We are seeking a volunteer co-ordinator/manager to join our small team to expand our flagship volunteer visiting and befriending service which covers the whole of Somerset. The successful candidate will live close to and cover Mendip and the eastern area of South Somerset and will recruit new volunteers, assess needs of potential beneficiaries who wish to access the service, complete paperwork, and make successful introductions.  Each beneficiary is matched with their own regular volunteer and both parties supported throughout.

The service reduces isolation and loneliness and offers beneficiaries the opportunity to take trips out, socialise and have help with reading, correspondence and other useful tasks.

The organisation: Somerset Sight works in partnership to deliver effective practical and emotional support for people with sight loss across the whole county. Our role is to provide practical and emotional support to enable people with sight loss to adapt, remain independent and live a full and active life. We have recently been honoured with the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service in recognition of the impact we make in the local community. We worked throughout the pandemic within Government guidelines and no member of staff was furloughed.

Role/ Person:

•  You will be self- motivated and a team player, energetic, enthusiastic, focused and results driven.
• You will have excellent communication and people management skills and be a proven motivator of people
• . You will understand how to effectively work within agreed boundaries and manage volunteers to do the same.
• You will have demonstrable experience in managing people and overcoming challenging situations that arise.
• You will be able to assess needs of beneficiaries and their families, and will enjoy supporting both beneficiaries and volunteers.
• You will be IT literate, competent with Excel and database management, have experience of report writing and know how to keep accurate records.
• You will be conscientious and will possess a hard-working, positive attitude and will have a proactive approach to problem solving and ability to manage your own workload and use initiative. 
• You will be flexible and may have to work occasional weekends and evenings and will be committed to working for a not for profit organisation and all that it involves. You will be a competent driver, with a clean current driving licence, able to find obscure locations. This is a part time role initially 22.5 hours a week with potential to increase.

Competitive salary. Home working living close to Mendip/South East Somerset or office based considered.

Bolton Adult Autism Support ( BAAS) is a registered well established local charity that exists to provide support to parents and carers of people (18 plus) who have or think they may have an Autism Spectrum Condition. BAAS is committed to providing quality services to families impacted by autism and this includes safeguarding and promoting the welfare and wellbeing of those aged 18 plus and therefore expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

In recognition of our services to the autistic community of Bolton BAAS received the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service in 2020.

We now want to recruit a like -minded Co-ordinator for our Befriending Plus service.

Co-ordinating the scheme you will help to recruit, train and support volunteers; deal with enquiries from families, help families to identify priorities and achievable goals for those with Autism Spectrum Conditions and liaise with external organisations. Also compile reports and statistics for the service.

Enrichment of the lives of those with ASC and their families will be a key outcome for this service.

The person we are looking for will have:

• An understanding of Autism Spectrum Conditions and associated Mental Health Issues.
• Proficient at administration and IT skills.
• Ability to deal with enquiries from professional/ statutory organisations in a professional manner.
• Ability to engage with people who have an ASC and their families in a sensitive and sympathetic manner.
• Attend day time meetings as requested
• Have good organisation and communication skills
• Have at his/her disposal a vehicle for use in carrying out his/her duties.
• The ability to work from home as necessary.
• A start date for the successful candidate of 1st October is anticipated
• He/she will be highly motivated and have the ability to self -manage daily routines.

Hours of work will be 21 per week (flexible):  Starting salary is £20161 per annum pro-rata.

Applications are welcome from all suitably qualified persons of the community but are particularly welcome from those with a diagnosis of autism.

Demand for our specialist tutoring services to children in care and with SEND has rocketed with the COVID19 pandemic. We are seeking an excellent addition to our team to support the increased demand for our provision and scaling of our organisation. 

The Organisation

Equal Education is a social enterprise with the aim of improving educational outcomes for the most vulnerable children in society, including those who are in the care system, and those with special educational needs. We believe in providing meaningful educational provision to those for whom mainstream education is not working or is not an option.

We work with over 600 qualified teachers to provide academic, subject specialised and individual tutoring and mentoring for children of all ages. Tutors provide pastoral care and work with pupils to increase engagement and attainment. We are passionate about our cause and are looking for people who are motivated by a strong desire to address educational inequality and improve outcomes. 

The Role

We are looking for a Programme Coordinator with a knack for keeping things organised and maintaining workflows whilst ensuring quality support for the children and young people, tutors, schools, teachers, social workers, parents/carers, and Local Authorities that we work with. You will use strong communication and empathy skills, and apply excellent case management skills to creating lasting and impactful tutoring and client relationships. 

Working as part of our Programmes Team, you will be assisting with day-to-day tasks including:

• Providing ongoing support to young people, parents/carers, tutors and Local Authority partners to ensure a smooth running of tuition programmes;

• Coordinating cases which are sometimes complex and can involve multiple parties, including social workers, and supporting multi-agency collaboration;

• Working closely with schools and Local Authority Partners to provide them with updates on tuition programmes and progress made by the students;

• Reviewing tuition reports for quality assurance and support tickets;

• Resolving issues to ensure tuition runs smoothly, escalating to management when needed;

• Monitoring tuition hours utilisation and liaising with clients with regards to continuation of tuition;

• Coordinating exam specific tuition requirements for students in exam years;

• Providing support to tutors to resolve their queries and updating them on any potential change of circumstances with their tutoring programmes;

• Supporting the development of our  tutor community, in which we offer training, best practices, knowledge sharing on Equal Education processes, etc.

In addition, there might be a need to support the Programmes team with:

• Allocating members of our Tutor Community with new student referrals; 

• Liaising with parents/carers/teachers to confirm schedules and availability of their children/students and supporting them throughout the placement to ensure the child’s education and engagement is the priority;

• Recruiting new tutors to work with our organisation.

Person specification

The ideal candidate will be confident in providing day-to-day operations management/support with a strong emphasis on the quality of the tutoring relationships that you broker. As a key link between our stakeholders and clients, you will need to be a clear and confident communicator and know when to draw on the expertise and advice of management.

You will have a strong desire to work on a key social problem. You enjoy working in a fast paced and agile environment, switching often between tasks. Able to work with uncertainty and ambiguity, seeing constraints as an opportunity to be creative and try innovative ideas. Proactive in finding what needs to be done and having it completed, no matter how complex or trivial it may be.

The willingness to build a strong relationship with people face to face, over the telephone and email. Being happy to spend time with people through a variety of interactions. Have a good understanding of team work and will work with the team to create an inclusive team culture. 

Essential skills/experience

• Ability to prioritise effectively in order to meet short term and long term deadlines.

• Ability to work effectively with multiple agencies and know when to escalate issues, particularly with regards to safeguarding.

• Strong communication skills, both in writing and verbally, transparent record keeping. 

• Caring and empathetic about the education outcomes of children in the care system.

• Advocacy skills to ensure timely delivery of services to the children we work with.

• Good understanding of business processes and strong attention to detail.

• Professional and polite telephone manner; have the ability to speak to individuals from a wide range of backgrounds; from social workers to senior local authority officers be empathetic with parents/carers in difficult situations.

• Proactive in responding to issues and a problem solving mindset.

• Knowledgeable of safeguarding requirements and best practice in handling sensitive data and issues.

• Knowledge of key issues relating to LAC/SEN, including trauma and attachment awareness. 

Desirable

• An understanding and experience of the schooling system and wider education landscape.

• Understanding children’s services and delivery of local services.

• Experience or knowledge of SEN provision and local offering.

• Experience working within the local government/school and social work sectors would be a bonus.

• Knowledge/experience of working in or with a Social Enterprise.

General

The job is subject to having the right to work in the UK, two professional references and an enhanced DBS check.

Route to applying

Please send in your CV with a covering letter which outlines at max 3 reasons why you are suitable for this role. Any candidates who submit without a covering letter will have their application struck out. 

Good luck!

Volunteer Coordinator (Prison Specialist)

Pact is a highly respected independent charity, working across England and Wales to develop and deliver a range of innovative services. We provide practical and emotional support to prisoner’s children and families, to prisoners and those who have resettled back into the community. Our work is founded on core values, the first of which is a belief in the innate dignity of every human being, and our work focusses on human relationships, family and community. We are committed to achieving high standards of quality in all that we do.

Position: Volunteer Coordinator (Prison Specialist)
Location: Home based but primarily working in Kent
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours, Monday to Friday
Salary: £23,000 per annum

Closing date for applications: 8th August, 2021
Interview date: TBC

The Volunteer Co-ordinator will recruit, train, match and support our volunteer mentors as they support service users in custody and community. The role is critical in ensuring that we provide high quality support, guidance, training and development opportunities to all volunteers.

About you:

It requires an excellent understanding of delivering volunteer programmes and an ability to oversee the activities of a team of volunteers working peripatetically across the Kent region.

Please Note: This role requires a valid driving license and own means of transportation.

What we offer:

Pact offers a range of benefits including a free advice, information and counselling service, contributory pension, corporate eye care scheme, cycle to work scheme and generous holiday entitlement. You will have the opportunity to attend training events to further develop yourself as a professional training and interventions worker. You will undergo a thorough induction process and be supported by a friendly and enthusiastic team.

How to apply:

If you feel that you meet the requirements of this exciting new role please complete an application form by clicking the `apply now` button.

Other information:

Pact is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all applications including those with a criminal conviction (appointment to post is subject to a risk assessment).

This post is subject to a 6-month probationary period, verification of identity and proven right to work in the UK, satisfactory references from previous employers covering a 3-year period, declaration of any unspent criminal convictions (and where appropriate a satisfactory risk assessment), Prison Vetting and an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. Please note that being bankrupt or having County Court Judgements may affect your ability to be successfully vetted to work in a prison.

You may have experience of the following: Peer and Volunteer Organiser, Social Worker, Care Worker, Advice, Support, Advocacy, Volunteer Organiser, Volunteer Coordinator, Volunteer Engagement, Supporter Engagement, Volunteering Development Coordinator, Volunteer Manager, Volunteer Management, Volunteer Recruitment, Charity, Third Sector, Not for Profit, NFP, etc.

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10 hours per week

RISE are delighted to announce that we are recruiting to a number of posts for our new Communities Rising Project funded for three years by the National Lottery Reaching Communities Fund. The aim of Communities Rising is to mobilise the voices, skills, actions and networks of women survivors and others in our communities in order to galvanise positive change around the issue of violence against women and girls (VAWG). The project plans to do this by creating physical and digital hubs and networks across Brighton & Hove and East Sussex where survivors, community members and mentors can gather to learn skills, open conversations, take part in debate and take individual and collective action.

Communities Rising is fundamentally a proposal by our communities, for our communities. RISE grew out of grass roots community action and we are delighted to be able to re-focus our attention on, and re-prioritise the needs of, our communities. The professionalisation and bureaucratisation of the sector has created a lack of opportunities for members of our communities who, for years, have been expressing their desire to be more involved in activism, campaigning, awareness raising and systems change. This project gives voice to and harnesses those desires and the huge reserves of energy that underpin them.

This is an exciting opportunity to co-ordinate and support the Communities Rising Project volunteer base, as well as co-ordinating the social media activity of the project in order to proliferate key messages, increase awareness, advertise opportunities and to engage a diverse audience in dialogue with the project.

This post will work closely with the Communities Rising project stream leads to scope out, recruit and administer the volunteer pool – supporting the writing of role outlines, advertising and administration – along with working closely with the Community Engagement Lead to support the volunteers with training, supervision, networking and peer support.

The successful candidate will also, in close working with the RISE Fundraising & Comms Team and the Communities Rising Team, support the planning and delivery of the digital work across the Communities Rising project with emphasis on integrating campaigns, communications, events and messaging across current and future digital platforms.

More information about the role and how to apply is available on the RISE website. 

Interviews will take place 23 August – 10 September 2021

* This post is only open to female applicants as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.

RISE is a Disability Confident employer and actively works on being inclusive. We are keen to diversify our staff team to better reflect our community by encouraging black and minorities and disabled women to apply for this role. We guarantee an interview to all women meeting this description that meet the competencies required.

Benefits that we can offer in return:

• 3% employer contribution pension.
• Very generous holiday entitlement of 27 days’ annual leave rising to 29 after 5 years plus bank holidays.
• Employee assisted programme.
• Focus on well-being and balancing flexible working alongside RISE’s priorities.
• Committed to training and learning opportunities for continuous development.
• Trauma Focussed wellbeing support.

W3RT's wellbeing team have done excellent work throughout lockdown. We now need an innovative and creative Wellbeing Development Co-ordinator to join the team to design and build a new programme of community activities and adult care services in Watford and Three Rivers: telephone support, wellbeing clubs, social activities, befriending, volunteer services, shopping and prescription deliveries, on-line activities.  

Do you understand the need for more choice and options? Are you committed to community-based care? Are you passionate about choice and user-led services? Can you make sure services are welcoming to everyone? Do you enjoy working in a vibrant community with a big heart? 

This post will be based at Holywell Community Centre once restrictions are over, but we can accommodate some degree of home-based working. The postholder will need transport to regularly attend meetings and venues throughout Watofrd and Three Rivers. The post is offered as a full-time post but could could be a 0.8 post. 

If you don't live within an hour of our Watford office, please state in your application how you will commute to work. 

New Era (Victim Support) is looking for an experienced Peer Support Coordinator, based at our Stafford office however travel around Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire is essential for the role.

Victim Support (VS) is an independent charity providing a range of specialist services to people who have been affected by crime across England and Wales. We work towards a world where there are fewer victims but who have stronger rights, better support and a real influence in the Criminal Justice System. Everyone at VS is driven by our Vision Ambitions and Values to play their part in making a difference for those who experience crime and traumatic events. Working for VS gives you the opportunity to play a key role in a national charity providing high quality services to victims and witnesses and being a vital force for change.

New Era is the new holistic Domestic Abuse service operating across Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent, offering free and confidential support for victims, perpetrators and their families affected by domestic abuse.

This role will develop and deliver the key functions within New Era domestic abuse service for internal and external training, delivery of high quality group work, peer support and volunteering.

The successful candidate will complete develop and delivery high quality delivery of the New Era training framework and annual activities for both internal and external audiences.

Victim Support offers competitive rewards and benefits including pension and life assurance, 25 days annual leave (pro-rata), voluntary benefits such as season ticket loans and the opportunity to play a key role in a national charity providing world-class services to victims and witnesses and being a vital force for change.

Applications should be explicit enough to provide good evidence against the shortlisting criteria, which are outlined in the person specification under essential and tested area.

In order to apply, please create a profile in our website (jobs section), complete and submit an online application form. If the vacancy has not specified the essential criteria for shortlisting, please use this section to express how your experience and skills are relevant for the role.

If you have the drive to make a difference within an organisation which makes a difference we look forward to hearing from you.

Victim Support are committed to recruiting with care and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and Disclosed Barring Service checks will be required.

Victim Support is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe having a diverse workforce at all levels allows us to represent the communities we serve and connect better with people affected by crime. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds. We therefore welcome applicants from all communities and monitor the diversity of applicants to analyse if we are representative of the communities we serve in terms of sex, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, trans identity, relationship status, religion or belief, caring responsibilities, age and socio-economic status. As part of our commitment to the Race at Work Charter we would particularly welcome applicants from BAME communities

The Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) is a ground-breaking alliance of companies, trade unions and voluntary organisations working together to improve the lives of workers in international supply chains.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Collective Action Co-ordinator to support the delivery of ETI’s collective action workstreams through coordination of workstreams across the collective action team and other ETI staff, and engagement with members.

We are seeking someone who can work with the Collective Action team and ETI’s tri-partite members to support the identification of issues, disputes, themes and initiatives and help address them through collective action.

This role plays a part primarily in support to the Impact Advisor and Senior Advisors, ensuring that collective action is properly formulated, has clear aims and process and that lessons learned are captured. They also ensure that where appropriate, external expertise and/or stakeholders are involved to inform the process and ensure outcomes are achieved.

The ideal candidate should have project management experience in development and/or Human Rights and client relationship management.

We are also looking for someone with enthusiasm to apply human rights due diligence in a supply chain context and experience providing administrative support to a fast-paced team.

This is a full-time post with a salary of between £30,785-£40,680 plus benefits. 

Please be aware that due to current restrictions we are working remotely. The office will reopen in line with the governmental advice.

Flexible working arrangement will be considered.

Why join ETI?

• Great people!
• 25 days annual leave + 8 Bank Holidays + office closed over Christmas
• 13 weeks of contractual sick pay
• Flexible working hours and central London location
• Employee Assistance Programme
• 7% Pension Contribution
• Enhanced maternity (90% pay for first 20 weeks) and paternity leave (full pay for 6 weeks)
• Staff Union Representatives
• Season ticket loan
• Cycle to work scheme
• Childcare vouchers
• Staff socials

To apply please click 'Apply' which will take you to our website and complete the application pack.

Closing date for applications: 12th August 2021

We are looking for an experienced professional to join our friendly helpline team to ensure the smooth running of all aspects of our Livechat service and provide out of hours support (evenings and weekends) for TST’s helpline, email and text service for victims/survivors of rape and sexual abuse, supporters and professionals working with survivors.

The Survivors Trust (TST) is a UK-wide national membership organisation for 120 specialist voluntary sector rape and sexual abuse support services providing support for women, men, children and young people. TST provides support and networking for member agencies; delivers accredited training; raises awareness about rape and sexual abuse and its effect on survivors, their supporters and society at large; promotes effective responses to rape and sexual abuse on a local, regional and national level.

The right candidate will ideally have previous experience of using a person centred approach in a trauma informed setting, and have good understanding of the issues facing survivors of rape and sexual abuse. They will have a good knowledge of database systems, and awareness of issues around confidentiality. They will have excellent communication skills and an ability to engage empathically and positively with volunteers and callers. The role requires candidates to demonstrate flexibility, with the ability to self- motivate and prioritise. A good level of education, the ability to articulate themselves in a friendly and professional manner, and IT competency are essential.

The role will be remote, with occasional travel to our head office based in Rugby, Warwickshire. 

You will be required to undergo enhanced DBS clearance to work at The Survivors Trust and references will be sought.

FareShare GM is Manchester’s #1 food redistribution charity.  We save good quality in-date food from going to waste, redistributing it around Greater Manchester to charities, schools and community groups who turn it into meals for vulnerable people.  Between April 2020 and March 2021, we redistributed 3,406 tonnes of food to 350 community food members – which is the equivalent to just over 8 million meals. 

Our Regional Food Sourcing Co-ordinator works closely with our in-house team as well as the FareShare UK Food and Food Co-ordination team, and partners with existing and new food companies across Greater Manchester to source and distribute surplus food as efficiently as possible.

Key responsibilities include:

• Maximising the volume of in-date surplus food available to Community Food Members, regional depots and FareShare UK
• Assisting with arranging transport solutions to ensure efficient collection and distribution of food considering the environmental, social and financial impacts
• Managing and building existing working relationships and developing new working relationships with food donors
• Identifying trends in food surplus availability and using this knowledge to maximise food surplus uptake and minimise food wastage 
• Ensuring accurate records are kept of food redistribution, keeping in-house databases up to date
• Delivering confident and effective presentations to a range of audiences to convey the purpose and mission of FareShare and to sell in the ethos of the organisation
• Generating appropriate content and ideas to assist with communications via social media
• Proactively supporting communications and PR in food donor relationships.

Person Specification

Essential skills include, but are not limited to:

• Strong communication skills (written and oral) at all levels (E)
• Proven excellent customer relationship skills and experience (E)
• Strong time management skills (E)
• Proven experience of successfully managing projects (E)
• Able to work on own initiative, effectively planning and organising your workload and coordinate other resources to meet deadlines. (E)
• Experience working in a target-driven environment and of developing and tracking plans to meet those targets (E)
• A high level of customer care ability and service delivery skills with proven experience of resolving supplier and/or customer issues satisfactorily. (E)
• Knowledge of and interest in sustainable development, corporate social responsibility (E)

Desirable skills include:

• Experience in the food industry in a sales, business development or manufacturing role (D)
• Commercial relationship management experience (D)

Enjoying unique lifestyle opportunities, St Helena Island is a self-governing overseas territory of the United Kingdom. Although better placed to develop economically and socially as a result of opening our international airport in 2017, we are not at the stage of self-sufficiency and therefore remain dependent on UK government aid.

St Helena is in receipt of financial aid which supports a significant amount of the operational costs of running key public services. In addition, St Helena also receives donor funding for key sectors such as infrastructure development and conservation from donors including HMG, the EU and the UN.  Reliance on a small number of donors puts finding continued investment and support into the Island at risk.  With uncertainty around future sources and the loss of EU funding it is important to develop alternative sources of income; this includes the continued support to the British Napoleonic Bicentenary Trust (BNBT), a UK charity, and to fundraise for heritage projects on St Helena. Your role will be vital in exploring new funding opportunities, including through the BNBT, to broaden the number of donors.

You will identify and secure additional sources of funding for St Helena, preparing key documentation and ensuring donor-specific monitoring arrangements are in place. Setting up and managing systems to gather intelligence on funding opportunities from new and existing funding streams, you must track, assimilate and disseminate this intelligence.

Experienced in a similar role and educated to degree level or equivalent, you have already secured external funding for an organisation. Your background is in Public Sector or Non-Governmental organisations and you understand the requirements of the Charities Commission. Politically astute, you have worked in culturally diverse organisations and in the development sector at national or international level. You have experience of the international institutional funding landscape and country-level funding and understand the needs of major funding bodies, multilateral development agencies, philanthropic funding sources etc.

The fee based on a self-employed basis will be £20k based on 6 days per month.

Applications must be received by 26 July 2021. Interviews will take place virtually on 4 August 2021.

To be considered for this role, you must complete our application form.  Failure to do so will mean that your application will not be considered.  Please do not submit your CV.

The Public Service positively accepts applications from all members of the community regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, and will consider all applications on the basis of merit, in accordance with the person specification.

Due to the potential for high numbers of applications, if you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date you should assume you have not been short listed.  We would like to thank you for your interest in working for St Helena Government.

Job Title: Collections and Logistics Co-ordinator

Hours: 40 hours

Salary:  £23k

Location: 226 Elmley St, London SE18 7NN

We are working in partnership with Emmaus Greenwich, a homeless charity with a difference.  They offer people who have experienced homelessness, a place to call home for as long as they need it, meaningful work in their social enterprise and a sense of belonging.

They are now seeking a Collections and Logistics Co-ordinator, who will oversee the collection and delivery of donated items and goods sold in the charity’s shops. The postholder will be the first point of contact for Emmaus Greenwich’s donation centre, responding to calls and emails, responsible for creating a daily schedule for the van crew, and liaising with the shops to ensure stock levels and a pipeline of quality donated items.

The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate:

• Experience in a customer service role, with an element of logistics / scheduling
• Experience working in a team environment with other staff members and/or volunteers
• Understanding of GDPR / data protection
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Effective administrative skills
• Competent IT user including Microsoft Office packages, internet and email

We are seeking a professional, well organised individual, with the ability to work under pressure and prioritisein a lynchpin role, to aid the charity in supporting people who have experienced homelessness and social exclusion.

For more information, please contact Katherine Anderson-Scott, Charisma Charity Recruitment. 

Applications should be submitted through the Charisma website and include your CV and supporting statement.

We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, or other category protected by law.

Closing date: 3rd August

Start date: Mid-August

We are looking for a motivated and able Community Connections Coordinator for the Elmbridge area, who will appreciate this exciting opportunity of working with a variety of clients with mental health problems, helping them develop their potential.

MFT is a well-respected local charity, working in Surrey since 1994 to empower and support people towards recovery.  We offer support through one-to-one interaction, groups, courses and activities, both on-line and face-to-face.  We need someone who is flexible and imaginative to help us to continue with the current range of activities on offer and help us to develop more to meet the changing needs of the people who use our services.

People come to us by self-referral or through referrals from other agencies such as the local mental health team, GP practices, Social Prescribers and community groups, and the successful applicant will need to liaise with these and other organisations in order to promote the service and raise awareness.

The role will mainly focus on working with individuals, and with setting up the groups and activities that run locally, based on the Social Model, to help people to reconnect with the community as part of their journey towards improved mental health.  MFT firmly believes that good mental health should be seen in parity with good physical health, so we include physical health courses and activities in the programmes we run.

This is a great job for someone with vision and imagination, who is as passionate about helping people to fulfil their potential as the rest of our team. 

Thank you for taking the time to have a look at this opportunity. If you want to be part of a fast paced, dynamic and values driven organisation where no two days are ever the same, then this could be the role for you. Before you take a closer look at the job description and person specification, we wanted to tell you a bit about ourselves, so you can get an idea of what it might be like to work with us.

• We are a flexible employer, with a commitment to equality and diversity. We are always happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments you may require throughout the recruitment process, when you start, or once in the role.
• Excellent benefits- aside from great job satisfaction and a rewarding role, you are also entitled to generous holidays (30 days per year!) plus bank holidays.
• Investment in you and your development- we care about the development and progression of our employees. You will be given lots of training and opportunities to learn and push yourself.
• Run by students, for students- Students’ Unions are unique organisations in that they are completely student-led. This means there are always new and exciting ideas as well as opportunities to be creative. We are flexible and adaptable, which offers a great opportunity for you to make your mark.
• Our values are one of our biggest selling points of why to work for us. Our mission is to make life better for students so if you are interested in having a career in helping others, this could be the place for you.