The Southmead Project, BS10 6AS
Hours: 4 days per week (30 hours) between 9.00am and 5.00pm
Interview date: Friday 29th May
Salary: £48,000 p/a pro rata
Contract: 1 year fixed term (covering a maternity leave position)
The Southmead Project is an equal opportunities employer providing free specialist counselling and support for survivors of abuse across Bristol and surrounding areas. Our recruitment is done in line with safer recruitment practices. We welcome people of any race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, class, ability, language, religion and cultural background. We value the differences between people and affirm each person as an individual.
We value our team very highly and pride ourselves on being a supportive employer. We provide the following benefits to encourage a supported, well-rounded and enriched practice:
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Paid supervision for 1.5 hours per month, with an external supervisor of that person’s choice
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Line management for 1 hour per month
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Training budget of £500 per year to spend on relevant training of that person’s choice
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Employer pension contribution of 5%
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Generous annual leave allowance and paid sick leave
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Cycle to work scheme
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Optional private counselling for up to 12 sessions per year with an external counsellor of that person’s choice
Therapeutic Management
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To manage and support a staff team, including the Head of Active Recovery, a Counselling Lead, Nexus Counselling Manager, a Family Support Group Facilitator, and administrators.
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To oversee all of the charity’s therapeutic services and ensure that efficient and high-quality services are delivered.
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To be the charity’s Designated Safeguarding Lead to respond effectively and efficiently to safeguarding concerns.
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To ensure staff are sufficiently trained in adult and child safeguarding and that training records are kept up-to-date.
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To oversee the charity’s pre-trial therapy processes and be a point of contact for the police.
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To develop and improve the charity’s therapeutic services, including any expansion of the services.
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To manage therapeutic recruitment, inductions and training.
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To hold monthly staff meetings and service team meetings when needed.
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To oversee the individual and group supervision arrangements and reporting for all staff.
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To manage and have overall responsibility for the ongoing use of an online Case Management System, ensuring that data is inputted accurately for reporting purposes.
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To support the charity’s quality assurance and development of its services through monitoring and responding to client feedback and outcomes data.
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To develop the charity’s survivor voice work and ensure that the charity’s services are informed by survivors and their lived experience.
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To manage any complaints raised by clients.
Leadership
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To work collaboratively as part of a Leadership Team to make decisions and resolve issues affecting the day-to-day running of the charity and management of its staff team.
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To strategically plan and develop the therapeutic services of the charity.
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To develop relationships with partner agencies and professionals to raise awareness of our therapeutic services and strengthen our work.
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To build and maintain a positive working relationship with the Board of Trustees.
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To attend and contribute to trustee meetings and trustee working group meetings, reporting on the therapeutic services and any clinical matters arising.
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To assist in promoting the charity by attending all relevant meetings directly connected with your work.
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To undertake any other duties appropriate to the needs of the charity.
Client Work
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To provide one-to-one counselling for survivors of abuse of all genders, both online / by phone and face-to-face, with a caseload of approximately 4 clients.
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To maintain confidential and accurate counselling notes of all sessions.
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To attend monthly one-to-one clinical supervision with a supervisor approved by the Southmead Project. (Supervision is a requirement of this charity as members of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy).
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To attend monthly one-to-one line management meetings.
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To work to the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy ethical guidelines.
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To work within the framework, spirit and ethos of the Southmead Project’s Equal Opportunities Policy, and actively engage in promoting the policy within the charity and in all dealings with clients and other agencies.
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All members of staff, paid and unpaid, are required to undergo the enhanced level of Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Person Specification
ESSENTIAL:
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Diploma in Counselling (British Association of Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP) accredited course or equivalent); and to have BACP accreditation or be working towards BACP accreditation or equivalent.
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To be a registered member of BACP, UKCP, NCS or equivalent professional body, with over 5 years of supervised counselling experience.
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Significant experience of providing one-to-one counselling for survivors of abuse and carrying out initial assessments and risk assessments.
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Significant knowledge and understanding of the issues affecting this client group and the impact of trauma.
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Significant line management and appraisal experience with the ability to effectively co-ordinate a team.
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The ability to support staff to foster a positive working environment and deliver a high quality of service.
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Experience of recruiting staff, including inductions and training.
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Experience of managing safeguarding concerns and supporting others to act in accordance with safeguarding policies and in the best interests of the client or those at risk.
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The ability to work with clients online or by phone.
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Experience of working collaboratively as part of a leadership team and ability to contribute to an organisation’s future development.
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Experience of developing and maintaining working relationships with partner agencies and professionals.
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Excellent organisational and planning skills.
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Excellent IT skills and experience of using Microsoft Word and Excel, with the ability to confidently use and support others with an online Case Management System.
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Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
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A commitment to identifying ongoing personal development and training needs and to take appropriate action to ensure these needs are met.
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The ability to keep accurate and confidential records of client work.
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Experience of being a client in a formal counselling relationship.
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Experience of and commitment to working with diversity.
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To have the capacity to work flexibly within a small professional team.
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The ability to manage own time and work load effectively.
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The ability to chair meetings
DESIRABLE:
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Training in trauma processing approaches, such as EMDR, Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET), brainspotting, trauma-focused CBT, and Rewind Technique.
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Experience of working within a community-based organisation.
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Experience of working with people that have used drugs or alcohol to cope with trauma.
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Experience of running therapeutic groups.
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Experience of delivering training.
Meaningful therapeutic support accessible for adults impacted by abuse and addiction. A safe space for growth, connection and wellbeing for all.

ABOUT US
The Economist Educational Foundation is a fast-growing charity on a mission to ensure that every child is empowered to think critically and communicate effectively about the world’s most complex current issues.
Last year, 10,800 teachers downloaded Topical Talk lessons, reaching 532,000 children in over 86 countries. We are on track to double this number, reaching over 1 million school children by the end of 2026.
Topical Talk helps children join inspiring discussions about the news by providing:
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Topical Talk Headlines - award-winning weekly lessons for classroom discussions about global news stories
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Leadership for Change Prize - child-led solutions to complex global issues
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Community partnerships - support and training for teachers via partnerships with Multi-Academy Trusts in the UK and School Districts in America
THE ROLE
We are looking for a motivated Administrative Officer to provide the quality support and attention to detail that keeps our programmes running smoothly. You will be joining a passionate team dedicated to helping children all over the world develop their critical thinking and learn about global current affairs. We are a small but growing team of 17, and in this role, you will work across every part of the charity, seeing our impact in action and ensuring our daily operations are handled with total consistency.
We want a positive and supportive self-starter who takes genuine pride in their work being done well. You will be someone proactive who anticipates the team's needs and is always looking for ways to make our systems and processes more efficient. This is a brilliant opportunity to learn and grow with us; you will gain a unique, 360-degree insight into how a charity operates while benefiting from our position as an independent organisation supported by The Economist Group. You will experience both the charity and corporate sectors, building a professional network across the Group and developing a versatile, high-level skill set as you progress your career.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Team operations and administration
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Provide essential admin support including booking travel, purchasing equipment, managing the post, and supporting printing
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Act as the administrator for most team subscriptions, online tools and softwares
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Maintain a well-organised office environment, including inventory management for the team cupboard and equipment
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Proactively identify and fix broken systems, creating better ways to manage tasks
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Build strong relationships with the key teams from The Economist Group such as Facilities, HR, and IT to ensure smooth operational support to the Foundation’s work
Financial administration
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Accurately process and record weekly payment runs and invoices in the banking and finance systems
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Assist with financial reconciliation and proactively chase outstanding payments or missing receipts
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Process staff and volunteer expense claims, ensuring they align with the charity’s financial policies
Programme and event support
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Act as the first point of contact for the Foundation’s inboxes, providing excellent service to teachers by troubleshooting account issues and managing enquiries
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Support the programme and fundraising teams by collating qualitative and quantitative data on students and teachers for programme and funder reporting
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Manage the process of sending physical materials and resources to schools and teachers when relevant, including packing, addressing, and coordinating couriers or post
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Lead the logistics for webinars and live lessons on online event tools, including managing platform settings and hosting calls
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Coordinate logistics for team socials and events with partners, funders, and trustees, including room/venue booking, catering, and on-site setup
HR and onboarding
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Manage candidate logistics, including posting roles, redacting applications, handling diversity monitoring forms, and scheduling interviews
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Provide high-quality service to applicants, acting as a warm and professional point of contact for all interview coordination
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Lead the practical setup for new joiners, including IT access, office tours, equipment handovers, and managing DBS checks
WHAT WE OFFER
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Real impact: you’ll support the team to make a real difference to children’s ability to think critically, listen well, express themselves and understand the big issues of our time
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A friendly, driven and highly-effective team: we are deeply committed to being an inspiring place to work, where we learn and achieve things that matter together. Our team of experts work creatively and collaboratively, whilst taking full responsibility for their goals
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Development and support: we invest in training and development and will support you to build the skills and experience as you need
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A competitive benefits package to support your wellbeing, growth, and work-life balance
We’re particularly keen for you to apply if you are from a community under-represented in the charity sector or have lived experience of facing extra barriers because of your background.
We enable disadvantaged children to build essential critical-thinking and communication skills through inspiring discussions about the news.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
What does it take to lead the national voice for special schools at a time of real change?
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) – National Association of Special Schools (NASS)
National – home-based, with regular travel across England and Wales, particularly London
£90,000–£110,000 per annum
Full-time, permanent.
About NASS
The National Association of Special Schools (NASS) is the membership association for special schools in England and Wales. We bring together independent special schools, non-maintained special schools, special academies, maintained special schools and multi-academy trusts with specialist provision.
We exist to inform, support and represent our members, helping specialist schools improve outcomes for children and young people with SEND and secure the place of specialist provision within the wider education system. NASS is known for being accessible, responsive and personal, combining national influence with practical support that members value as timely, human and trustworthy.
This is a pivotal moment for the organisation. In February this year, the Department for Education published a major white paper on SEND reform which will require NASS to both influence national policy on behalf of our members and children and young people, as well as support them to navigate the changes. Our new CEO will need to review our strategy while building on our strong platform and momentum to further deepen our influence and strengthen our internal capacity.
As our next Chief Executive, you will:
- Strategy & Impact: Lead NASS through a period of policy and structural change, ensuring the organisation remains clear on purpose, responsive to members and influential in the SEND landscape.
- Governance & Finance: Work closely with the Board of Trustees to provide strong governance, prudent financial stewardship, robust risk management and clear strategic oversight.
- Operational Leadership: Provide confident leadership to a small, remote team, strengthening collaboration, accountability, resilience and a positive, high-trust culture.
- Income Generation: Oversee budgeting, planning and reporting while developing thoughtful opportunities to diversify income through membership, partnerships, events and related activity.
- Community & Partnerships: Build and sustain trusted relationships with government, parliament, regulators, sector bodies and member schools, ensuring NASS remains relevant and well connected.
- Member Services: Protect and enhance the practical offer to members, from briefings and special interest groups to conferences, webinars, training and peer-to-peer learning.
- Brand & Profile: Act as a credible public ambassador for NASS, helping to modernise communications and broaden the organisation’s voice beyond a founder-shaped model.
- Future Growth: Shape a distributed leadership profile and support a more varied, accessible and engaging approach to membership, advocacy and communications.
- A seasoned senior leader with experience in a charity, membership body, education or public sector setting, and a clear track record of leading through change.
- A strong strategic thinker, able to absorb complex information quickly and translate it into clear, practical direction.
- A confident communicator with the gravitas to represent NASS with members, staff, trustees, MPs, peers, media and national partners.
- A politically astute relationship-builder, comfortable navigating a complex and fast-moving external environment.
- Experienced in governance, with a sound understanding of working with boards or trustees and supporting effective decision-making.
- Numerate and commercially minded, with experience of budgets, financial planning, income generation or partnership development.
- Credible, approachable and resilient, with the emotional intelligence to lead well in a high-profile, remote and sometimes uncertain context.
- Direct SEND experience would be a significant advantage, alongside understanding of specialist education or similarly complex stakeholder environments.
Why NASS?
- This is a chance to lead a respected, member-led organisation with a strong national reputation and a clear public purpose.
- You will help shape the future of specialist education at a time when SEND reform is high on the agenda.
- NASS has a loyal, experienced and collegiate remote staff team, supported by an active Board of Trustees.
- The organisation offers a genuinely influential platform, with strong connections across the sector and with government.
Application
For full details of the role including how to apply, please download the full appointment brief. For an informal and confidential conversation about this position, please contact Jenny Hills at Harris Hill via apply button with times to speak and (optional but appreciated) a CV or professional profile which will be treated with the strictest confidence.
Closing date for applications: 9am, Monday 8th June 2026
As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Triage & Early Interventions Officer to join the Domestic Abuse team in North Wales working 30 hours per week. The ability to converse in Welsh is desirable for this role.
Do you want to make a difference every day? Do you want to contribute to change & improvement for those who need it?
Do you have resilience & adaptability? Can you work effectively with a focus on customer service and care?
If yes, then we'd love to hear from you.
What we offer
At Victim Support we believe in attracting & retaining the best people and offer a competitive rewards & benefits package including:
- Flexible working options including hybrid working
- 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays, rising to 33 days plus Bank Holidays
- An extra day off for your birthday & options to buy or sell annual leave
- Pension with 5% employer contribution
- Enhanced sick pay allowances, maternity & paternity payments
- High Street, retail, holiday, gym, entertainment & leisure discounts
- Access to our financial wellbeing hub & salary deducted finance
- Employee assistance programme & wellbeing support
- Access to EDI networks and colleague cafes
- Cycle to work scheme & season ticket loans
- Ongoing training & support with opportunities for career development & progression
About the role
This role is based in the Victim Help Centre, in St Asaph, North Wales and working in liaison with North Wales Police and other relevant agencies. As a Triage & Early Intervention Officer you will:
- contact Victims by telephone to undertake a comprehensive needs assessment and commission a range of services to support identified needs as appropriate.
- refer victims to partner agencies and contact approved suppliers to deliver services to victims.
- make direct referrals to appropriate colleagues and allocate Victim Support workers for further support.
- identify and manage the victims immediate service needs and contribute towards risk assessment processes whilst following agreed safe contact processes and securely recording contacts.
- build trust and confidence with victims who will be vulnerable and have complex needs.
Level 4 Welsh Language skills and the ability to communicate fluently through the medium of Welsh is desirable for this role.
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details.
About Us
Victim Support is an independent charity dedicated to supporting people affected by crime and traumatic incidents in England and Wales. We put them at the heart of our organisation and our support and campaigns are informed and shaped by them and their experiences.
Victim Support are committed to recruiting with care and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and Disclosed Barring Service checks may be required.
At Victim Support, we're proud to celebrate diversity and create a workplace where everyone feels they belong. We're committed to being an antiracist organisation, and we actively welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, including those from Black and Asian and other minoritised communities.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we will offer an interview to disabled candidates who meet all essential criteria for a job where it is practicable to do so. We are also happy to make reasonable adjustments during the recruitment and selection process.
How to apply
To apply for this role please follow the link below to the Jobs page on our website and complete the application form demonstrating how you meet the essential shortlisting criteria.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, if we receive enough suitable applications to take forward to interview prior to the published closing date. If you have already registered & started an application, then we will contact you to advise of the amended closing date wherever possible.




