Social Work Jobs in Leatherhead, Surrey
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Benefits:
- Semi-flexible hours
- Career progression
- Wellness allocation (for gym, spa, massage or private healthcare)
- Enhanced pension
- Mental health support
- Birthday off
Overview of FSUK
‘To put everything into one sentence. FSUK has positively changed my life in a time of darkness and I will forever be indebted to the charity for this. Thank you.’
Sam, Fowler’s Fox, 2022
Fowler’s Syndrome UK (Registered Charity number 1196903) is a unique patient and clinician led charity that works to raise awareness, promote education and encourage research into the debilitating bladder condition Fowler’s Syndrome. The condition solely affects women and Fowler’s Syndrome UK (FSUK) is the only charity in the world to directly support women with this condition.
Fowler’s syndrome is a life changing and currently almost untreatable condition, affecting up to 20,000 women in the UK. It causes full or partial urinary retention and solely affects women*, meaning they have problems passing urine due to a difficulty in relaxing the urinary sphincter. The peak age of onset is 26. It was first described by Professor Clare Fowler, Emeritus professor of Uro-Neurology at UCLh, and FSUK’s patron, in 1985.
We estimate that there are in excess of 20,000 women in the UK suffering from, but not necessarily diagnosed with, the condition, because of the lack of knowledge about Fowler’s Syndrome both from a patient and clinician perspective.
85% of women with Fowler’s Syndrome say the condition has had a severe or devastating impact on their life.
75% of those with FS have been told their urinary symptoms are due to anxiety or ‘all in their head’
There is low awareness of the condition among the medical community outside of specialist hospitals. Only an estimated 30% of GPs are aware of Fowler’s Syndrome. Once diagnosed, there are few resources available for patients and limited treatment options. Many women feel alone and unsupported.
Our mission is to provide resources, promote education and facilitate research into Fowler’s syndrome; so women with the condition have stigma free access to a timely diagnosis, suitable and effective treatment options, care and psychological support.
* Women and AFAB
The Role: Administrator
The administrator’s role is to support the CEO in the daily management of the charity. This will include administration, delivering resources, comms including social media and website, outreach and events, fundraising and research. It will also include supporting the CEO and Patient Liaison with seminars and conferences, and support groups.
Administration: Support the CEO and the Finance and Governance lead with daily activities, including but not limited to grant applications, basic finance administration, project management, project delivery, database management, office management. Objective: Improve efficiency and quality of the charity’s management
Resources: Supporting the CEO and working to deliver first class resources. Working with the CEO and Patient Liaison to efficiently and effectively run the roll out of our resources, following the CEO’s guidelines and the charity’s mission and vision. This will include Healthcare professional (HCP) leaflets, Patient leaflets, a catheter support series, mental health support series, Pain management support from pharmacists and Physiotherapist led sessions. This will also include management of zoom and in person groups, dissemination of information on studies and surveys.
Comms: Manage the patient database including GDPR, manage newsletters, PR, website. Manage FSUK’s social media, with direction from the CEO. Daily posts plus responding to queries and signposting. Social media partnerships. Monthly email to database. Basic updates to website
Outreach and events: Drive awareness of FSUK in the local community and beyond Work with CEO to manage merchandising, registration, setup, logistics of events. Find, plan and represent FSUK at events. Manage yearly even calendar. Working with the CEO and administrator to plan, organise and run events, including transformative one-day seminar for healthcare professionals and a two-day seminar for FSUK users and clinicians.
Fundraising: Help the CEO and Patient liaison with fundraising, both on an individual and trust basis.
Community led research: Assist the CEO in creating patient led community research.
Research: Assist the CEO and work with the Patient Liaison in creating and conducting research. Including Patient perspectives input into consensus guidelines for non-surgical management, Dr. Ingrid Hoeritzauer, Patient experiences with sacral neuromodulation, Dr. Caroline Selai, Awareness of FS among UK urology community, Prof Jalesh Panicker via University Cambridge, Physiotherapy treatment experiences with FS and CIUR, Dr. Ingrid Hoeritzauer. Our research will help enable women to receive the support they need and fulfil their potential, offering quicker diagnosis and better treatments and enabling our community to thrive.
There may be occasions where staff are required to work out of hours or support at events, including wish related activities such as our annual wish family Christmas party or wish community events, cheering runners at the London marathon or working at our annual fundraising gala. The above is not an exhaustive list of duties and you will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by your changing role within the organisation and the overall business objectives of the organisation.
Personal Qualities for the role:
- Preferred: Lived experience of bladder conditions
- Demonstrate commitment to the charity, its strategic objectives and cause
- Exhibit strong relationship building abilities
- Strong networking capabilities
- Good team player
- MS Office, Zoom, social media, Wordpress, Mailerlite proficient
- Good written and communication skills
- Enhanced DBS check
To apply:
Via Quick Apply, or send your CV plus a cover letter by 14th July 2024 (email address in job description and candidate information pack)
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job Description
About Bank Workers Charity
We’re the benevolent society supporting UK bank employees and their families. Each year we help thousands of people encountering financial, health, housing and wellbeing challenges with independent advice and guidance, case management, referrals to expert partners and grant giving.
About you
Are you a creative and strategic thinker with a passion for crafting compelling narratives? Do you have a proven track record in developing successful marketing campaigns and content planning/delivery? Do you keep an eye on the metrics – changing your approach according to what the data tell you? If so, you could be the perfect Marketing Manager for our team.
About the role
Hybrid working (minimum two days a week office based for FTE)
In this role, you will play a pivotal part in shaping our messaging, supporting our fundraising efforts, and leading our marketing strategy to position the charity as a trusted provider of financial and wellbeing support for those most in need, and as a signposting and early intervention resource for the wider community we support.
As our Marketing Manager, you will develop and implement a comprehensive content strategy that aligns with our marketing objectives and brand identity, while creating and managing an editorial calendar to ensure consistent and timely content delivery across all channels. You will craft high-quality, engaging, and persuasive copy for various platforms, including websites, reports, email campaigns, and print materials.
Collaborating in cross-functional teams, you will develop and execute integrated marketing campaigns, monitor and analyse campaign performance metrics, and make data-driven decisions to optimise content and strategies.
What we offer
We’ve put a lot of energy into being a great place to work. We’re proud of our supportive culture and commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion. There are plenty of learning opportunities, and as a wellbeing charity we aim to be a leader in wellbeing support for our people.
Our benefits include:
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30 days holiday plus public holidays (with the option to buy additional leave)
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8% employer contribution to BWC’s pension scheme and up to 3% matched with employee contributions
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A wide range of employer funded wellbeing experiences through Heka
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Flexible benefit provision (including Medicash plan, cycle to work, payroll giving and electric car scheme)
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Group Life Cover (three times annual salary)
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Weekly wellbeing half hour
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Season Ticket Loan (upon successful completion of probation)
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Employee Assistance Programme
To apply, please send a CV including a supporting statement (no more than one side of A4) outlining how your experience meets the criteria set out in the person specification in the Applicant Pack.
Bank Workers Charity is committed to supporting diversity and inclusion and welcome applications from all backgrounds and communities.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you for considering the Team Leader role with Redthread. We are a team of compassionate, collaborative and courageous professionals committed to empowering young people to change their lives.
Please check out our website for more information on the services we provide and learn more about us, including our commitment to safeguarding, equity, diversity and inclusion.
Job Description
Post Title: Team Leader
Location: The post will be based primarily at University College London Hospital (UCLH) Euston. However, all Redthread team members must be flexible about supporting other sites when needed. Regular visits to Redthread’s main offices and other projects and activities at various locations across London, the Midlands, and the UK will be required.
Hours: 37.5 hours per week. The nature of Redthread’s work means that regular evening and weekend working is required. You will be required to work shifts to ensure that the team cover from 7:30am to 9pm each day between them.
Salary: £38,424.75 per annum + benefits
Contract type: 12-month fixed term, with the possibility of extension subject to funding.
DBS Check Required: Enhanced with barring (Child and Adult Workforce)
Work area: Services Team
Responsible to: Programme Manager
Purpose of the Post
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Support the Programme Manager to oversee effective and consistent delivery, performance, and quality assurance across the health settings, working with the Director of Services and other leaders to enhance and develop the offer. Including through involving young people in service design and development aligned to the Redthread Youth Participation Strategy.
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Lead Redthread teams delivering services, ensuring that Redthread’s models of intervention are delivered consistently and appropriately to all young people accessing the services.
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Build and maintain strong working relationships with a broad range of partners and agencies, including clinical teams, hospital staff, Redthread’s stakeholders, project partners, and voluntary and statutory agencies working with young people.
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Be part of the team at Redthread, contributing to the development of our programmes and assisting with other projects and activities as required.
How to apply:
If this sounds like the right role and organisation for you, please go to our website where you will find a downloadable job description with a person specification, including details of the terms and conditions of the post.
We encourage you to read through the job pack and the person specification carefully, as we will shortlist applications using the essential criteria.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About you
We are seeking an enthusiastic and self-motivated individual to join our friendly events team at the British Ecological Society (BES). You’ll need at least one year’s demonstrable experience in delivering high-profile mid-sized events and conferences. You will need a high-level of organisation and reliability as well as knowledge of Microsoft Office, and experience of using a CRM and a hybrid event platform. We need a clear and concise communicator who can build and maintain relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders and diverse audiences.
You will assist the BES in the organisation and delivery of our events programme, including our flagship scientific conference, the BES Annual Meeting, which sees 1,200 ecologists gather from around the world and share the latest research.
About the role
Reporting to the Events Manager, the Events Officer will:
- In collaboration with the Events Manager, oversee the delivery of allocated parts of the Society’s Annual Meeting, Symposia, and other events.
- Use digital platforms to support event management and delegate experience -including the website, CRM system, conference abstract management system, Eventbrite, Canva, hybrid conference platforms, Excel, Microsoft Teams and Zoom
- Co-ordinate aspects of event planning including venue search, supplier liaison, catering and accommodation.
- Act as the main point of contact for exhibitors and sponsors, post-sales.
- Maintain and update the programme information on the hybrid event platform for the Annual Meeting.
- Ensure that any agreed branding from sponsors is delivered.
- Provide on-site support at events and go on site visits.
- Develop innovative and creative social media content and digital promotion for the Society’s events.
- Evaluate and monitor success of events portfolio, providing and implementing recommendations where appropriate.
- Evaluate and monitor EDI representation at BES events.
For more details about this role, please download the job description and job pack.
We are working towards a world inspired by #Ecology in which nature and people thrive.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Would you like the opportunity to work in our fast growing energy team? Do you have experience of giving advice on energy related matters or other enquiry areas such as debt and welfare benefits?
Being a member of the energy team involves giving advice via telephone and email to reduce fuel poverty. This can include advising on energy efficiency measures and dealing with fuel debt as well as providing advice on income maximisation and checking welfare benefit entitlement.
We are looking for individuals with a strong sense of commitment and who can work flexibly for our many different energy contracts. The successful candidate will have excellent listening and questioning skills as well as the ability to use IT in the provision of advice. If you could contribute to the ongoing success of the energy team and if you want to learn from the very best, then this could be the perfect role for you!
The role can be fully remote, from anywhere in the UK, for the right candidate or based in any one of the following offices across North Yorkshire: Northallerton, Richmond, Malton, Scarborough, Selby, Harrogate or Skipton.
For more details please view the job pack and application guidance notes on our website via the Apply button.
Applications closing date: 1 July 2024 (9.00am)
Reserved interview dates: 8 – 9 July 2024
Join our small, dedicated team working to support people in the care system to have their voices heard.
This is an exciting opportunity to work in health and social care, ensuring that clients’ rights are protected, and their personal choices are respected.
Matrix SDT is a local-based advocacy provider operating for over 25 years in Surrey and Berkshire. We are a small and supportive team, committed to ensuring that people who use local health and social care services -regardless of their physical or mental capacity - are able to direct those services to meet their specific needs.
A Relevant Persons Representative (RPR) works across a varied client group in Surrey or Berkshire, achieving positive changes for individuals over time.
This crucial role safeguards vulnerable people who lack capacity around their care and support needs, and who are deprived of their liberty in their best interests.
The Role:
- You will have a fixed caseload of clients in Surrey and/or Berkshire, visiting them on a six- week rotation. You will need to be able to visit he client in person across the county and be able to travel independently of public transport.
- Fixed, flexible hours (15 to 30 per week) to fit around other commitments.
- Working from home to complete administrative tasks - maintaining accurate records and writing reports.
- Working with a wide range of vulnerable people often with complex needs.
- Working within the Mental Capacity Act and the Care Act, maintaining regular contact with your clients (Relevant Persons) who are deprived of their liberty.
- Representing the wishes, views and feelings of your clients, helping them understand the DoLS (Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards) Authorisation, and challenging authorisations where appropriate.
- Opportunity over time to work in other advocacy roles and gain qualifications in this profession.
- Generous salary and annual leave entitlement, pension scheme, travel expenses and flexible working.
The role would suit someone with a passion to support people who may have communication challenges due to their impairments, and need help to ensure their views are listened to. Full training will be given.
Previous advocacy experience or working with those who lack capacity is desirable though not essential, as is some experience or knowledge of health and social care.
Good written English and ability to communicate at all levels is essential.
Are you already a Qualified Advocate?
If you already hold an advocacy qualification, we may be able to offer a full-time post in combining this role with additional functions (with pay reflecting qualification/experience).
Please send in your CV, with a covering letter (no more than two-sides of A4) that indicates why you are applying for this post, and how your experience is either directly relevant or how you can meet the requirements as outlined in the person specification and job description, how many hours/days of employment you are seeking and in which area (Surrey, Berkshire or both).
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Our Digital Welfare Officers provide remote welfare support to RAF personnel and their immediate family, through the use of a variety of communication methods, i.e. Microsoft Teams, webchat, e-mail and social media platforms. As a trusted and confidential source of support, you will assist our service users with challenges they are facing, from mental ill-health, difficult relationships, domestic abuse, financial and cost-of-living concerns, resettlement, housing, childcare, equality issues, bereavement, military discharge or deployment and many more - no day will be the same, as such this is a great opportunity to develop your knowledge and skills within the Welfare sector.
Our intervention is provided with consent on a non-statutory basis, and you will work with and engage our service users to develop appropriate interventions for individual outcomes.
Our service is transitioning to become more accessible and inclusive, digital technology plays a key role in this, as such you will use digital technologies to complement and enhance processes and service user experience.
You will play an active role in engaging with local RAF welfare teams, as well as external agencies such as local authorities, health, education, civilian agencies, charities and other military organisations to ensure the best outcome for the service user.
About the Team
2024 marks 34 years since SSAFA began delivering an independent non-statutory, and confidential service, for the Royal Air Force community across the UK, and this is an exciting time to be joining as we were recently successful in our bid to continue delivering this service.
We are transforming our ways of working to be innovative, to ensure our service is even more inclusive and accessible to meet the needs of a modern RAF.
As part of this transition, we are recruiting to several Welfare Officer vacancies across the UK, including apprenticeship opportunities which will be advertised in due course.
We are a hard-working team from diverse professional backgrounds. Although we all have our own area of responsibility, we support each other in delivering the best possible service to our military community.
Find out more about the Personal Support & Social Work Service on our website.
About you
To thrive in this role, you will have relevant experience of supporting adults, families and children/young people. You will be able to take a flexible and creative approach to problem solving. Due to the remote working nature of the role, you will have excellent communication skills to identify and assess the service user’s needs and work alongside them to develop their personal support plan.
The successful candidate will need to demonstrate a strong proficiency in Microsoft Teams and a broad computer literacy that includes the ability to work across multiple applications simultaneously. Confidence in recording data into an electronic information management system is essential, as is the capacity to rapidly acquire new software and application skills. The ability to plan and manage your own workload with minimal supervision is a key requirement for this role. Prior experience in using other Microsoft Office 365 applications to a high standard will be advantageous.
It would be advantageous if you have experience of carrying out assessments, preparing plans, monitoring and reviewing outcomes.
This role is homebased in the UK, you must live in the UK to be eligible. There will be some travel required and therefore you will need to be able to drive and have access to your own car.
About SSAFA
SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity is a trusted source of support for serving personnel, veterans and their families in their time of need. In 2022 our trained teams of volunteers and employees helped more than 59,000 people, including veterans, serving personnel (regulars and reserves) and their families.
SSAFA understands that behind every uniform is a person. And we are here for that person and their family, any time they need us and in any way, they need us.
Diversity and Inclusion at SSAFA
SSAFA exists to support a diverse range of beneficiaries within the armed forces community, and we believe diversity within our teams is key to ensuring we can deliver our services effectively. We thrive on differences and believe it is critical to our success as a worldwide charity. SSAFA is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace that seeks to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We therefore encourage applications from all genders, races, religions, ages and sexual orientations, as well as parents, veterans, people living with disabilities, and any other groups that could bring diverse perspectives to our business.
SSAFA is committed to using the Disclosure & Barring Service to ensure we, as an employer, safeguard those we serve.
Closing date: Midnight on Sunday 23 June 2024. SSAFA reserves the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
Interviews: 01 and 02 July 2024
We are seeking an excellent Information & Education Coordinator to join our Services team within APF!
APF supports people affected by Pulmonary Fibrosis - a cruel and terminal lung scarring disease that cuts thousands of lives short in the UK each year. There’s no known cure, and it’s on the rise. We want to stop lives being lost to Pulmonary Fibrosis, and as we enter a new five-year strategic period, income growth underpins our ambitious and exciting plans to grow research, support and influencing.
Why join us?
As well as knowing that what we do is making a positive difference to people’s lives, we support personal development and offer a range of benefits:
· 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (plus additional discretionary days around Christmas)
· Company Pension Scheme
· Flexible, home-based working
· Access to an Employee Assistance Programme including retail discounts, access to emotional support.
· Death in Service scheme.
· Company related sick pay when 6-month probation is complete.
· A focus on personal development including access to training opportunities and coaching.
Application Details
· Your CV
· A supporting statement outlining how you meet the knowledge and experience criteria in no more than two sides of A4
Closing Date: 9am 28th June 2024
Interviews: Teams call Thursday 4th July.
Pulmonary Fibrosis does not discriminate. Our team should reflect the diverse communities we exist to support. We warmly welcome applications from all candidates irrespective of age, disability, race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), sex, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, or marital or civil partnership status.
Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis is committed to a culture that is both diverse and inclusive and we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Location: Home/London-based with opportunity to work from Vauxhall office
As Project Support Officer you will support the London & South East Area Manager and Regional Managers with volunteer recruitment, documentation of training, giving our volunteers a fantastic experience, guest outreach and giving extra support to our London & South East projects as and when required to aid development and growth within the region.
Each of our Projects is run by Project Leaders (volunteer position) and supported by Regional Managers through recruitment and training of volunteers. Your will support the Regional Managers so that they can manage more projects, knowing that you have helped with the embedding of volunteers, along with supporting expansion plans within their areas. This support could range from developing relationships with our food suppliers, researching local organisations to support with guest outreach, and recruiting new Project Leaders for the Area.
You will have excellent verbal and written communication skills, and be able to talk confidently to external people about our Projects. You will also be a good organizer, with the ability to manage multiple tasks within multiple Projects. You will have a passion for food and cooking, and be committed to our objectives and ethics.
This role will require some attendance at our Community Meals projects, to support with delivery as necessary, which will include evening and weekend work. As well as projects across London, our South East projects include Southampton, Portsmouth, Aylesbury and exciting new openings in Slough and Reading in 2024.
Benefits: We offer 26.5 working days (this includes 3.5 days for the Christmas close down) plus additional holiday for length of service, up to a maximum of 30 days (pro-rata for part-time). Our healthcare package allows staff to claim money back on healthcare bills and includes access to telephone counselling and online GP appointments.
How to apply: Please upload a CV of no more than two sides, and a covering note/letter of no more than two sides explaining why you are suitable for the role, via our vacancy website.
Deadline for your application: 11.59pm on Wednesday 19th June 2024.
Interview process: Shortlisted candidates will need to complete a 30 minute task prior to being invited to interview (likely to be sent between 20th – 21st June)
Interviews: planned for Thursday 27th June.
Inclusivity: FoodCycle is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from individuals of all backgrounds. We are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone feels valued and respected.
Please note that you will need to have existing Right to Work in the UK to apply for this role. We are unable to provide visa sponsorship.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
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Community Connector
Salary: £23,625.00 pa* (full time) *inclusive of outer London weighting
Hours : 37 hours pw
Contract: Permanent
Location: Slough (Flexible working arrangements considered, including Hybrid working between home base and community locations in Slough)
Mind in Berkshire is expanding our Community Connectors Team within East Berkshire. A key role within a multi-agency team, our Community Connectors will build relationships and support patients to access a wide range of community services and resources including social care, housing, family, debt and employment counselling that support maintaining good health and wellbeing.
Who we are
Mind in Berkshire works to support and represent people with mental health illnesses living across East Berkshire. We tackle stigma and discrimination head-on. We support our service-users to live safe, purposeful and fulfilled lives in our communities. We believe in their recovery and are hopeful about their future. Working together with National Mind we will not give up until everyone in our community gets the respect and help that they need.
Do you have the following key skills for this role?
· empathic and active listening skills
· experience in supporting people with their mental health and wellbeing
· strong networking and team skills
· good organisational and planning ability
· a positive approach towards finding solutions
These role provides a real opportunity to develop your skills in working with people, in the mental health charity sector. You’ll be part of a supportive and dedicated multi-partnership team and have the opportunity to see your work bring about positive change.
As this role is based in the community with travel between several locations, you’ll need access to a vehicle for use during work hours. Alternative transport arrangements will be considered.
See job description for more details and a description of our benefits.
How to apply
Please send your CV and application form.
We will be assessing applications and interviewing on a rolling basis and we reserve the right to close the advert early if we fill the post. If you’re interested please apply early.
Buckinghamshire Mind is an Equal Opportunities and inclusive employer. We welcome applications from all sections of the community. If you meet all the essential criteria we welcome your application as training and development can be provided to give you further skills. Any offer made relating to this post will be subject to satisfactory references and a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Programme Officer
Are you an experienced Programme Officer? Can you keep a programme up to date supporting programme managers to deliver excellent outcomes for Children? Are you resourceful and able to work across multiple programmes keeping them up to date and providing accurate and on time reporting?
We are looking for someone with demonstrable experience support across multiple programmes to join a national charity. They launched an ambitious ten-year strategy in 2021 and this role is pivotal in bringing that strategy to fruition.
Position: Programme Officer
Salary: £26,388 - £29,986, plus £3,366 inner London allowance or £500 home working allowance.
Location: United Kingdom - Remote or Flexible location
Vacancy Type: 6 month fixed term contract
Working Hours Per Week: Full time (35 hours)
Closing Date: 30th June 2024
The Role:
As Programme Officer you will be pivotal in supporting the programmes from scoping to completion, providing expert support to Programme Managers in keeping programme plans, RAID logs and programme documentation up to date. You will provide reporting to the PMO and Programme Delivery Board and work with a wide range of stakeholders.
About you:
You will be a thoughtful collaborator with experience of supporting complex change programmes, monitoring, and reporting in a large organisation. You will be supported by a skilled, fun and friendly team within the Corporate PMO in the Strategy and Knowledge Directorate.
We are looking for someone with experience of:
- Successfully supporting multiple work-streamed programmes, including budgets, planning, risk, stakeholders, and benefits management to achieve stated outcomes.
- Supporting benefits mapping and reporting.
- Supporting dependency management, updating programme plans, updating PIDs and supporting programme managers in Programme Boards.
- Strong interpersonal and administrative skills with the ability to engage and work as a team to deliver high quality outcomes.
Every childhood is worth fighting for. This is the charity’s belief. It is what drives them. It motivates their Strategy and Knowledge Directorate to maintain their position as an influential, informed and forceful voice at every level. Join the team as Programme Officer and be part of progress that means more.
In Return
We know that the main reward is making a difference to children’s lives, but you will also be rewarded with a variety of rewards and benefits including: generous annual leave, employee benefits and assistance programme, pension and life assurance schemes.
Join this amazing organisation and you’ll become part of a team that cares about the work they do and the people they work with. You’ll discover opportunities to grow, along with challenges and a shared purpose that’ll bring the best out in you. And you’ll get to find your own way to make a difference that means more, and that impacts millions of young lives.
Other roles you may have experience of could include: Programmes Officer, Programme Manager, Programmes and Impact, Programme Coordinator, Impact Manager, Programme Lead, etc #INDNFP
PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.
To work with the people of SW London to ensure that our membership reflects the wider community that we are part of. To work with the community of members, staff, and volunteers at Sound Minds to ensure that our members lead the organisation and that Sound Minds is a safe place of creativity.
The successful candidate will be proactive with a can do attitude and combine these different elements to make a real difference and help grow the organisation.
Due to the nature of the work with our members the role needs to be carried out in person and is not suitable for remote working.
We particularly encourage people with lived experience of mental ill health to apply.
Salary: £25,618 per annum pro rata (salary will be 0.6 x £25,618) & 3% contribution to pension
Hours: 21 hours per week, including the core days of Tuesday and Thursday
This fixed term contract ends on 31st March 2027 and is renewable depending on funding.
Key responsibilities:
• Network across the borough of Wandsworth and South West London by visiting organisations and speaking to people with lived experience of mental distress and / or using mental health services and mental health professionals.
• To have a particular focus on reaching people we are keen to see continuing to use Sound Minds including young people, people from BAME communities, and LGBTQ+ people.
• To form ongoing working relationships with people who refer members to Sound Minds such as care coordinators, social prescribers, community mental health teams, local psychiatric hospitals, and housing support workers.
• To lead the referral team at Sound Minds to ensure the referral pipeline operates smoothly and fits the needs of prospective members.
• To lead on the pastoral care of our individual members. Working with people to help resolve any ongoing problems around areas such as housing, finance, benefits, access to mental health services, having sufficient food to eat and referring and signposting them on to other services.
• Referring members on to other services and ensuring that the offers of Sound Minds are joined up.
• Leading group sessions to help individuals with their wellbeing and recovery journeys.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Recovery Coordinator
A Recovery Coordinator is needed to provide psychosocial treatments to clients at a service in West London.
In order to guarantee that service users receive the appropriate intervention at the appropriate time and in the manner that best suits their needs, the ideal applicant will possess the knowledge and expertise to evaluate and interact with clients.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone who has dealt with substance misuse issues and is hoping to advance in their career with an organisation that will help them further their personal and professional growth.
Responsibilities:
- Assisting clients when they enter the programme and proceed with their therapy or recuperation.
- Offering screening, evaluation, planning for recovery, and subsequent referral
- Minimising the harm that drugs and alcohol do to clients and the larger community
- Encouraging carer, client, and community participation
- Acting as an advocate for partnership service access
- Assisting service users with their social (re)integration so they can live meaningful lives by encouraging self-determination, resilience, recovery, and peer support.
- Conduct research, create, and prepare materials and topic matter for groups or pods.
- Provide service users in group settings with structured information at different phases of their recovery
- Following groups or pods, analyse progress and identify service user concerns by participating in debriefings and evaluations with co-facilitators.
- Design seminars that are specifically tailored to the needs of the service users, covering topics like relationships, anger management, and sleep issues.
Experience Required:
- Possess a thorough awareness of substance abuse issues or have previous experience working in a related field.
- Possess strong written and verbal communication abilities as well as strong IT abilities.
- Possess a solid working understanding of mental health services, interventions, and best practices.
- Have excellent interpersonal skills, be a helpful team player, and be able to collaborate with a variety of individuals, organisations, and internal and external stakeholders.
- Capacity to successfully manage change while putting the interests of service consumers first
- Recognise the significance of information governance procedures and pledge to adhere to and implement all required safety measures
- Seek out learning opportunities to improve and broaden your professional knowledge and skills and to contribute and oversee the learning and development of others
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Are you passionate about inclusion and engagement?
Carers Support West Sussex provides services for and with unpaid carers who look after a relative or friend who could not manage without their support. Our teams provide tailored information, advice and support to help improve carers’ resilience and ensure they are supported to maintain their caring roles.
You will join us at an exciting time for the charity when we have just brought together our Engagement and Volunteer teams to grow and diversify our volunteering offer and ensure unpaid carers are included in the design and delivery of services. You will have strong leadership skills with experience of managing a multi-disciplinary team working remotely.
We reserve the right to close the application early. An early application is strongly recommended.
Key Duties:
- Leading a team to develop and deliver programmes of work, meeting targets around carer inclusion and growing our volunteer numbers
- Working with the Leadership Team to develop our Engagement and Volunteer Strategy
- Collating and analysing data
- Overseeing the engagement of Young Carers working closely with WSCC as part of the Young Carers Partnership
- Overseeing projects within the team which focus on reaching and engaging with diverse communities
- Promoting the Think Carer principles across all networks
Benefits
- Remote/Flexible Working - with occasional visits to our offices or venues in West Sussex
- Flexible hours – work around your commitments
- Holidays - 33 days increasing to 35 days after completion of two years and 36 days after 5 years of service (Inclusive of Bank Holidays)
- Benefits - Healthcare and Employee Assistance Programme with perks and discounts.
- Team - working with kind and caring colleagues
For the full job description please refer to the full job pack attached below.
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Policy Specialist
Do you have experience of and an interest in public policy around social care? Yes, then keep on reading as we may have an exciting role for you.
We have an opportunity to join Mencap’s Policy and Public affairs team as a Policy Specialist, leading our policy and influencing work around social care funding and reform in England.
This is a full time (37.5 hours per week) permanent role. We are flexible with where you are based and work from, there will be occasional travel to London for team meetings and training when required.
What will your day look like as a Policy Specialist?
You will work within a highly effective and dedicated policy and public affairs team who are focussed on the Westminster government and Whitehall, as well as with colleagues across the organisation as part of our agile ways of working to achieve our strategic objectives. You will work closely with senior leaders within Mencap, supporting their engagement with Ministers and officials, as well as with key cross sector coalitions we are part of, such as the Care and Support Alliance and National Care Forum.
Do you have the skills to be our Policy Specialist?
· experience of working on public policy issues, particularly social care
· knowledge of issues affecting people with a learning disability and their families
· someone who is confident in working with and engaging a wide variety of people, with the ability to be highly inclusive
· be able to analyse complex information, negotiate and influence
This role will close on Monday 8th July, with interviews commencing on 17th July.
We are an equitable, diverse and inclusive organisation and we particularly welcome and encourage disabled applicants and those from the Black and Asian communities to apply for the role as they are under-represented within the workforce.
Benefits
As well as knowing that what we do is making a positive difference to people’s lives, you will receive fair pay and have access to a wide range of rewards and benefits as one of our employees.
· 24 days holiday (plus bank holidays) increasing with long service plus the ability to buy up to another 10 days via our HolidayPlus scheme
· Service related sick pay when 6 month probation is completed
· Eligibility to join Mencap Pension Plan where Mencap matches contributions up to 5% on a salary sacrifice basis meaning NI savings. If you don’t join the Plan you start, you will be auto-enrolled after three months with us.
· Membership of Mencap Pension Plan to include up to 3 times salary death in service live cover AND Income
· Discounts and cashback from 3% to 30% at high street shops including major super markets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via Mencap Extras
· Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc.
· Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
*T&C's apply based on contract
About Mencap
We work in partnership with people with a learning disability, and all our services support people to live life as they choose. Everyone wants a purposeful job - to do something meaningful. At Mencap, we can give you that. You will have opportunities to develop as a person, colleague, leader and activist. We want to make you feel inspired to reach your potential.
Our work includes;
· providing high-quality, flexible services that allow people to live as independently as possible in a place they choose
· providing advice through our help lines and web sites