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Would you like to bring your expertise, skills and experience to the third sector and contribute to a growing national charity?

Are you passionate about supporting bereaved children, parents and  families, and the professionals who work with them?

Helpline Practitioner
Hours: 21 hours (3 days) per week 
Rate: £28,000 per annum (pro-rata)
Reporting: Head of Helpline Services
Base: Blended: Home Working and Child Bereavement UK Head Office in Loudwater, Buckinghamshire (currently 1 day per quarter)

Child Bereavement UK helps families to rebuild their lives when a child grieves or when a child dies.

We support children and young people (up to the age of 25) when someone important to them has died or is not expected to live, and parents and the wider family when a baby or child of any age dies or is dying. 

We provide training to professionals in health and social care, education, and the voluntary and corporate sectors, equipping them to provide the best possible care to bereaved families.

We are looking to recruit a talented and highly motivated individual, to provide timely and appropriate support and information to both families and professionals contacting Child Bereavement UK (CBUK) through a variety of channels, mainly phone, email and live chat, and to assist in the development and maintenance of systems, policies, practices and procedures to underpin this service.

Closing Date: 9am Tuesday 3rd June
Interview Date: Friday 13th June

Interviews will be held via Zoom.

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.

Applications will be reviewed, and interviews offered, on an on-going basis. We reserve the right to close the role prior to the closing date, should a suitable applicant be found, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

Child Bereavement UK recognises the positive value of diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds, particularly where we are under-represented; currently, this includes disabled people, LGBTQ+ and those from those from ethnically diverse groups.

No agencies please.

We're looking for a kind, compassionate and resilient Corporate Partnerships Lead to join our Fundraising Team at our Head Office in Islington.

£60,000.00 per annum, working 35 hours per week.

Want to feel like you're making a difference? You'll feel at home here.

Our benefits include:
* Annual leave increasing up to 30 days with length of service
* Free DBS
* Exclusive discounts and cashback via Reward Gateway® and opportunity to buy a Blue Light Card
* Fully paid induction programme and further training

All applicants must be legally eligible to work in the UK by the start of employment as Look Ahead are not able to offer sponsorship.

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly experienced Corporate Partnerships Lead to join Look Ahead, a charitable housing association supporting around 4,000 people across London and the South East with various needs, including homelessness, mental health, learning disabilities, domestic abuse, and care leavers.

You will be experienced in establishing programmes, working independently and establishing corporate partnerships in charitable or non-profit organisations that do not necessarily have registered charity status.

Open to part-time and flexible working options, including freelancer options.

This is a one year fixed term contract.

What you'll do:

1. Partnership Development:
* Lead on the development of a new corporate partnerships programme for Look Ahead - researching, identifying, approaching, securing and activating a pipeline of new corporate partners
* Develop tailored proposals and partnership opportunities that align with Look Ahead's mission, vision, values and strategic objectives and meet needs of our services and people we support
* Work closely with Operations to identify corporate opportunities (e.g. to secure corporate funding for activity in a particular service, customer group or geographic location) and match and maximise potential corporate donors.

2. Partnership Management:
* Develop and implement partnership strategies that drive financial, in-kind and employee support (e.g. through challenge/community fundraising events) in support of Look Ahead's work
* Build, steward and nurture long-term, mutually beneficial relationships with key corporate stakeholders, through a stewardship approach
* Lead the management of existing corporate partnerships, ensuring clear communication, tracking of deliverables, and maintaining a positive relationship with all stakeholders.
* Build on existing relationships developed through our corporate volunteering and social value activity, developing these into longer-term, higher-value partnerships

For the full list please see our website.

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

About you:
* A genuine interest in housing and social care and a commitment to Look Ahead's mission
* Good interpersonal skills with the ability to work well with internal and external contacts
* An excellent networker, capable of connecting with a internal and external contacts at all levels to shape, influence and negotiate partnerships.

For the full list please see our website.

What you'll bring:

Essential:

* 3 years relevant experience in a similar role with proven track record of developing successful fundraising relationships with new corporate partners or new business development.
* Demonstratable previous success in achieving targets and raising five and six figure gifts.
* Experience of liaising with and managing high level supporters or customers with a solid understanding of the principles of excellent stewardship
* An entrepreneurial, proactive and delivery-focussed approach to your work, with drive and motivation towards achieving targets.
* Creative thinker with a solution-focused approach
* Financially and IT literate with good knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite
* Demonstrable excellent communication skills - written, multimedia and face to face.
* Excellent attention to detail and good project and time management skills.
* Experience of adhering to GDPR legislation.

Desirable:
* Knowledge or experience of social value and Employee Social Governance (ESG) initiatives and how they align with the goals of housing associations is an advantage.

About us:

Look Ahead is a leading, not-for-profit care and support provider in London and the South East. Our vision is to build better lives through social care and housing in local communities.

Look Ahead is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk, and expects all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment.

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.
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.
We are committed to diversity and inclusion at work and are accredited with Silver in the Inclusive Employers Standard 2021. We are a proud member of the Employers Domestic Abuse Covenant and encourage applications from a diverse range of applicants of all backgrounds.

Administration Assistant

Location: Barnstaple - Little Bridge House
Job Type: Part time, 22.5 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: £23,527 - £25,647 per annum (£14,307 - £15,596 pro-rata)

About The Organisation

Our client provides care and support for children with life limiting conditions. They have an exciting opportunity for flexible and enthusiastic administrators to join their Care Administration team where you will be able to really make a difference to the lives of the children and families who they support.

Join their team for a rewarding career move where 98% of staff agree that they are proud to work for them

What you will be doing:

In this role you will support the Senior Care Administrator in the delivery of comprehensive and effective clerical and administrative support to their skilled multi-disciplinary team.

The Successful Candidate:

You will be an excellent administrator who is able to work on your own initiative, prioritise workloads, have an eye for detail, strong all-round communication skills with prior experience working in a busy office. Good IT skills including MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook and database use is essential. Experience of working within a medical or similar environment would also be an advantage.

What they offer:

They value their staff and offer an excellent working environment with an enthusiastic and committed team, you will also benefit from:

• 33 days (plus bank holidays) holiday entitlement, which increases with service
• enhanced sick pay scheme rising up to 6 months full and 6 months half pay
• personal pension scheme with 7% employer contribution
• family friendly policies, with enhanced maternity/adoption pay
• occupational health, wellbeing and counselling services and employee assistance programme
• group life insurance scheme
• training and development opportunities
• environmental and green agenda
• a supportive and inclusive environment
• a chance to make a real difference

Closing date: 12th May 2025

Anticipated interview date: 21st May 2025

To find out more and apply online please visit their website.

They are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and all employees must obtain an enhanced DBS disclosure. They welcome applications from all sections of the community.

You may also have experience in the following: Administration Assistant, Administrator, Customer Service, Care, Healthcare, Medical, Medical Administrator, Database Administrator, etc.

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Donkey Welfare Adviser

Do you have a high level of equine knowledge with significant experience of working with equines? Are you passionate about animal welfare?

We have an excellent opportunity for a dynamic and resourceful professional with a proven track record of community based animal welfare work.

If you have excellent decision-making and time-management skills and a strong customer service ethic, then apply today to join the team as a Donkey Welfare Adviser for Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and North Somerset.

Position: Donkey Welfare Adviser

Location: Defined as ‘home-based’ it is preferable that candidates live centrally within region to gain easy access to travel and communication networks. However, locations close to the defined area may be considered if operationally viable. You are required to have broadband access, a suitable space for a home office and good mobile phone reception

Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week

Salary: £39,212

Contract: Permanent - starting as soon as possible

Closing Date: Sunday 1 June 2025. However, we reserve the right to close this role early if a suitable candidate is found.

Interview Date: Tuesday 10th June 2025 in Banbury, Oxfordshire. Before applying, please ensure that if successful in being called to interview, you would be able to attend in person on the specified date, as we cannot guarantee that we will be able to accommodate requests for alternative arrangements

About the Role

Donkey Welfare Advisers are professionals in the field of donkey and mule welfare. They play a key front line role in the work of the sanctuary: responding to donkeys in need, supporting donkeys in the community, growing and managing a high quality rehoming scheme, and acting as an ambassador for the charity at all times.

Your principal duties and responsibilities will include:

• Promoting good welfare for donkeys and mules by working proactively to support, guide and educate key audiences and by sharing best practice.
• Communicating effectively with groups from all social, racial, and cultural backgrounds, often in highly emotive and sometimes confrontational circumstances.
• Delivering high quality, impactful training to a range of stakeholders in a style suitable to the audience and the resources available.
• Responding to future care enquiries, working creatively to identify suitable alternatives to sanctuary care where appropriate, and gathering and co-ordinating relevant information to inform donkey placement decisions and help owners make informed choices for their donkeys, including end of life decisions.
• Supporting a good quality rehoming scheme by ensuring donkeys are placed in the most suitable environments for their needs.
• Work proactively to prevent/alleviate suffering, referring to and/or collaborating with enforcement agencies when necessary.
• Providing reliable evidence for welfare investigation cases, including witness statements and other relevant evidence in court compliant formats, and attending court to give evidence as required.

What we offer in return:

This is a full-time, Permanent contract starting as soon as possible, working an average of 37.5 hours per week on an annualised hours basis.

Working primarily within the geographical area defined with the position (refer to map) this role requires extensive travel within the region across various terrains and driving conditions. You will be a lone worker within a remote team of other DWAs. Occasional periods of work at Sanctuary sites and other locations will be necessary.

Defined as ‘home-based’ it is preferable that candidates live centrally within region to gain easy access to travel and communication networks. However, locations close to the defined area may be considered if operationally viable. You are required to have broadband access, a suitable space for a home office and good mobile phone reception.

About You

You will be a positive influencer, able to promote and model the charity’s values in all areas of your work.

You will have:

• A high level of equine knowledge with significant experience of working with equines.
• A working knowledge of legal practicalities and experience of the application of relevant animal welfare legislation.
• An understanding of equine behaviour and demonstrable practical experience in the field.
• The ability to influence change and respond appropriately in emotional challenging or confrontational situations.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to deliver advice and training to stakeholder groups with varying experience.
• Strong interpersonal skills, comfortable with making new contacts and able to develop and maintain strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Benefits include

• Competitive pension.
• Life assurance – 2 x annual salary.
• 31 days holiday (including Bank holidays), rising to 34 will each full year of service.
• Wellbeing team.
• Recorded Pilates and Yoga classes.
• Long service awards.
• Healthshield plan
• Free parking.
• Subsidised restaurant and shop.

About the Organisation

The sanctuary is one of the UK’s largest international animal welfare charities, currently supporting projects in over 35 countries worldwide, working for a world where donkeys and mules live free from suffering and their contribution to humanity is fully valued.

The Charity is a Disability Confident Employer, committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable people (children and adults) and expects all staff and volunteers to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to safer recruitment processes, including an application for a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check where required for the post.

You may also have experience in areas such as Donkey, Equine, Mule, Donkey Welfare, Equine Welfare, Mule Welfare, Donkey Welfare Officer, Equine Officer, Mule Welfare Donkey Welfare Officer, Equine Welfare Advisor, Mule Welfare Advisor, Donkey Welfare Coordinator, Equine Welfare Coordinator, Mule Welfare Coordinator, Animal Welfare, Animal Worker, Animal Welfare Officer, Animal Welfare Advisor. #INDNFP

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation

As HR Advisor at TPT, you will be stepping into a role where your expertise and passion for people and desire to transform the employee experience will really make a difference.  You’ll be the go-to person, a trusted advisor, on everything from recruitment to employee relations, ensuring we follow best practice and do the right thing.  Your tenacity and attention to detail will ensure a smooth recruitment and onboarding process for starters to TPT.  With enthusiasm and resilience, you’ll assist in drafting and reviewing policies, and help automate our processes, design and deliver HR related learning.

If you're excited about making an impact within a sight loss charity, we'd love to hear from you! Apply now to join our team.

About You

You will have working experience in a generalist HR Advisory role, with either CIPD level 5 or equivalent experience, and related knowledge of employment law. You will have some knowledge in managing the employee life cycle including recruitment, HR policies and procedures, and in resolving employee relations challenges with confidence and empathy. To accomplish this, you will also have excellent organisational skills, attention to detail and communication skills.

This is a great opportunity to be at the heart of our mission, ensuring that our HR team supports the passion and commitment of our work every day. If you want to use your HR expertise in a brand new role to create an inclusive, dynamic, and empowering workplace, we’d love to hear from you!

About us

At Thomas Pocklington Trust (TPT), we strive for equality of blind and partially sighted in every aspect of society. We are a charitable organisation with a dedicated staff – over half of us are blind or partially sighted. Our mission is to support blind and partially sighted people to bring about equity and inclusion in every aspect of society.

To do that successfully and effectively, we want to provide meaningful support to our dedicated staff, so that they have the tools and confidence to not only support the community, but also to grow and develop themselves.

If you'd like to have an informal conversation about the role, please email us and we'll get in touch to arrange a call. 

Princess Alice Hospice is one of the top ten adult hospices in the UK, providing specialist palliative care and support to a community of more than a million people living in Surrey, South West London and Middlesex. 

The Night Response Team (NR) provides specialist on call palliative nursing care between the hours of 22.00 and 08.00, 7 days a week for palliative care patients known to Princess Alice Hospice.

The Team also provides nursing care and assistance to palliative and general patients who are referred from the district nursing service, the OOH’s service (111), local ambulance services SECAMB and LAS, Mole Valley Telecare and Tunstall Community Alarm services. This includes palliative patients who are not known to PAH. Night Response visit patients in their own homes as well as in care and residential homes.

A Night Response shift will be covered by two members of staff per night, usually one RN and an SHCA, occasionally two RN’s.

We are based in an office on the in-patient unit at the Hospice. We receive calls, provide information, support and advice to patients, families, and other health care professionals, whilst visiting patients as required throughout the night.

The Night Response Service brings the skills and expertise of our highly trained and dedicated specialist team directly into the patients homes. This allows patients, their families and carers access to the vital support they need at home, when time matters most, providing the opportunity for patients to remain at home and reducing the need for hospital admissions.  

 About the role: 

We are looking for an experienced, proactive, dynamic and versatile Staff Nurse with excellent interpersonal, communication and telephone triage skills, to join our Night Response Team.

Experience in caring for patients who are terminally ill is essential. You will need to be able to work autonomously and have an excellent understanding of care provision in the community and be involved in auditing the service provided. 

You will need a full driving license with a maximum of 6 points for use of the hospice vehicle (automatic)

About you:  

You will be motivated, a flexible thinker, and able to adapt to new ways of providing care to reach more patients within the community. You will have excellent communication skills and enjoy assessing the needs of patients, families, and carers. 

If you are enthusiastic, personable and share our values and care about making a difference in the last years of someone’s life, we look forward to hearing from you! 

As well as joining a caring organisation where you will be able to make a difference for our patients and their families, some of our employee benefits include: 

• 27 days’ annual leave plus recognised public holidays - rising to 29 days after 5 years’ service and 33 days after 10 years’ service (pro rata for part time)
• educational and professional development opportunities (we have an on-site Education Team)
• monthly group reflections via Schwartz Rounds sessions
• free on-site parking
• tranquil Hospice grounds
• clinical supervision (regular and we ensure its protected time)
• subsidised meals at our on-site restaurant
• Employee Assistance Programme
• access to the Blue Light Card discount scheme
• access to our Group Pension Scheme
• in-house laundry of uniforms, plus excellent changing facilities (with showers, fresh towels, and hairdryers)
• wellbeing care - we provide a programme of activities, opportunities, and guidance to inspire and support our employees to live a healthy life, at home and at work.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Sallyann White, Night Response Team Lead or People Services.

Please note: Our vacancies are subject to eligibility to work in the UK. We are a small organisation with limited funds and therefore, we are not able to employ you if you are outside the UK as we are not able to obtain a work permit or visa sponsorship on your behalf.

At Princess Alice Hospice we are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that values diversity. We are fully committed to equality of opportunities, and we warmly welcome applications from all backgrounds and cultures.

We are signed up to the Disability Confident scheme and we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy. We are a place where you can be you.

Please visit our Privacy Notices section to understand and be aware of how we use the data you provide to us.

All of our vacancies except from retail are subject to a relevant DBS check.

Pay rate: £19.91 per hour
Employment type: Temp (until May 23rd)
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week
Working arrangements: Hybrid – 1 day per week office based
Location: London

Are you an Admissions professional used to drafting and issuing CAS for international students? Are you immediately available?
 
TPP are recruiting an Admissions Officer on behalf of our client, a well-known Higher Education institution.

About the Role
 
As the Admissions Officer, you will support the May intake of international students. The primary responsibility will be drafting and issuing Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS). This is a great opportunity to contribute to a busy, fast-paced admissions environment within higher education.
 
 
Key Responsibilities 

• Draft and issue CAS for international students in line with institutional and UKVI guidelines
• Ensure accuracy and compliance of documentation and data prior to CAS issuance
• Liaise with relevant departments to ensure timely and efficient processing
• Support the admissions team with other related duties as required

 
Experience Required 

• Experience drafting and issuing CAS (not limited to checking documents, but actual CAS drafting - ESSENTIAL)
• Ability to work independently and manage a high-volume workload
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Organised and able to prioritise
• Experience conducting credibility interviews

 
Additional Information: 

• Full training will be provided, but applicants must be ready to begin CAS issuance tasks promptly

  
Deadline: ASAP – Immediate start

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.

Transforming Lives for Good (TLG) are a national Christian charity working in partnership with local churches to bring struggling children hope and a future. Building on the huge success of TLG Early Intervention Coaching, TLG Therapeutic Support will be a new way for TLG, with partner churches, to provide support in school for the increasing number of pupils struggling to cope due to their emotional, relational, and mental health experiences. This programme addresses the underlying issues children are facing, whilst also providing the option of direct support to their parents/carers and the school staff team.

In this role we are looking for individuals with an accredited coaching qualification that thrive working with children and young people in a school context and are passionate about supporting pupils and their families struggling with emotional, relational, and mental health challenges. The ideal candidate will have an aptitude for creativity whether this is music and drama, sport and outdoor recreation or other fields of kinaesthetic development. The TLG Therapeutic Coach will be present each week in the school, providing specialist trauma aware care for these children, whilst supporting staff and parents/carers too, so we're looking for an individual who can build and foster strong relationships.

TLG is a Christian charity and, as a team, we want to bring our faith to the work we do; as such, we are recruiting an individual with a strong and vibrant Christian faith. We would welcome applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds to enable us to better reflect the needs of the communities we serve.

Hours: 2.5 days per week (18.75 hours, term-time only)

Closing Date: Rolling Applications

For further information check out the job description attached to this page. Applications will be reviewed on application prior to the closing date. We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date if a suitable applicant applies. The date of interviews is to be confirmed.

Location: Home-based, with one day per week travel into the Bedford and Croydon offices, with travel to project sites and Respect’s office as necessary 200a Pentonville Road, London N1 9JP.

Responsible to: Head of Safe & Together

Salary: Point 42 – 45; £44,637 to £47,667 (a London Allowance will be applied to employees who live in London of £3,299 plus 6% employers’ pension subject to an additional minimum 2% contribution by the employee)

We are pleased to offer a starting salary at the beginning point of the salary band. This position offers opportunities for salary increases based on performance and tenure. 

Hours: 35 Hours per week, 5 days per week

Job type: Fixed Term; maternity cover starting at the end of July 2025 for 8 months with a possible extension. 

About the role:

Respect is looking for a new Safe & Together Implementation Lead to cover maternity leave for the current postholder. This role is primarily based in Croydon and Bedfordshire local authorities. We’re looking for someone with demonstrable experience in service delivery within the Children's Services and Domestic Abuse sectors, including monitoring, evaluation, and improvement. You will be a confident planner and negotiator within the sector, providing training, consultations, and coaching. 

About you:

• Track record of driving service delivery improvements in the Children's Service relating to Domestic Abuse and children's safeguarding.
• Demonstrate a commitment to – and understanding of – the values, aims and objectives of Respect 
• Ability to handle sensitive information, and work with discretion 
• Experience in practice development and coaching
• Ability produce briefings for a wide range of actors, and negotiate with key stakeholders within the local authority 
• Ability to use your own initiative as well as part of a team

About Respect 

Respect is a pioneering UK membership organisation in the domestic abuse sector.  Founded in 2000, we have built our expertise over the last 25 years in what was then a fledgling sector and recently have seen significant and rapid growth.

Benefits:

• Friendly and collaborative working environment
• Remote working 
• 25 to 30 days holidays per annum plus bank holidays (depending on length of service and pro-rata for part-time employees) 
• Contributory pension scheme including 6% employer’s contribution (subject to employee’s minimum 2% contribution) 
• Enhanced maternity, adoption and paternity pay 
• Occupational sick pay depending on length of service and pro-rata for part-time employees.
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme 
• Access to staff discounts

How to apply 

Please visit our website for a full job description and person specification, where you can find and complete the application form and equalities monitoring form.

Please ensure that all application submissions are submitted in Word Document format only. 

Successful applicants must reside in the United Kingdom. 

We would particularly welcome applications from people from a wide range of backgrounds and across all protected characteristics, particularly people from the following under-represented groups on our staff team:

• Black and minoritised people 
• Deaf and disabled people 

We would also warmly welcome an informal chat about the role, if you are interested but unsure whether you meet the requirements or would be suitable. For more information, please review the job description (see link)

Closing date: 15th May 2025, 23:59

Interviews to take place: Friday, 23rd May 2025. These will be held via Microsoft Teams.

Redthread is a hospital based youth work service, working alongside NHS staff and other professionals in emergency departments.

Our experienced, specialist youth workers engage with and support young people, aiming to reduce serious youth violence. We often meet young people at a moment of change and work with them to find a positive way forward.

We provide long-term, holistic support. We consider every aspect of a young person’s life and build support around them.

Job Description

The Team Leader role has responsibility for the operational oversight of Redthread’s delivery within Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich,  and any community work undertaken in the surrounding area.  The role is to be part of the youth work team within Redthread with a primary focus on youth violence interventions in a health care setting. In this role you will lead the Youth Violence Intervention Programme team at the hospital. The team support young people aged, 11-25 years old, who present to hospital following an incident of violence of for whom them there are concerns around exploitation or extra-familial farm. You will have line management responsibility for the Youth Workers in the team, ensuring the service runs effectively for young people and also working with young people in the hospital as well as supporting them post discharge to ensure they have the support in place that they need and want. Main duties include:

• To recruit, manage, motivate, coach and develop a staff team including carrying out annual appraisals and regular supervision meetings.  To manage their health, safety and wellbeing.
• To promote and embed Catch22’s vision and values in local service delivery
• To ensure all service user information, interventions and other data as required by the contract are recorded on the relevant data management system in line with Catch22’s policy. 
• To manage operational risk, health and safety, governance and safeguarding issues in line with Catch22, Catch22 and Commissioner policies.
• Carry out regular case file audits as per the Audit Policy and Procedure
• Be responsible for the allocation of referrals and ensure caseload management structures are in place
• Adhere to reporting requirements, deadlines and requests, ensuring all required information is recorded accurately as instructed.

Qualifications - Essential

• Relevant level 3 or 4 qualification in health & wellbeing, youth provision or similar or demonstrable equivalent experience

Experience

• Significant experience of working with young people with challenging needs.
• Experience of Inter-agency working. Work within/ in partnership with Children’s and Family Services/ Youth Justice Services/ Youth services.
• Experience of delivering training to young people/professionals
• Working with young people in group and one-to-one settings.
• Knowledge of issues around risk and vulnerability amongst young people.
• An awareness of the current issues relating to at risk and vulnerable young people.
• Knowledge of engagement and intervention strategies.
• Knowledge of Children Act/LSCB Procedures and other appropriate youth policies.
• Understanding and experience of Performance Management with regard to practice and target achievement.
• Experience of using recording and data collation systems

Skills & Ability

• Clear risk assessment skills, particularly when working with young people with complex needs.
• Ability to work creatively within agreed management arrangements, and to maintain positive relationships with key partner agencies.
• Ability to manage conflict & negotiation skills.
• Experience and skills to lead a team, setting objectives and priorities, monitoring performance against agreed targets. 
• Reviewing skills in enabling staff to reach full potential and achieve targets through individual supervision, annual appraisal and learning development programmes.
• The ability to contribute to ongoing service evaluation and review
• Communicate well in a range of settings, with different people.
• Good organisational skills (for self and others).
• To be able to use a range of leadership styles as appropriate.
• Work effectively in a team.
• Manage conflicting demands.
• To be able to adopt a flexible approach to all aspects of work.
• Problem solving and a “can do” attitude.
• Basic ICT skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Understanding of spreadsheets, importance of monitoring and general knowledge of finance

Hours & work pattern: Full time, 37 hours per week including regular weekend and evening working and shift patterns covering hours of 9.00am - 9pm. 

Screening: Successful admission to post subject to enhanced DBS check, police vetting check, and employer Right To Work in the UK check. The post-holder must have right to work in the UK. Catch22 does not currently provide a licence to sponsor visas.

To Apply: Please provide your CV and cover letter, along with the completion of the screening questions to express your interest in this opportunity. Please note, in the interest of safer recruitment and ensuring that applicants are a right fit for the role, submitted applications must contain a CV, satisfactory responses to the screening questions, and information detailing interest in the role, to be considered for this position.

Closing date: 19th May 2025 at 10am 

Interviews will be held the week of 26th May

At Catch22 we value equality, diversity and inclusion. We are wholeheartedly committed to the principle of equality of opportunity, both as an employer and as a provider of services. Diversity and Inclusion is part of what we do every day, working to deliver our vision to build a strong society where everyone has good people around them, a purpose, and a good place to live.

Catch22 is committed to rigorous safeguarding and safer recruitment practices; ensuring that every individual within the organisation has been safely and appropriately checked.

Do you want to work with a leading advocacy charity organisation supporting those in need?

Do you have experience of working or volunteering in welfare, support or health and social care and are looking for a new challenge?

Are you keen to make a difference to people who want to be heard?

Then come and join us here at VoiceAbility.

We are looking for an Advocate to join our team in the Inverclyde area. We are seeking applicants who have transferable skills, a willingness to learn and a desire to help those in need of support using a rights based approach.

About us

VoiceAbility is an independent charity and one of the UK’s largest providers of advocacy and involvement services. We deliver a wide range of service contracts funded by local authorities, health trusts and other voluntary and private sector organisations.

We’ve been supporting people to have their say in decisions about their health, care, and wellbeing for over 40 years. We make sure people are heard when it matters most.  For more information on what Advocacy is and the services offered then please visit our website.

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity for Advocates to join and shape this service covering Inverclyde. Your role will support individuals with substance use disorders, ensuring they receive high-quality, person-centred care in line with Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT 8) standards. The role involves providing advocacy, support, and guidance to clients, helping them navigate their recovery journey with dignity and respect. Your role will require you to travel to locations such as clients’ homes, hospitals, care homes and within community settings across the area to meet with clients and professionals. You will be home based for administration; therefore, access to your own transportation and a suitable home internet connection is essential. 

About you

Desirably you will have some experience of working in advocacy, or providing welfare, supporting, or caring for Adults who have support needs, ideally for those with a variety of communication needs, mental ill health, physical health issues, or barriers to accessing support.

You should have worked or volunteered in health, social care, welfare, support services, education or young person’s services, or advice and guidance. 

How will you make a difference?

You will be responsible for ensuring the individual’s wishes, feelings, beliefs, needs, and values are met to create positive outcomes for the people you support.

You will support people to speak up for themselves and grow in confidence, equip them to understand and exercise their rights and options, and will assist them in the decision-making process relating to their care, treatment, and support.

You will work resourcefully and collaboratively with the individuals you support.  You’ll be creative in your approach to empower our clients by ensuring you meaningfully explain people’s options and rights to them.  You’ll support individuals to fully participate in decisions affecting them and will make sure they have their voices heard. 

Benefits 

28 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time colleagues) rising to 30 days upon 5 years’ service 

5% employer pension & minimum 3% employee contribution 

Salary sacrifices pension scheme 

Separate Life Assurance Cover (equivalent of two times your annual salary) 

Staff discount scheme including retail discounts, entertainment, holidays, gym membership etc 

24/7 Employee Assistance programme 

Access to remote counselling service 

Paid Disability Leave 

Paid compassionate Leave 

Home Working Allowance  

  

Support with continuous professional development 

Access to Clifton Strengths Coaching for development  

Personal Development Plans 

  

How are staff supported to work remotely? 

VoiceAbility has a small number of offices. Employees including Team Leaders are homebased for Administration and meetings will be held online as well as in person in the relevant community. 

When you need to travel for work, expenses will be paid (mileage or public transport costs).  

VoiceAbility offers the usual regular manager one to ones, Staff forums and communities of practice depending on role. Team meetings with a mix of virtual and in person approach. 

Equality and Diversity

VoiceAbility believes in fostering an inclusive workplace which welcomes, values and celebrates the diversity of its staff and partners, treats all on a basis of equality and encourages all to meet their maximum potential.

VoiceAbility are a Disability Confident employer, any applicant that identifies themselves as having a disability and can demonstrate that they meet all the essential criteria for the role will be offered an interview. If you need to apply in a different way, please contact HR for further options.

How to apply

To apply for this role please sign up for a recruitment account by clicking the apply button on this page. Follow the instructions to create your account, upload your CV, and complete our short application form. 

Important Dates:

Closing date for applications; Midnight 18th May, however, VoiceAbility reserve the right to withdraw this vacancy before this date.

Don’t forget to read the person specification so you can tell us about yourself and how your skills, abilities and experiences match the criteria outlined in the person specification.

Hint: you can use work, personal and/or voluntary experiences, and examples to tell us why you should be our next Advocate.

Want to know more about VoiceAbility and the role?

Please visit the vacancy page on our website

We look forward to hearing from you.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a vital role in shaping the future of one of the UK’s leading touring theatre companies. The Development Director will lead our fundraising strategy, building the relationships and resources that power our bold, nationally-reaching work.

As Development Director, you will work closely with the joint CEOs (Holly and Lisa) to deliver Headlong’s fundraising strategy. You will have the opportunity to develop the role and will be responsible for raising the funds to support Headlong’s mission and vision over the long-term.

You will lead on prospect research, donor cultivation, bid writing and delivering fundraising events. You will set a fundraising culture with the Board and wider staff, advocating for the power of fundraising to push Headlong into its next chapter.

You will be part of the Senior Management Team and will take an active role in the organisation and as an ambassador for Headlong in different contexts.

Payroll / People Advisor 

Liverpool or London - The role is offered within a hybrid working environment with a blend of office and homeworking. 

Liverpool £30,079 to £33,000 or London £33,079 to £36,000

Contract type: Fixed-term (12 months)

Working arrangements: 35 hours per week. Standard working hours between 9am – 5pm, Monday to Friday. Hybrid working, with a minimum of 6 days per month in the office. Required to work in the office on Wednesdays.

Our client's People and Culture team are looking for an enthusiastic and proactive individual to join them as a People and Culture Officer – payroll, reward and people analytics This is a great opportunity for an experienced professional with previous payroll experience, who is looking for the next stage in their career and join the people and culture team.
 

Key Responsibilities

The role of the payroll, reward and reporting People and Culture Officer will be fast paced with high volumes and lots of working across the team.

You’ll mainly be focussed on:

• Running their monthly payroll information and getting this over to the payroll team in finance so everyone gets paid correctly.
• Administration of all payroll and contractual changes for new and existing employees.
• Generating people data reports for all levels of the organisation. This includes headcount reports, total reward statements and any other ad hoc reports that are requested.
• Dealing with the queries that come through the shared HR mailbox.

There will be the opportunity to get involved with project work as they look to continuously improve the service they offer their internal clients.

What you will need to succeed

• Ability to prioritise your own workload and completing tasks with a high level of accuracy
• Experience of running payroll process for a similar sized organisation (c400 employees)
• Experience of HR information systems is essential (experience of Cascade HRIS is desirable)
• Excellent working knowledge of MS Word and advanced knowledge of Excel
• CIPD qualified to Level 3 or equivalent relevant experience
• Highly organised and capable of conflicting deadlines

In the HR team, they are responsible for everything from recruitment and selection, payroll, your benefits and rewards, employee relations, policies & procedures to reporting and outplacement. 

Benefits

The benefits they offer include:

• 27 days holiday per annum (staff grades 2-4), plus bank holidays
• group personal pension plan with 7% employer contribution
• interest-free season ticket loan 
• life assurance 
• flexible working hours
• employee assistance programme – 24/7 advice and support for any work-related issues as well as any problems affecting your home life
• occupational health team – includes employment and work-related health assessments, health checks and workstation assessments
• cycle to work scheme 
• professional training and development opportunities 
• enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• staff discounts platform – including discounts on cinema tickets and a range of high street brands

Closing date: 11th May 2025

Shortlisted candidates will be notified by:  15 May 2025

Interview date: w/c 19 May 2025

Our client positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, religion or belief, marital status or pregnancy and maternity.

Our client is all about our people – their members, staff, volunteers and leaders. They educate, influence and collaborate to improve health and healthcare for everyone and know they can only do this by being inclusive, encouraging and celebrating diverse perspectives. Welcoming into their community people who represent the 21st-century medical workforce and the diverse population of patients they serve is a priority for them.

Job Title: Communications Officer

Location: Hybrid (two days per week in our Camden office)

Salary: £31,219 – £33,384

Hours: 30 (can be worked over 4 or 5 days per week)

Contract: permanent

Closing Date: 14 May 2025

Virtual Interview Date: 22 and 23 May 2025

Are you looking for a rewarding communications role working for an intersectional feminist organisation? If so, we have an incredible opportunity for you to join our team as Communications Officer at Solace Women's Aid.

A London charity, we exist to end the harm done through gender-based violence. Our aim is to work to prevent violence and abuse, as well as providing services to meet the individual needs of survivors, particularly women and children. Our work is holistic and empowering, working alongside survivors to achieve independent lives, free from abuse.

Our core values reflect our history and were developed in consultation with survivors and staff. Feminism and intersectionality are key to our work and we are committed to the principles of being survivor-led, trauma-informed, empowering, diverse, anti-racist and anti-discriminatory.

About the Service

This role sits within Solace’s Business Development directorate, which includes Partnerships and Public Affairs and Fundraising, as well as Communications.

About the Role

We are recruiting a Communications Officer to play a pivotal role in promoting Solace’s services and campaigning work to external audiences via social media and our website, and supporting Solace staff via internal communications. This role has a focus on social media, however skills and experience in copywriting and website maintenance are also essential.

This role will ensure domestic abuse survivors, decision makers, supporters and future supporters understand the life-saving services we offer, our hard-hitting campaigns, Solace’s impact on women’s lives and our contribution to bringing about lasting change. It will strongly support our fundraising team to raise vital funds to support survivors, and our public affairs team to ensure Solace maintains its status within the charity, women’s and government sectors.

In the year of our 50th anniversary, we are celebrating how much we’ve achieved, but also reflecting on the fact that there is so much more to be done. Join our passionate, committed team of women helping to bring about the day when everyone is able to live safe and independent lives which are free from gender-based violence, abuse and exploitation.

About You

We are seeking a hard-working individual with experience working in communications offices, across social media and websites. You will be creative while maintaining Solace style and tone, and able to work across a number of priorities at the same time. A team player, you will be able to evidence your impact on social media engagement and website unique users. You will be an adept copywriter, able to produce content to tight deadlines.

What we can offer you

We provide a comprehensive benefits package to all our employees, including:

Flexible working based on core hours of 10am-4pm

Focus on learning and development (internal career progression and training)

Generous holiday entitlement

Employer pension contribution

Family-friendly leave and enhanced maternity pay

Access to Inclusion Networks

Daily clinical debriefing

Employee Assistance Programme providing free 24/7 support and advice

Employee Benefits Platform offering staff discounts, benefits and savings

Flow & Restore yoga classes

Meditation sessions

Cycle to Work Scheme

How to apply

Please submit your CV and Supporting Statement through the recruitment portal. When applying for this role, kindly highlight in your Supporting Statement how your values, knowledge, skills, and experience align with each point within the following sections of the Job Profile Document:

Values, Behaviours & Competencies

Knowledge, Experience and Skills

Solace Women's Aid values diversity, promotes equity, and challenges discrimination. We encourage and welcome applications from candidates of diverse cultures, abilities, perspectives, and lived experiences. We have policies and processes in place to ensure that all employees are offered an equal opportunity in recruitment and selection, promotion, training, pay, and benefits. Our Inclusion Networks support staff with protected characteristics and offer inclusive spaces to connect.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and committed to an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We anticipate and provide reasonable adjustments as needed and support employees who acquire a disability or long-term health condition, enabling them to stay in work.

This service is run by women for women and is therefore restricted to female applicants under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, and Part 1. Section 7(2) e of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 apply. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act.

As part of safer recruitment practices, we carry out pre-employment checks including references, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and right to work in the UK checks.

No agencies.