Job Title: Support and Development Worker (South West inc Devon and Cornwall)

Department: England Support Service Team

Reports to: England Support Service Manager

Salary: £25,930 (dependent on experience)

Hours: Full time (35 hours over 5 days – usually Monday to Friday)

Location: Home based (commutable across South West including Devon and Cornwall)

Fixed term for 12 months with the possibility of extending the post if sufficient funding becomes available.

Purpose of Job
To deliver a high quality service to and facilitate opportunities for individuals with spina bifida and/or hydrocephalus and their families/carers through Shine membership. To empower and enable members affected by the conditions to lead healthy and happy lives through greater independence, better condition management and by creating links to the Shine community across England.

Core role

• To provide information to individuals, families and carers affected by Spina Bifida and/or Hydrocephalus including hard to reach communities living within the area.
• To provide advice, support and guidance to enable people with Spina Bifida and/or Hydrocephalus to access the correct benefits to become financially stable, the right services to improve their health and well-being, and to better co-ordinate their care and independence through a variety of methods. This will include attending specialist clinics in the area to engage with them.
• To refer individual members and/or their families/carers to the most appropriate source of expertise and support in Shine’s Health team and other designated leads within the organisation, or signpost to external agencies as appropriate.
• To develop age-specific groups and peer support networks which will provide opportunities for people with Spina Bifida and/or Hydrocephalus to connect and interact, enabling social opportunities and to share experiences, support and learn from each other.
• To work with and develop opportunities for Shine volunteers.
• To contribute to the delivery of regional and national programme of events to Shine’s membership, based on identified need and interests, geographical location and age. (Due to Covid 19 restrictions, for the foreseeable future, these are taking the form of online social groups, zooms and facebook live information & advice sessions)
• To provide information to professionals working with those individuals and families affected by Spina Bifida and/or Hydrocephalus.
• To raise greater awareness of Spina Bifida and/or Hydrocephalus amongst professionals, external organisations and the general public through presentations, training and attendance at professional events.
• To actively promote membership of Shine to people with the relevant conditions.
• To keep clear and accurate records for monitoring and evaluation using our Charity Log System.
• To work with service, fundraising, marketing, trust and grants colleagues and Shine’s membership to identify and seize potential fundraising opportunities for long-term sustainability of the work.
• To prepare and keep up to date a directory of relevant contacts across the area and to share relevant information with colleagues.
• To undertake administrative duties as required of the role.
• Any other duties in line with the job role.

Essential criteria

• Ability to travel across the designated areas
• Flexible working hours, this may include some weekends
• Ability to work from home
• The ability to be motivated and work on your own initiative with lone working from home, whilst also travelling across the area and Region to be part of the wider dispersed team.
• Full Enhanced DBS checks will be completed

Experience and qualifications – essential

• At least two years’ recent experience of delivering support and advice services
• Experience of working with people of all ages with disabilities
• At least two years’ experience of advising on one or more of the following
  • Health and wellbeing; independence; benefits; education and learning; employment; developing friendships and social skills; reducing isolation
• Experience of developing and delivering opportunities to enable and empower people with disabilities to achieve their goals towards independence.

Experience and Qualifications – desirable

• Hold a qualification in a health, nursing, social care or disability related field
• Experience of working in the third sector in a paid or unpaid capacity

Knowledge, skills and abilities – essential

• Understanding of spina bifida and hydrocephalus and of the issues and challenges faced by people living with these conditions
• Ability to work with people individually and to facilitate and run group activities and events
• Excellent communication skills both verbally and written
• IT literate with a good knowledge of computer systems and programmes (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and use of databases
• A non-judgemental approach to working with people

Knowledge, skills and abilities – desirable

• Understanding of the role peer support plays in enhancing services and support to members
• An awareness and understanding of how to use social media and its effectiveness in reducing social isolation

Closing date: 16/11/2020 at 9am

Interview date: 23/11/2020

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early

As part of our family support service, The Joshua Tree provides opportunities for all members of our families to connect with and gain support from our team of support workers. This is an exciting new role funded by Children in Need, with the post holder being the first point of contact for the amazing children and young people visiting our new purpose-built family support centre. This includes children and young people that are newly diagnosed with cancer; on treatment and post treatment, as well as siblings and wider young family members.  By developing a positive, trusting and caring ongoing professional relationship with the children and their families, the families will feel comfortable and confident in visiting the centre on a regular basis.  We envisage the centre to be utilised during the daytime, after school times, in the evenings, at weekends and during the school holidays, therefore flexibility on working days and times is essential.  Initially we will be open Thursday evenings and Saturdays, in addition to office open hours throughout the week.

The key purpose of this role is to deliver a high quality, child-focused environment and service. It involves maintaining the playroom, teenage areas and playground, as well as planning, organising and implementing activities, programmes, groups and individual care plans to suit the children and young people. By providing supervision and care to the children and young people visiting the centre, this will also support the adult members of the family. The role includes liaising with other members of the family support team to co-ordinate targeted interventions when required e.g. counselling, art therapy, nutrition advice, personal training, school support etc. As well as face to face work, online sessions will also play a big part within this role. This includes providing Zoom sessions for individuals and groups, leading various therapeutic programmes and activities.

This role involves an element of administrative duties as well as directly supporting children and their families mainly at the Support Centre in Northwich. Visiting our families in North Wales and visiting children in their homes and schools, may occasionally be expected. Therefore, an element of travel can be involved (up to an hour driving distance). Therefore, post holders must hold a full driving licence and have access to a vehicle. Mileage expenses will be covered by the employer.

This role will be emotionally demanding. A full induction programme and training will be provided. We are a very supportive team, offering regular supervision and reflection time to support emotional wellbeing.

With the development of the Support Centre, we envisage some of the ways we deliver support being adapted, to promote the use of the facility by our families. Therefore, this role is subject to review, to reflect these ongoing developments.

The post holder will follow The Joshua Tree's values and effectively communicate with service users, their families, colleagues and educational and healthcare professionals.

In many organisations this role is purely fundraising.  We’re looking for someone to design our supporter journeys and as importantly someone to inspire and support them across their many different journeys.  Fundraising is good, but it isn’t everything.

We want to have reached 10,000 supporters and members by 2023. We’ll work on outreach campaigns and need you to make sure new members and new enquirers are given the love and attention they need to get, and stay engaged.

Your role is to create the communications and the processes to support our supporters and members in their engagement with us. We’ve little in place right now, so this is a great time to make your mark.

ROLE

To support our supporters and ensure that they are made to feel welcome;  that they can find the information they need, can get involved in a way that suits them, are aware of the services they can access, take part and vote as members, stand or vote for Trustees, attend the AGM, are supported in reaching out to others, are acknowledged, thanked and are kept informed and inspired.   

ABOUT YOU

You enjoy writing and have an easy, relaxed style. You will be at home in the social media environment.  Alongside your great communication skills (is it wrong to hope you stammer?) you are analytical - able to see the bigger picture – keen to drill down on user journeys and set up processes capable of supporting and tracking the different paths our supporters take – whether that be fundraising, campaigns, volunteering or just kept inspired. And convert passers by into fully engaged members and supporters. 

SUPPORTER JOURNEYS

You will start by mapping the routes people (can) take to get involved – and set up systems and communications (emails, tweets, letters, thank yous, information packs) to encourage them to stay engaged and involved.

You will work with mailchimp, hootesuite and other platforms to ensure supporters are kept informed via a channel which suits them. You’ll work with our Salesforce Administrator to ensure we capture all relevant data, segment our communications and monitor impact. Don’t be afraid to rethink how we do things.  Take a look at Facebook Support Group, Twitter and Insta – how do we use these channels to convert people into members?

A portion of our supporters have been with us for up to 40 years, others are fresh in.  We’ve enquiries in from parents, from students, from those struggling at work and from rebels keen to campaign.  You will need to be systematic and structured in your approach if we are to provide consistent care for all of our supporters.

While your communications will capture and inspire, this needs to be backed up with good structured admin and planning skills.  You’ll design the pathways for fundraisers and runners – from the info packs through to the certificates and thank yous; you’ll have your sights set on high volume recruiting during International Stammering Awareness Day; have a plan for students; have the welcome email off pat.  And because you are ambitious, keen to demonstrate the value you bring and show your achievements, you’ll set up monitoring and tracking from the start.

If this is you, come and join the team.

Permanent Contract
Team London YSA Volunteer Manager
Ref: V289
Start date: As soon as possible
Hours/Days per week: 35/5
Salary: 6/26 - £26,034 with ILW
Location: London- Homebased
Closing date: 4 November 2020
Interview date and Location: TBC

Team London: Young Ambassadors

Team London Young Ambassadors is the Mayor of London’s volunteering programme for schools, which connects young people with their communities through social action. This strand of the programme will build on the success and experience of Volunteering Matters’ award-winning projects WASSUP and WE ARE PATRICK. It will involve delivery of a series of workshops with groups of students in Alternative Provision (AP), Pupil Referral Units (PRU) and Special Educational Need and Disability (SEND) schools across every borough of London leading to supporting the development and delivery of their own social action projects in their local community.

Purpose of the role

To assist and support the delivery of the Team London: Young Ambassadors Programme. This role will ensure the Young Ambassadors Project Manager receives ongoing support with delivery of the programme and in developing all aspects of our Youth Social Action work throughout London.

The Volunteer Manager will engage with young people and promote opportunities that combine youth social action, volunteering, and learning. Supporting young people across London to lead change, develop progressive and socially impactful social action in their communities, and place young people as central to the shaping of programmes.

To apply please visit our website.

Your supporting statement is of equal importance to us as your CV and is a key part of our shortlisting process. It is an opportunity for you to outline your experience and credentials directly to the details of the post.

Volunteering Matters is committed to the provision of equal opportunities in employment and accordingly wishes to ensure that no job applicant is treated less favourably on unjustifiable grounds. To assist in the monitoring of our performance in relation to equal opportunities you are requested to complete the enclosed monitoring form. The questionnaire is for statistical purposes only. Upon receipt it will be separated from your CV and cover letter and will not form part of the selection process.

Please note: Due to the volume of applications we receive if we have not contacted you by the interview date it means that on this occasion, we are unable to take your application further.

GDPR Statement

If you apply for a role with us, we will retain your contact details including your name, address, email address and phone number to help us manage your application for up to 6 months.  We will not use your personal data for any other purpose or share it with any third party. You can contact us at any point to update your personal information or ask us to delete it from our records.

Coordinator (family and volunteer support)

Hours: Flexible up to 32 per week over 3/4/5 days

Salary: Starting at NJC Rate 20 (£25,991) – 22 (£27,041) p.a. + £898 Inner fringe allowance (pro-rata depending on experience)

Home-Start is a leading family support charity, committed to promoting the welfare of families with at least one child under the age of 5. Parent volunteers offer regular support to families in their own homes, helping to prevent family crisis and breakdown. We are seeking an experienced, flexible, self-motivated person who will work with the Home-Start team, training and supervising a team of home-visiting volunteers and hold a caseload of vulnerable families needing support. The role is based in our Watford offices with travel to families and volunteers in Watford, Three Rivers and Hertsmere.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Parenting experience 
• An understanding of the needs of disadvantaged children and families
• Experience of working directly, face to face, with vulnerable families
• Good knowledge of safeguarding and child protection procedures
• Experience of working with volunteers
• Experience of delivering training together with a knowledge of IT
• The ability to work on their own initiative in a challenging environment
• A relevant qualification

Additional requirements include knowledge of the voluntary sector, excellent communication and interpersonal skills and a valid driving licence. As we support families across Watford, Three Rivers and Hertsmere - the use of own car is essential (expenses will be paid)

Appointment is subject to satisfactory references and DBS (formerly CRB)

Home-Start Watford and Three Rivers is committed to equality of opportunity and diversity.

Registered charity no.1108847.

About the Together Trust

We’re one of the North West’s leading disability charities, offering individual care, support and education to thousands of people each year.

Our work wouldn’t be possible without our incredible team of staff and volunteers who are positive role models to the people we support.

You’ll be joining an organisation driven by its values and desire to see meaningful change - the people we support really are at the heart of everything we do.

We want you to grow and develop - so we’ll support you to shape the career that you want to have.

We can’t promise a job with us will be easy. But what we can say is your work will be filled with meaning.

A job at the Together Trust is more than just a job. Together we’ll change lives.

The Together Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. It is a commitment we expect and require from all our staff and volunteers. All Successful applicants will undertake stringent recruitment checks including an enhanced DBS.

Job advert

We now have an opportunity for a Community Support Worker to join one of our teams.You would be working at a small and well established supported tenancy in Salford, close to the Trafford Centre. The service supports two young men, with complex non-verbal autism, to live as independently as possible; both at home and in the community. The service is committed to improving quality of life outcomes for tenants, with a particular focus on developing confidence, functional skills teaching, and increasing levels of engagement. We are looking to recruit a flexible and committed individual who is warm, personable and understanding.

Experience of using picture supports is advantageous but not essential as robust coaching will be available. Drivers are also highly preferred due to the individual needs of the tenants.

As our community support worker, you will…

As a community support worker you will be actively involved in supporting individuals to live a full and active life. You will do this by ensuring that you and the team around the person do all you can to deliver the agreed plans. You will play an important role, alongside your line manager and senior managers, to ensure that the team functions effectively and is supported through the attendance of productive team meetings and 1-1 supervision sessions.

Community Support Workers play a key role in developing relationships between the person supported, other important individuals in their lives and the Trust. You will also be expected to work closely with any family and professionals involved in the individuals care and ensure that needs and interventions are explored and acted on within your remit.

It is expected that you will support the individual to access appointments, formal reviews and planning of the care and support provided. You will work within a person centred framework within the service so that the individual/s supported can develop control of their lives and resources in a meaningful and empowering way. For example, empowering and teaching individual to use budgeting systems, assisting in detailed self-care plans and building independence skills in the least restrictive way.

As a Support Worker you will be expected to work on shift, administer medication, ensure good routines are in place and are undertaken to maintain the individual’s well-being. This role will extend to undertaking frequent checks linked to health and safety and daily/weekly recording systems, and implementing simple data systems to ensure that the whole service is performing in line with agreed plans, best practice and the Trusts standards.

About you...

Experience is preferable but is not essential, we pride ourselves on staff development and offer an outstanding training package and induction into the organisation. We’re looking for people who have a genuine interest and drive in working for the people we support.

As the team provide 24/7 support, you will need to be flexible and willing to work shifts on a rota basis over a day 7 period, due to the nature of this role you will be required to take part in sleep over shifts, these are paid in addition to the 37.5 hours at a rate of £62.64 and are not included in the 37.5 hours advertised.

Benefits

You'll get to help the people we support celebrate along the road to a brighter future. And, be part of an incredible team of like-minded peers. Together we work hard, laugh a lot, and support each other. We also have a range of rewards and benefits for our staff:

• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), 27 days after 5 years and 30 days after 10 years.

• A company pension plan with 7% employer contribution
• Opportunity to purchase a health plan to claim towards therapy, dental and more
• Unlimited access to our employee assistance programme for advice and support
• Support from mental health first aiders
• Follow your ambitions and progress your career through on-the-job training, apprenticeships and qualifications

About us: We are the leading organisation in Wales, promoting equality for and fostering good relations towards asylum seekers and refugees. With over 30 years’ experience we are proud of what we stand for, and we look forward to working with you.

Background of the post: With Welsh Government funding, a consortium of organisations led by the Welsh Refugee Council are working together to deliver an Asylum Rights Programme which will improve access to support services and advice for refugees, asylum seekers and migrants across Wales.

Purpose of the post

• This specific post is funded by the National Emergencies Trust (NET) and will assist in delivering the WRC provision under the Asylum Rights Programme funded by Welsh Government. This is done by providing effective advice and support to WRC clients and, as appropriate and within the remit of their professional qualification, to advocate on their behalf
• To support the work of the casework team to provide advice, guidance and signposting to people seeking asylum and people with refugee status on a daily drop-in basis
• To work across the casework team to provide a high level of admin and practical support
• To provide support to a caseload of people seeking asylum on a one-to-one basis
• To work alongside the caseworkers and partner agencies to improve access to mainstream services and improve integration outcomes
• To support and contribute towards the development of the WRC’s advice service as a whole.

Major duties and responsibilities

Client responsibilities

• To ensure that, always, clients are aware of what options are available to them and that they are empowered to pursue their chosen options, and provided with the necessary assistance to access resources
• To help clients with the completion of forms

Caseworker support

To support the caseworkers by:

• Negotiating with agencies, government departments, local authorities, immigration services, solicitors, and other bodies to secure client’s entitlements and/or access to services
• Arranging interpretation as necessary (either directly or by arranging

interpretation through others who are competent and able to meet agreed standards)

• To support the caseworkers to work in partnership with service providers and key stakeholders to provide a holistic approach to meet clients’ needs
• Undertaking administrative tasks in relation to the above ensuring the capture of all client information and statistics
• The management of basic office systems, e.g. client database,
• Recording all activities and contribute to qualitative and quantitative reports on a regular basis and as required for monitoring and evaluation

Development

• To participate in staff training, development, and appraisal, as agreed with the line manager
• To prepare for and actively engage in the support/supervision and appraisal process provided by the Programme and Partnership Manager
• To attend external and internal meetings relevant to the service, as agreed with the Programme and Partnership Manager (these meetings will usually be in the locale, but may be held in other parts of Wales or the UK)

Good governance

• To carry out all duties in accordance with the principles of the WRC’s Confidentiality Policy and within agreed norms of impartiality and boundaries
• To abide by and to work to WRC’s Equal Opportunities Policy at all times

Flexibility

To deliver the service, a degree of flexibility is needed, and the post holder may be required to perform work not specifically referred to above. Therefore, the post holder is required to be flexible and co-operative in carrying out other reasonable duties and responsibilities. This job specification will be subject to periodic review with the post holder to ensure that it accurately reflects the duties of the job.

Equal opportunities

WRC is committed to equality of opportunity in recruitment, the workplace and service delivery. The post holder is expected to follow WRC’s Equal Opportunities Policy.

Please view Job Description attached to view and refer to Person Specification when applying for this role.

CV's alone will not be accepted.

Due to the number of applications, we will unfortunately be unable to get back to unsuccessful applicants.

About us
Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.
About the role
Our ambitious Marketing and Communications team is growing, so that we can build large-scale public support for our goal of ending homelessness for good. This exciting new role is part of our new supporter engagement function, which will develop a cross-organisational approach which inspires supporters to get involved in all aspects of our work including fundraising, campaigning and volunteering. You’ll work with all supporter-facing teams to champion our supporters and to share learning, insight and best practice so that all supporters have consistently exceptional experiences of Crisis.
About you
To be successful in this role you should have a background in communications, marketing, digital or customer experience. You will have experience developing excellent customer/supporter journeys and used insight and analysis to improve customer/supporter experience. You will be comfortable leading on projects with competing priorities and deadlines. Importantly, you will share our passion and commitment to put supporters at the heart of our work, and to make all decisions based on what is best for them and our members.
Benefits
As a member of the team you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:

• Interest free loans to purchase a train season ticket or a bike or for a deposit to secure a tenancy
• Mandatory pension scheme, with an employer contribution of 8.5%
• 25 days’ annual leave which increases with service to 28 days

Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience and career.
How To Apply 
If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please click on the 'Apply For Job' button below.
Closing date: Sunday 25th October 2020
At Crisis we value diversity, promote equality, and challenge discrimination, and we encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. If you need to request an application in an alternative format, please contact the Recruitment Team, contact details can be found on our website.

Volunteer Coordinator

Bath Welcomes Refugees (BWR) was established in 2015 with the sole aim of bringing to safety and security in the UK those people persecuted and in danger in their own countries, and in particular to help them settle in Bath or the surrounding area.  

We are still a relatively young organisation currently supporting around 100 refugees and asylum seekers. At present we are an entirely voluntary organisation depending upon the enthusiasm, invaluable expertise, experience and dedication of our 100 plus volunteers covering a range of roles.  Our main areas of activity cover practical help with housing, resettlement and integration in the community, English language support and guidance on employment and benefits.

We now need to strengthen the organisation and build capacity to support the families and individuals building a new life in and around Bath. To help us achieve this we are looking to recruit a part time Volunteer Coordinator.

This is an entirely new and evolving role which you will be able to develop. Initially you will work with the Chair, Language Support Coordinator and Membership Secretary providing administrative support with emphasis on the coordination of volunteers and the membership.

To be successful in this position, you will need to be

Someone who has the ability to develop relationships with volunteers, clients and other stakeholders, is resourceful, collaborative and enjoys working with others with diverse experiences and backgrounds. You should be able to work remotely on your own initiative, be highly organised and efficient. You should empathise with BWR’s aims, be flexible and non-judgemental.

Ideally your experience will include

1. Working with volunteers in the charity, not-for-profit sectors.
2. Recruiting, training and managing volunteers.
3. Supporting and developing volunteers in their roles.
4. Working with CRM databases.
5. Understanding of the data protection requirements in respect of volunteers and the organisation as a whole.

Outline of the Role

You will be the key volunteer contact, recruiting, training, carrying out background and DBS checks and supporting volunteers in their various roles across the organisation. Reporting to the Chair, you will work with and support Team Leaders to enable BWR to meet its aims.

1. Liaising with the Language Coordinator and volunteers to ensure we provide effective language tuition to our families and individuals to meet their individual specific needs.

• Monitoring progress and ensure that records are kept up to date.
• Providing analysis of activities as required from time to time.

2. Liaising with the Membership Secretary to ensure membership applications are processed timely and the system is updated with all relevant information.

• Maintaining the membership database

3. Assisting with the set up and populating of a new Case Management System.

• Liaising with IT Support in relation to the website and other digital communications.

4. Supporting the Trustees and members of the Management Committee from time to time.

Although this is a part-time role working from home there will be occasions when you may be required to attend events either during the evening or at weekends within the Bath and surrounding area.

The role is initially based on 16 hours per week but will be reassessed after an initial period when the successful applicant will have a better idea of the actual scope of the role.  The salary is £20-24k pa pro rata (commensurate with experience).

The role will require an enhanced DBS check.

To apply for this role please provide an up to date CV with a covering letter explaining in less than 200 words why you would be ideal for the role.

Applications to be emailed by 2 November 2020. Applications will be reviewed as received.

Interviews will be held: Week commencing 9 November 2020

For more information please see Detailed Job Description and Chart of BWR Activities.

Join the friendly and welcoming team at City of Sanctuary Sheffield, as part of the Sheffield Project for Refugee Integration and Growth (SPRING) which supports refugees in the city. 

This is a key role. The SPRING Front of House Welcome and Support Worker is responsible for meeting and greeting refugees and helping them get the services they need. At the moment this role is being done online and over the phone via the Virtual Sanctuary. In the future, it will return to being face to face at the Sanctuary in the city centre.  You will have to be adaptable and comfortable working in both settings.

You will be working alongside and supporting many different volunteers on the SPRING project.

As the first person many refugees come into contact with, you will need to be welcoming, calm, and good at listening. Your English must be good, and it would be great if you could also speak another relevant language. You will need good IT skills so that you can use databases and web-based information and referral systems. 

We particularly welcome applications from people who have personal experience of the asylum system and people of colour.  To support all applicants, free preparation sessions will be run by the New Beginnings team at Voluntary Action Sheffield.  These will be open to anyone applying for the role to learn a bit more about the job and get support with their application.  The sessions will run at 10am on Tuesday 27th October and on the week commencing 2nd November (exact date tbc).

Copies of the Job Description, Person Specification and information about the SPRING project can be found in the attachments and on our website where you can also find out further information about City of Sanctuary Sheffield.

To apply for this role, please write a covering letter (no more than 2 pages long).  In this letter:

• say why you are applying for the job.
• tell us how you meet the job requirements detailed in the person specification. Give practical examples of what you have done that meets each requirement.  

In addition, please include the following:

• a brief summary of the work and volunteering you have done or a short CV.
• name, phone and email addresses of two referees, at least one of whom can comment on recent work or volunteer experience.

The closing date for applications is 5pm on Monday 9th November.

Longlist interviews will be held in W/C 23rd November and shortlist Interview will be held W/C 30th November.

Beyond the Streets is a small charity with a big determination to see routes out for women in prostitution in the UK. Taking a woman-centred approach, your role is to provide care co-ordination for women with complex needs who want support or to exit street-based prostitution. We are looking for people with energy, motivation and experience of working with vulnerable adults; people who have a highly developed sense of self-awareness who can work in a gender and trauma informed way. We have full- and part-time jobs available, based at the Door of Hope project, East London, which fulfils the London Borough of Tower Hamlets council funded ‘Prostitution Support Programme’.

*** This post is restricted to female applicants only under Section 9 of the Equality Act 2010 ***

Beyond the Streets is a charity inspired by Christian values. This belief inspires us to work with acceptance, value and mutual respect for all with a healthy work life balance. We genuinely seek to work as a team and ensure that no one is ‘rescuing’ or working outside their allocated hours. We regularly reflect on our boundaries and our strategy for the year.

Oxfordshire Youth and Response have a bold new vision for the Young People’s Supported Accommoda-tion in Oxfordshire, a brand new service model combining the power of youth work with safe and quality homes; where young people, aged between 18 and 24, are supported to develop healthy and positive bonds with their housemates and communities.

The Progression Coach is one of the most important roles within this new service in Oxfordshire. Progres-sion coaches will passionately believe in the potential of all young people to achieve their goals, it is the job of the Progression Coach to build meaningful relationships with the young people and provide a reassuring, consistent and supportive presence, to mentor and inspire the young people to be the best they can be. Progression Coaches will be confident at de-escalating crisis and will work with a solutions-focused mindset to helping the young people address any challenges they may face.

Our commitment to Inclusion and Diversity
OY is striving to build a team that is truly inclusive. We warmly welcome applications from margin-alised groups, particularly people of colour, trans and non-binary people and disabled people. Your potential to learn and grow in the role is important to us, so even if you don’t have 100% of what we are asking for, we want to hear from you. Appointment will be made on merit alone.

We are looking for someone who is a born organiser.  Good with people, you think on your feet, a problem solver. 

Your first task will be to bring together 30-40 odd organisers of local groups and national networks, and help them gel as a team. Give them the confidence, knowledge and resources to develop their group, support each other and play an engaged part in Stamma.

We want to ensure that we have local groups across the UK which are welcoming and engaging and provide a consistent quality experience to new and existing members.  More, we want to expand our network, and create more local groups – and ideally more national networks, like the Defence Stammering Network or the Stamma Civil Service. 

ROLE OUTLINE

Your job is to work with our volunteer organisers, many of whom have been involved in Stamma for many years, and look at what they need in terms of resources and information and support – and knit that into an overarching plan.  One that delivers a common understanding and agreement between ourselves and the organisers – and ensure that people taking part in local groups, online groups, networks, experience a consistent quality experience.

ABOUT YOU
You will like meeting people, be a great listener, a great organiser and by definition be a good planner.  Good taking thought to deed, coming up with a plan, writing it down succinctly and clearly, getting agreement, putting it into action.  You’ll be hoping to be able to travel widely, and meet everyone. Failing that you’ll be pretty great at organising and running Zoom meetings.  Not bad too at social media. You are as at home with local groups as you are with a huddle of city bankers – able to stand up and present with passion and clarity.

LOCAL GROUPS & NETWORKS

A local group could be 4 or 40, meeting in a uni or going for a ramble, or sitting down for a group knit at the Community Centre.  But we need a clear agreement in place for how groups are run and promoted, where data is kept, how people are protected, and importantly the messaging around stammering. Your job is to get this into place.

You will also be responsible for helping secure and set up new local groups and networks – recruiting coordinators, setting them up, helping knit them into the coordinators network, which you’ll also set up.

There is growing demand and interest in setting up networks within organisations, across branches, to support those who stammer.  Whether in the workplace or in education.  You’ll be over this like a rash, sourcing and developing resources and materials for use locally or available online, tailored to the different environments.  This is a huge area to get on top of, but no rush.

You’ll set up systems and relationship so that our local organisers are kept up to date, can support each other and keep the organisation grounded.  In return we’ll be looking to organisers to help set up local Open Days, family days, our biennial conference and workshops. And working together, from the ground up, we will create a better world for people who stammer.

If this is you, if this excites you, then join us.

Want to improve the quality of life and education for Autistic children and young adults?

Come and join our team! TreeHouse school is an Ofsted 'Outstanding' non-maintained special school, providing support and education to over 90 pupils aged 4-19. Our goal for all our pupils and learners is to ensure that when they leave our setting's they will have the opportunity to access employment, further education or training and to live as part of the communities of their choice.

At TreeHouse School, our 'Teaching Assistants' have the title 'Teaching and Behaviour Support' (TaBS). The role combine's teaching and learning with a behavioural approach (Positive Behaviour Support).

This position will be advertised throughout the academic year. Due to the nature of learning needs our pupils and learners do not have one point of entry and can be admitted into our settings at various dates throughout the academic year.

Your role as a Teaching and Behaviour Support:

• Providing person centred, day to day support, delivering 1:1, paired and small group teaching, and learner sessions using Positive Behaviour Support (PBS). 
• Supervise and support our learners to engage in community-based learning and educational visits.
• Use your creativity daily to support lesson plans through preparing materials and resources.
• Support our learners to develop crucial life skills, meet their goals and aspirations through communication, independence and participation.

We are looking for empathetic and adaptable individuals, who thrive under pressure and have a natural ability to solve challenges. You will also need physical and emotional resilience to work with young people with a primary diagnosis of Autism, some of whom have other complex needs. You will be keen to use our positive behavioural approach, have a commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.

Why join us?

• A vibrant team of experts, Speech & Language Therapists, Behaviour Analysts, Occupational Therapists and Specialist Teachers.
• Highly competitive annual salary.
• Cycle to work scheme up to £5000.
• We are committed to CPD, where you can access a wide range of training and development opportunities to support your personal and professional development.
• Season ticket loans.
• A wide range of regular wellness programmes both in person and virtually.
• Employee Assistance Programme, to help you balance your work, family, and personal life.
• Access to physiotherapy.

Interviews: Throughout the academic year.  

Start date: As soon as possible. 

Ambitious about Autism is fully committed to equality of opportunity and diversity and we warmly welcome applications from all suitably-qualified candidates. We welcome applications regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, or age. All applications will be considered solely on merit.

Ambitious about Autism is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check.