Ensure that Deafconnect provides a high-quality range of projects/services for Deaf and hard of hearing people of all ages in line with need from the communities.

Ensure that Deafconnect services meet the standards required by all relevant, current legislation and the funding organisations for each project. 

To take a strategic and developmental role in identifying potential opportunities for Deafconnect to generate income for the provision of service and take responsibility for the ongoing improvement and development of services.

To provide senior management to all Deafconnect staff

To work closely with the Board of Trustees, provide regular reports and additional information as required.

Principal Accountabilities

MANAGEMENT OF SERVICE PROVISION / DEVELOPMENT

1. Manage projects and services – Ensure discussion with clients/service users takes place, in order to identify need and develop the project plan. Ensure funding is secured, to enable set-up and development of projects that will improve opportunities for Deaf and hard of hearing people. Provide ongoing management and development support for all projects through team leaders and staff.

2 Develop Partnerships - To take a leading role in the identification, negotiation and development of partnership arrangements with other voluntary and statutory agencies to enable joint provision of service where appropriate. To provide advice and assistance to these partners.

3. Funding Opportunities

a. To actively seek out funding opportunities to generate income via funding applications, tenders for contracts and trading. 

b. Write and prepare a range of tenders and proposals to statutory bodies as appropriate, and communicate with organisations/agencies throughout the duration of application.

c. To submit funding applications to Trusts and other funding bodies.  To take an innovative and creative approach to service development and bid writing.

d. To liaise with the Board of Trustees as required to develop proposals ensuring bids have a strategic fit with the organisation and are operationally deliverable.

e. To keep up-to-date with best practice in developments regarding new sources of income.

f. To understand public sector commissioners’ aims and work with them to identify need in the Deaf and hard of hearing communities and assist in the development of the funded service.

4. Research current political and social developments which may have a bearing on service development and funding for the future

5. Ensure that progress is tracked and accurate records of funding applications are maintained. Ensure that management information is provided in order to assist understanding of achievement against service development income targets and strategic objectives.

6. Attend relevant funding events and report back to the Board of Trustees as appropriate. 

7. Undertake consultation exercises as required to inform service design and funding proposals.

8. To network and attend meetings as appropriate to establish good business relationships with a broad network of professional and non-professional clients

9. Represent the organisation and its objectives at meetings and in links with external agencies, advocating the merits of the organisation in a positive manner at all times.

MANAGEMENT OF STAFF

1. Provide line management to Senior staff including personal supervision and performance reviews, to ensure highest standards of professional practice. To oversee the management of team members.

2. To be involved in the recruitment of new staff

3. To promote an effective team environment, ensuring that team meetings are well led, and ensuring effective communication and information exchange between team members.

4. To ensure that all staff have relevant training for their job responsibilities and that all training is up to date.

COMMUNITY CENTRE

1. To be responsible to Northampton Borough Council for the maintenance and development of the Community Centre

2. To manage the community centre ensuring engagement with the local community, working with community groups and local officers including the Police.

3. Ensure that the community centre is effectively marketed and publicised to enable the covering of costs through group bookings.

GENERAL

1. To be accountable for finance – ensuring creation, monitoring and control of the relevant budgets and accounts. Taking appropriate action, and keeping the Board of Trustees updated at Board meetings and other times as appropriate.

2. Undertake, or delegate, as appropriate, presentations to groups to enhance awareness of Deafconnect’s projects and services for Deaf people.

3. Co-ordinate and submit regular and timely reports in relation to service contracts, grant awards etc., liaising closely to maintain ongoing positive relationships. 

4. To be accountable for the planning, development and implementation of effective quality assurance systems and provide reports and updates to the Board of Trustees as required.

5. To be self-sufficient with administration tasks, utilising I.T. and data bases accordingly.

6. To improve skills and knowledge by participating in personal development as appropriate and attend relevant training courses and other events

7. To market and promote services for Deaf People in accordance with the Deafconnect mission statement, advocating the merits of the organisation in a positive manner at all times.

8. To work in accordance with all organisational policies and practices and ensure that such are up to date.

9. Undertake any other duties as may be required within the scope of the post and participate as necessary in corporate initiatives and projects.

Person Specification Form

Essential Knowledge

Of tendering and procurement processes

Of equal opportunities

Of Health and safety especially safeguarding and loan working

An awareness of Deaf issues and the needs of Deaf people 

Of recording and monitoring statistical information

Essential Skills

Ability to promote and market the services provided and the organisation as a whole.

Able to present to audiences of varied levels and professionals

Good written and IT skills and effective report writing

Ability to set up and establish projects

Able to manage and supervise a team of people

To be able to create a working budget and monitor the finances against these budgets

Essential Experience

Of Managing and developing a service

Of recruitment & selection

Of service development

Of dealing with employee relation issues

Of working to and within budgets

Of community development work

Of facilitation/group work

Of developing and managing projects

Of partnership working with statutory and voluntary organisations at a senior level

Of submitting tenders

A good track record of income generation

Of managing a team

Desirable Experience 

Of Managing and developing a service for Deaf and hard of hearing people

Of working with user representatives

Of dealing with employee relation issues

Of managing a servicedelivery contracts

Essential Personal Qualities

Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively with all people

To have a flexible attitude and an ability to organise and prioritise own workload, working to deadlines and managing competing priorities.

Ability to work both as part of a team and alone

Able to network and build good relationships

A positive approach to work

A creative approach – to be able to think out of the box

Desirable Personal Qualities 

To be a problem solver

Essential Qualifications

British Sign Language to at least level 2.

English GCSE C and above

Circumstances

Able to work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends, as dictated by the needs of the job

Able to travel freely and maintain flexibility in terms of working location

We are looking for someone to play a pivotal role in working with those using our Welfare and Academy services to transition towards employment through training and work experience within NOAH’s social enterprise.  We are looking for someone who can play an active role in developing an inclusive recruitment service at NOAH, someone who can build new relationships and develop existing relationships with partners and businesses to help participants progress into work experience, employment or volunteering.

The position will appeal to someone with excellent interpersonal skills, skilled networking ability, and who has the caring and intelligent commitment to helping people improve their lives.

Family support Link is a charity that works across Northamptonshire, working with both adults and children, providing free and confidential support to family members, carers and loved ones impacted by another's substance misuse.

We are looking for a project co-ordinator to provide 1-1 and group support for users of our service. To deliver awareness and information events to the community, schools, professional and statutary bodies. To develop and deliver an ongoing group supporr programme for 9-18 year olds in different areas around Northants.

If you have experience of delivering group work, Minimum of 2 years experience working with families and children. Do you have a basic understanding of the impact of drugs & alcohol misuse on families, work well on your own and as part of a team, have excellent communication, presentation and IT skills, have a full drivers license, able to work flexible hours.

The post holder will require 2 references and also a full DBS check

Database Assistant

Do you have an eye for detail and love excel and working with data? If you're a self-motivated individual with experience in excel and imports, then you could be the person we're looking for to join our team as a Supporter Database Assistant.

Position: Supporter Database Assistant

Location: Northampton, Brackmills

Hours: 35 hours per week – flexible working opportunities available

Salary: Circa £21,000 per annum 

Contract: Fixed term for 18 Months

Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (this will increase with service up to 30 days, full time equivalent) cashback and discount scheme, employee assistance programme, learning and development, pension scheme, Life Assurance, season ticket loan, Eye Care vouchers, Long Service Award, Cycle2Work scheme, Tax-free childcare, Health Cash Plan, Working Pattern Agreement, flexible working opportunities available.

Closing Date: 28 February 2020

Interview Date: 9 March 2020 in Northampton

The Role

As the Supporter Database Assistant you will fulfil a key role in database administration ensuring that; supporter data, income, and activities from external platforms, agencies and websites is imported into the Supporter Database in an efficient and timely manner. 

You will also perform regular data integrity checks and carry out data cleansing, along with running reports and selecting data for basic communications.

About You

The Supporter Database Assistant will have:

• Intermediate Excel skills.
• Knowledge of supporter / customer databases.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills.
• Ability to demonstrate initiative and problem solving skills.

In return…

This is an exciting opportunity to work with stroke survivors and their families to support them following stroke and to raise stroke awareness in the local population. We offer a host of amazing benefits and flexible working options, with opportunities to progress your career.

About the Organisation

Stroke Association. Rebuilding lives after stroke. 

We believe everyone deserves to live the best life they can after stroke. And it’s a team effort to get there. We provide specialist support, fund critical research and campaign to make sure people affected by stroke get the very best care and support to rebuild their lives. Every five minutes, stroke destroys lives. Help us rebuild them and join our team. 

You may also have experience in areas such as Database Assistant, Data Entry, Database Administrator, Administrator, Data Administrator, Data Assistant, Data Officer, Supporter Data, Supporter Database.

Children and Young People’s Support Worker / Counsellor 

We are offering the opportunity for a qualified, dynamic and reflective Young People’s practitioner to join our team of counsellors, offering counselling support to young people (male and female) aged 10 and over, who is able to engage young people based on mutual collaboration, trust and empowerment. It is essential you have a strong commitment to challenging systems and structures to ensure the rights and needs of children and young people are protected and promoted. We are seeking a practitioner who is passionate about developing and delivering young persons’ centred services that are rooted within a trauma-informed framework, recognising multiple and overlapping needs.

We are seeking a female support worker/counsellor who will bring innovation and creativity to the service. You must be a member of a professional body such as BACP, UKCP, BAPT or equivalent and have professional training in providing counselling or therapy for young people (initial counselling training to diploma level). If this is who you are then we would really like to hear from you. Highly organised and motivated you will have a ‘can-do’ approach and demonstrable commitment to Northamptonshire Rape Crisis.

The ideal applicant must reside in the seven boroughs of Northamptonshire.

Healthwatch Milton Keynes is here to influence improvements in local health and social care services and make sure they work for the patients and service users of Milton Keynes. Our mission is to be an independent organisation, providing an effective local voice for people in Milton Keynes, influencing and shaping health and social care services to meet their needs.

Healthwatch Milton Keynes has a statutory right to ‘Enter and View’ health and social care services in Milton Keynes. Our volunteers talk to patients and users about their experiences of these services and make recommendations for how services can improve. We run a highly successful Enter and View Programme that has covered services such as MK Hospital, local Care Homes and Residential Homes for people with Learning Disabilities.

The post of Project Coordinator - Enter and View will be responsible for developing and delivering Enter and View activities for the organisation.

Duties will include project research and planning, volunteer management, relationships management with service providers, commissioners of services and the Care Quality Commission, data analysis, report writing and publishing reports to strict deadlines.

We’re looking for a dynamic person to join our team. You’ll need to be able to manage your own workload with high degree of initiative. You’ll also be passionate about engaging with people and upholding people’s rights to receive high quality health and social care services.

Candidates should possess strong people, relationship and project management skills, report writing and IT skills. Previous experience of working within a Social Care or Healthcare setting is desirable.

We highly recommend interested applicants contact us for an informal chat about the role.

“This organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults with care and support needs and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.”

Due to expansion, we have several Talkback Equip Project Worker – Learning Assistant vacancies to deliver a range of services to our members with learning disability and/or autism. Within the Equip Project, you will be working closely with local Further Education colleges by supporting young people, one to one, towards their education provision. Other project activities include gardening and allotment groups (some of which are based in National Trust properties), social and life skills training, a men’s independence group, travel training, a drama group which puts on regular shows, a recycling and tools workshop, a creative media group and a group working with animals.

We are currently recruiting for:

Project Workers – Learning Assistants - £18000- £19200 p.a. or pro rata

Both full and part time roles available (a minimum of 3 days a week)

Full year and term time roles available

No shift work or evening/weekend work

You will work at our High Wycombe and Aylesbury buildings, plus in local colleges and out in the community. You will work alongside people with a learning disability or autism to meet their individual needs also support young people with their families to achieve positive outcomes.

To succeed you will be able to work both as part of a team and independently and have a 'can do' attitude. You will need to have good communication skills and an understanding of both self-advocacy and inclusion. We can teach you all you need to know; you just need to have the passion and care.

You will have the opportunity to help someone develop and grow as a person whilst making a difference that will live with you forever. And, as one of our team said ‘Working with people with a learning disability or autism is the most rewarding and fulfilling role’

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and a comprehensive screening process will be undertaken on successful applicants including a Disclosure & Barring Service check (DBS) including checks with past employers (Applicant Declaration must be completed and returned with application).

Closing date: 21st February 2020

Assistant Shop Manager

Permanent

£17,577per annum with annual progression up to £18,121pa

We offer many enhanced benefits including; 28 days holiday a year - plus Bank Holidays and stakeholder pension scheme with matching contributions up to 8%. Full details about our benefits can be found on our website.

37 hours per week [over 7 days to include Sundays]

Do you like being creative? Or looking for a hidden treasure? Do you have supervisory work experience in commercial or charity retail and are looking for the next step up for a new challenge in 2019?

We are looking for an Assistant Shop Manager to work alongside the Shop Manager in the Luton shop, to help with the daily running of the shop, assisting in the management of the Volunteer team, you will need to be confident at working with people from different backgrounds creating a welcoming and positive experience for all of our staff, volunteers and supporters.

You will be working in a creative environment, working with donated goods to maximise sales and net contribution.

You will make a real difference to young people in England by helping to raise vital funds needed to support our frontline work. To do this you will need to be driven, focused on making money, and bring lots of good ideas to the table.

It is important that you have good communication skills both inside and outside the shop, reaching out to the local community to help build support for the shop.

If you have what it takes to work hard but have some fun along the way, and support your Shop Manager to be the best, then this is the place for you!

Every day we're changing the lives of children in this country for the better - and with your help, tomorrow we can be there for even more.

We look forward to receiving your application.

The Children's Society is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services.

Vacancy closes midnight: 5th March 2020

Interviews will be held on: 13th March

Recruiting Support Workers to join our Young People and Care Leavers Service in Milton Keynes!

£20,000 per annum, 40 hours per week plus 25 days Annual Leave, Pension schemes, Staff discounts, healthcare and more.

Milton Keynes Young Peoples Service is for people aged 16-21 with the capacity to support 58 customers at any one time. The service provides a high level of support to young people with a variety of complex support needs and backgrounds including being care leavers, looked after children, unaccompanied asylum seeking children's as well as those that have had previous placement or family breakdowns. The service is compiled of 5 properties, the largest capacity at one site being 16 units.

Job Overview:

Support Workers will provide support to customers to help them develop the life skills they require to meet the assessed needs of the customers of the service. They will work with customers to promote social inclusion and alongside other members of the team to promote independent living, encouraging customers to maximise their skills and choices.

Key Responsibilities:

- Building supportive, trusting relationships with customers

- Working proactively with other members of the team to handle the service caseload and administrative responsibilities

- Supporting key customers to set personalised goals in the form of a Support Plan

- Conducting regular key work sessions that are innovative and engaging in order to achieve Support Plan goals

- Ensuring ongoing assessment and management of risks associated with customers within an attitude of 'positive risk taking'

- Proactively manage risk and safety both in and outside of their physical living environment

- Providing support with daily living activities, including practical assistance where skills are not yet developed, to ensure that customers enjoy a high quality of accommodation

- Proactive development of links with local statutory and voluntary organisations to provide a range of engagement opportunities for customers in the community

- Involving customers in the design, development and delivery of the service

- Empowering customers to ensure they receive the service and benefits they are entitled to

- Encouraging and enabling tenants to pay their rent and ensure that rent accounts are managed effectively

- Ensuring Look Ahead Health and Safety policies are adhered to at all time and to uphold all health and safety responsibilities within relevant policies and local protocols

- Adhering to all other Look Ahead's policies and procedures

- Engaging in learning and development activity to increase knowledge and skills

- Day to day instruction/ supervision of Assistant Support Workers/domestic staff/Personal Support Assistants where appropriate

- Undertaking any other duties consistent with the grade and nature of the post as assigned by the Team Leader/Manager

This is not an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of Look Ahead.

Person Specification:

- Enjoys social interaction and the company of others, joins in local activities to encourage customer involvement

- Approachable and open behaviour

- Prefers working as part of a group or team

- Is fundamentally calm and resilient, does not let emotion adversely affect them or obscure their judgement

- Has a practical and logical mind and is naturally well organised

- Flexible

- Open to feedback and self development

- Thrives on change and enjoys dynamic diverse environments

- Is confident with high levels of self-esteem

- Is respectful, articulate and sensitive in style of communication

- Is essentially customer-focused

- Is motivated towards excellence and improvement of personal performance with a can do attitude

- Ability to cope positively with challenging and diverse behaviours

Skills, Knowledge and Experience:

Essential:

- NVQ Level 2 or equivalent experience in the social care/charity sector

Desirable:

- Experience working with young people

Please note that we have the right to close any vacancy before the advertised closing date if we have received a high number of applications.

If your application for this role is unsuccessful, but we feel that you would be suitable for another role, we may contact you to discuss alternative opportunities. If this occurs you would not need to submit another application for the alternative role.

The MND Association have an exciting opportunity for a Supporter Care Officer to join our Supporter Care Team in our Fundraising Directorate on a 12-month fixed term contract at our national base in Northampton.

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Salary: c.£22,000 per annum plus benefits

Location: Northampton

Hours: Full Time 37 hours per week

Contract Type: 12 Month Fixed Term Contract

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About the role

The Supporter Care Officer provides a comprehensive first point of contact service to potential supporters that contact the Association. You will be dealing with telephone calls, emails, written and web-based enquiries, with all the information being accurately recorded and updated to our Raiser's Edge database.

You will provide an excellent supporter care service to our existing members, donors and supporters and assist the Fundraising department in maximising income, whilst positively engaging, inspiring and motivating people to support the Motor Neurone Disease Association.

What are we looking for?

We are looking for an outstanding team player who will provide a first-class level of customer service to our supporters and wider teams.

You will:

• have outstanding communication skills with the ability to build rapport
• be able to work on your own initiative, prioritise workloads and multi-task
• be a positive, strong team player
• have excellent organisation and time management skills
• have experience of building good working relationships across teams
• possess strong digital skills with good working knowledge of Microsoft Office and use of databases

Please view the job description to view the full accountabilities of this role.

How to apply?

If this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you, please apply now.

About Us

The MND Association is going through some exciting changes - embracing agile working, introducing new technology and, in a recent move to a new, flexible office space.

These changes, together with a high level of trust and performance driven culture, will give staff the freedom and flexibility to work in the best way for them, the Association and, most importantly, people with MND.

The MND Association was founded in 1979. Our mission is to improve care and support for people with MND, their families and carers. We also fund and promote research that leads to new understanding and treatments and brings us closer to a cure for MND. The Association also campaigns and raises awareness so the needs of people with MND, and everyone who cares for them, are recognised and addressed by wider society.

Important Notices

Please submit your application as soon as possible; due to the high volumes of applications we receive, and we reserve the right to close any adverts before the closing date once we have received sufficient applications.

Please note, our National Office has now relocated to new premises in Moulton Park, Northampton.

At the MND Association we are committed to equalities and value diversity. We are working hard to remove perceived and actual barriers to participation by people with and affected by MND, current and future staff and volunteers and stakeholders.

Citizens Advice Bedford (CAB) is an independent charity and a member of national Citizens Advice. CAB is responsible for providing advice to all residents with-in Bedford Borough and Money Advice to Central Bedfordshire. CAB sees approx. 10,000 people every year, is continuously expanding and is placed in the top 5% for quality of advice it gives to clients.

About the Role

CAB is seeking to recruit a trainee candidate who will demonstrate they have the capacity and drive to undertake comprehensive learning in order to provide debt support, money advice and financial capability for one of our debt contracts. It is an exciting role helping people, often those at greatest risk of vulnerability to maximise their income and minimise their expenditure.

After training the successful candidate will assist clients with a broad range of often complex Universal Credit, debt & housing problems and will advise on budgeting, prioritisation and income maximisation. There will be targets to meet and caseloads to manage.

About You

If you’ve applied to CAB for a trainee money advice role with-in the last 12 months and were unsuccessful, you'll need to wait at least 12 months before re-applying.

You may have an advice background or come from an unrelated industry looking for a change in direction. What's really important is your ability to absorb information and put into practise what you've learned. You will be a stickler for detail/accuracy & efficiency. You will have a high standard of written English and enjoy being part of a close knit team. A good attitude to hard work, enjoy learning and able to take constructive feedback is a must.

The use of a car and valid licence is highly desirable as you may deliver advice across Bedford Borough and throughout Central Bedfordshire.

During the interview procedure, you will sit an assessment to ascertain your suitability for training.

Citizens Advice values diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

We reserve the right to close the application window early and without notice should a suitable number of applications be received. This vacancy is open to external candidates only.

Buckinghamshire Mind Employment Support Worker

Buckinghamshire Mind Shares National Mind’s vision: “We won’t give up until everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets both support and respect. We deliver high quality community based services across the county of Buckinghamshire to reach out and ensure everyone with a mental health problem gets access to the help they need.

Post: Employment Support Worker

Salary: £21,500 FTE 37 hrs (actual £8,716 based on 15 hours/week)

Reports to: Employment Support Adviser

Hours: 15 hours per week (part-time)

Based in Aylesbury or High Wycombe but covering all Buckinghamshire

Benefits: 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and 2 wellbeing days pro rata, High Street retailer scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, Annual leave purchase scheme, Flu vaccinations and Eye Tests, Pension: Auto Enrolment (currently 5% employee contribution, 3% employer contribution)

Basic Function

As Buckinghamshire Mind’s Employment Support Worker, you will work full-time on coordinating the delivery of the Building Better Opportunities Bucks Project. ‘Building Better Opportunities’ in Buckinghamshire targets working with individuals to overcome barriers, as well as to support and to further develop the key organisations and partners in the network.

Successful applicant will be solely employed on the Big Lottery Fund – Building Futures project. This role will be solely funded by Big Lottery Fund and the European Social Fund.

Employment Support responsibilities

• To offer 1:1 and group support to people with mental health challenges who wish to begin or return to work, education, volunteering or training.
• To have a clear understanding of individual service user needs and how they can be met within the service. Develop and maintain effective and meaningful relationships. This will include the use of appropriate diagnostic processes and assessment.

• To provide a service which values and respects the differing cultures and ethnic backgrounds and diversity of the community whilst working in a manner that values diversity and adheres to the principles of anti-discriminatory practice.

• Design and deliver appropriate interventions to meet identified needs and ensure that the targets for the project are met. Ensure that the progress of individual people is effectively monitored and timely interventions are delivered.

• Co-ordinate the work of volunteers or other professionals as required by the specific project and provide support to volunteers as required.

• Achieve both qualitative and quantitative targets as required by the specific project.

• To work in a person-centered way with service users, assessing them and supporting them to achieve their employment or training goals.

• To implement employment courses through planned programs of approved training activities e.g. with Bucks Adult Learning.

• To work closely with relevant employment support partner organisations to ensure that we support our service users to achieve the best outcomes possible.

• To ensure associated administrative tasks and monthly monitoring figures are completed in a timely manner.

• To attend recruitment events to support clients, recruit volunteers and engage in marketing and promotion of service, also to attend meetings and steering groups in line with project needs.

Other Responsibilities

• To ensure the highest quality of service provision and to provide accurate and timely KPI reporting within Buckinghamshire Mind
• To develop and maintain contacts with employers, volunteering organisations and other stakeholders to develop and improve the service.

• To work closely with referrers so that there is a good understanding of making appropriate referrals into the services.

• To ensure high levels of meaningful Service User Involvement in service provision.

Person specification

Post: Buckinghamshire Mind Employment Support Worker

The person specification seeks to define a person most likely to be suited to the job of Buckinghamshire Mind Employment Support Worker.  Candidates are required to meet all the essential Conditions listed.  E = essential criteria; D = desired criteria.  Reference to both Conditions and Requirements in completing your application form will help in selecting candidates for interview.

Conditions

• Supports the aims and work of Buckinghamshire Mind (E)
• Maintains strict confidentiality concerning all Buckinghamshire Mind matters (E)

Requirements

Qualifications and experience

• Experience of assessing service user needs, risk, and support planning (E)
• Educated to A ‘level or above (E)
• Relevant experience (E)
• Experience of delivering services for people with Mental Health needs. (E)
• Experience of working with external stakeholders e.g. Care Teams, Commissioners/Funders and Community Groups. (D)
• Experience of employment support group and 1:1 work. (E)
• Experience of providing training to groups and/or individuals. (D)
• Previous experience in a guidance role. (E)
• Previous experience of managing a caseload. (E)
• Previous experience of project work desirable. (D)
• Experienced in reflective practice. (E)

Knowledge, skills and abilities.

• Knowledge of the wide range of educational and employment/training opportunities available to people across Bucks. (E)
• Knowledge of other voluntary and statutory agencies who work with people and can network and build sustainable working partnerships. (E)

• Knowledge and understanding of data sharing legislation, confidentiality and safeguarding. (E)
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively with a range of individuals, groups and organisations. (E)
• Ability to work flexibly and to problem solve. (E)
• Ability to use information technology effectively and can keep written records and data. (E)
• Ability to manage a caseload and to meet targets and deadlines. (E)
• Confident in delivering group works and presentations. (D)
• Is committed to working in an anti-oppressive way and striving to create equal opportunities for all people and show an understanding of diversity. (E)
• Knowledge of and empathy for the issues facing people with Mental Health needs. (E)
• Is driven, self- motivated and able to organize own workload and work alone and without direct supervision. (E)
• can devise, implement, monitor and evaluate work and produce reports. (E)
• Has a current clean driving license and use of own vehicle (work related mileage will be paid). (E)

Applications: Please send –

Cover letter and CV, (including: relevant skills and experience, locations and hours of work that you are available).

The short-listing panel make their decisions based on this information and no assumptions about your skills or experience will be made.

Closing date for applications is 27th February 2020, however applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, therefore please apply as soon as possible.  Interviews will take place 3rd March 2020.

Buckinghamshire Mind is an Equal Opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Any offer made relating to this post will be subject to satisfactory references and a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.