Link Age Southwark is a vibrant local charity which works to ensure that older people and people living with dementia can thrive in life. We work with our dedicated volunteers to provide the support people need to live happy, healthy lives. We support around 600 older people and people with dementia each year, and through 400 volunteers, help them stay connected with their communities, alleviating loneliness, improving health and wellbeing and making communities stronger through volunteering.

Our charity is in an exciting period of growth as we respond to greater demand for our services from people with dementia and older people living locally.  We are seeking a capable and positive person who is skilled and experienced in supporting older people and people with dementia, passionate about our charity’s mission and values, and able to work well as part of our small, friendly and professional team. 

Purpose of the Job

Our Service Coordinators play a key role in delivering our high-quality services for older people and people with dementia living in the London Borough of Southwark. 

You will be responsible for assessing the needs of individuals at home and connecting them to our services including volunteer befrienders, exercise and activity groups, and transport for people with mobility problems.  You will coordinate the delivery of at least one of our regular exercise and activity groups in community settings across Southwark, annual social events and outings, and a regular newsletter.  You will keep and use accurate records of our services on our electronic database and help maintain positive relationships with our external partners in the local community.   You will maintain our signposting pack and support your team and service users to access local services.  As the first port of call for many of our service-users, you will provide a friendly, supportive and professional service.  

Job Title: Marketing Campaigns Coordinator

Department: Marketing

Location:  Whittington

Salary: Dependent on experience

Working Hours: 37.5 hrs Monday – Friday

Application Review date: 6th October 2019

Interview date: Week commencing 14th October 2019

This post has responsibility for the delivery of marketing campaigns for St Giles Hospice. You will be project managing campaigns from inception to completion in collaboration with our internal departments, particularly; Fundraising, Promotions, Lottery and Shops to ensure they fully implement their marketing plans in order to generate funds for St Giles. You will work with the Marketing Manager to devise, implement and report on campaigns as part of the annual income generation marketing calendar.

St Giles launched its 5 year strategy in April 2017, has successfully rebranded and is at an exciting point in its development. Fundraising will be key to its success and marketing is crucial to support this.

Company benefits:

To reward the hard work of our fantastic staff, St Giles Hospice offers an excellent benefits package as per the below;

• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays (rising to 35 days with service)

• Contributory pension scheme

• Free car parking

• Training and development opportunities as well as progression within the organisation.

About us:

St Giles Hospice is a registered charity offering high-quality specialist care free of charge for people living with diseases which may not be curable as well as providing support for their families and carers.

Services include a team of community-based St Giles clinical nurse specialists, two state of the art in-patient facilities, Day Hospice, Hospice at Home, Bereavement and Family Support, and an internationally renowned Lymphoedema Clinic. 

Patients come from across the hospice's catchment area, which ranges from Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Atherstone in the east, to Cannock and Walsall in the west – and from Burton and Uttoxeter in the north, to Sutton Coldfield and Coleshill in the south.

Care is offered at the hospice's centres in Whittington, Sutton Coldfield, Walsall and in patients' own homes across the region.

St Giles spends over £9 million a year providing its specialist services and with little more than a third of this funded by the Government, the registered charity relies heavily on donations and income generation from the local community.

St Giles employee approximately 450 paid staff and over 1,500 volunteers.

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check

We may review applications before the application review date, however, if you apply after the application review date, your application may not be considered. We will accept applications until we have successfully filled the role.

All correspondence in response to applications will be sent via email.  Due to the number of applications received, it is not always possible to respond to every application.  Therefore, applicants who do not receive a response within 14 days of the review date should assume that they have been unsuccessful.

St Giles Hospice, Fisherwick Road, Whittington, Lichfield, WS14 9LH. Registered charity 509014 Company limited by guarantee 1430090

Adfam is the national charity working to improve the lives of the many thousands of families affected by the drug and alcohol use of others, giving them a voice. We work with family members and carers, support frontline staff and volunteers and influence decision-makers to stop these happening. Family members are at the heart of all our work and inform everything we do.

Consequently, our activities are built around supporting both those people affected by a loved one’s substance misuse and the workers who support them, offering training to build skills, developing best practice guidance and advocating on behalf of families by undertaking research which can be used to influence policy at a local and national level.

We are seeking to recruit a skilled, enthusiastic and energetic Kinship Care Support and Development Co-ordinator to deliver our Children in Need project in Peterborough. The successful applicant will have experience in working with children and families, and will build on this already successful project to provide activities and support to children in kinship care and their families.

Most of the group activities for children take place at weekends and during school holidays. The post holder will also be responsible for organising and chairing our eastern region forum, held on a quarterly basis in Cambridge. The forum brings together practitioners working with families affected by substance use and related issues to share good practice and amplify the voice of families in the region.

This is a great opportunity of working with a highly regarded charity in addressing and meeting the key needs of kin carers and children affected by substance misuse.

If you are ambitious about addressing a range of individual and family needs, apply today!

The post is home based but requires local travel visit families at home, and to Adfam’s office in London for team meetings. Use of a car is essential.

• This post is subject to appropriate security and DBS checks
• 6.5% contributory pension scheme
• Contract: 1 year with possible extension dependant on securing funding
• Interviews will be held in Peterborough on Thursday 24th October

Adfam actively welcomes applications from all sections of society.

We are seeking a Volunteer Coordinator to work 25 hours per week.

 Our Volunteer Coordinator is moving on to a new challenge and therefore an exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Sight Concern team.

 As well-established organisation, with over 150 volunteers we must ensure that our volunteers are fully supported and managed efficiently and safely and that we meet our project targets.

 In 2018 we won the Queens Award for Voluntary Service, recognition for the hard work and dedication of our volunteers and we need a Volunteer Coordinator who can support our organisation and its’ volunteers to sustain the quality services we provide.

 We need a person who is passionate about volunteering and can champion the role of the volunteer at Sight Concern. Our staff and volunteers are at the heart of what we do; it’s through their skill and effort that our reputation is maintained.

 We need a person who understands the ethos of the voluntary sector and the kind of challenges faced by a small organisation especially in relation to volunteering support and is able to respond flexibly and sympathetically to these. 

 We support around 2000 people right now, but we know that over 200 new diagnoses of sight loss are made in Worcestershire every year.  Our volunteers can play a vital role in ensuring that everyone who needs our help can access it.

 The support we offer changes people’s lives for the better.  That’s an amazing story to tell. We need our Volunteer Coordinator to support volunteers in the organisation to tell that story in a way that leaves no doubt about the importance and value of the role of volunteering in Sight Concern.

About us 
Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it. 

Crisis Skylight Brent, based in Harlesden, provides housing, education, employment, volunteering, wellbeing and mental health services that help people leave homelessness. An important part of our work is also influencing the local provision of services for homeless people, and the new Volunteer Coordinator will support member volunteering activities linked to that. 

About the role 
As Volunteer Co-ordinator, you will be part of Skylight team recruiting volunteers to support the delivery of the Skylight service and supporting our members to access volunteering opportunities as they strive to end their homelessness. The main responsibilities include; the efficient running of all volunteer activities, developing member volunteering activities linked with our local and national influencing and campaigning, and working with the National Volunteering Manager in the implementation of the Crisis Volunteering Strategy.

Knowledge/Skills and Experience:

About you 
To be successful in this role you will have demonstrable experience of volunteer management best practice, including developing and supporting a wide range of volunteering opportunities and an understanding of volunteers’ motivations and the benefits they bring to Crisis. You will also have experience of working with socially excluded groups and individuals including supporting them to participate in user involvement initiatives and be able to demonstrate a clear understanding of how volunteering can bring about positive change. 

Benefits 
As a member of the team you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including: 

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

Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience and career. 

How to apply 
If this sounds like the opportunity for you, please visit our website to apply online. The job description is available on our website by clicking on the 'Vacancy Details' button. 

If you need to request an application in an alternative format, please contact the HR Team, contact details can be found on our website.

Closing date: Sunday 20 October 2019 (11.59pm) 

We value diversity, promote equality and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of homelessness. 

For more information about our work and to see our work in action, please visit our website.

Registered Charity Numbers: E&W1082947, SC040094

Oasis Hub Hobmoor works to provide integrated, high quality services that benefit the whole person and the whole community.  This is achieved by bringing together the Oasis ethos and values, local and national resources and expertise, and working together in and with local partners.  Oasis Hub Hobmoor is made up of Oasis Academy Hobmoor and Hobmoor Community Centre working alongside several community projects. We aim to ensure users receive excellent customer care and their expectations are exceeded.

After securing funding, in the second phase of our project, the Hub is looking to appoint a Volunteer Coordinator to manage the volunteer help offered.  As volunteering is a key element we want increase the profile and value of volunteering, empower the community, build on the local community strengths and provide the necessary structures to make volunteering as effective as it can be.

We are looking for someone who:

• Has a relevant qualification or demonstrable experience in a similar role, and has first-hand experience of being a volunteer.
• A high standard of English, Maths and computer skills.
• Has leadership, training and management skills and demonstrates diplomacy and tact.
• Can show initiative, understand how a group works best and build cohesion.
• Has ability to be flexible, resilient and cope with change.
• Has an understanding of Safeguarding and what it means in this context.

The ability to speak other languages would be helpful, but not essential. 

In return you will be supported by a friendly team of professionals, enjoy a generous holiday allowance and be part of a pension scheme with employer contributions of 7% of your gross salary.

Closing date is for applications is 12 noon on Friday 27th September 2019.

Interviews will be held on 3rd October 2019 at Oasis Academy Hobmoor.

Fixed Term Contract until Jan 2022, 29.5 hours per week (0.74FTE)
£15,076 per annum (£20,373 for 1FTE)

Applicants will be committed to the ethos of Oasis and be committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All staff will be subject to appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS checks and referencing.

If you are interested and would like further details and an application form, please go to the oasis uk website or download the documents from this page.  Please indicate in your enquiry where you saw this vacancy.  Please note, CVs alone will not be accepted as you will need to request an application pack.

Oasis supports Equal Opportunities. Registered Charity No. 1026487

Responsible to: Scheme Manager

Purposes of the job

• To contribute to the effective day to day operation of the scheme in accordance with the Home-Start Memorandum & Articles of Association, Home-Start,

 Standards & Methods of Practice, Home-Start Agreement and Quality Assurance Standards.

• To maintain high standards of practice in supporting families within the Home-Start model
• To ensure equality of opportunity, fairness and diversity in all aspects of the scheme’s work.
• Implement good safeguarding practice in all areas of work

Main Responsibilities
Supporting the work of the scheme

• Undertaking work as delegated by the senior member of staff to support the strategic management, development and future funding of the scheme.
• Supporting the implementation and review of all Home-Start policies and procedures.
• Complying with the scheme’s administration, monitoring and financial systems.
• Promoting the work of the scheme, as required by the Senior Worker
• Contributing to and supporting the development of the Home-Start network locally, regionally and nationally.

Support for families

• Receiving referrals and assessing needs of families.
• Introducing families to appropriate support.
• Ensuring support to families is reviewed at regular intervals and at the end of Home-Start support, in line with current Home-Start guidance
• To undertake designated responsibilities to safeguard and promote children’s welfare.

Managing Volunteers

• Recruiting, selecting and preparing suitable volunteers.
• Matching and introducing volunteers to families.
• Contribute as directed to the delivery of the Home-Start preparation course in full and to a high standard to all prospective volunteers
• Providing support, supervision and initial and on-going training opportunities for volunteers.

Working in Partnership

• Ensuring appropriate liaison with referrers and other professionals
• Networking appropriately within the community.

The post holder may be required to undertake any other duties that fall within the nature of the role and responsibilities of the post as detailed above.

Volunteering Project Coordinator 

Alzheimer's Society is the UK's leading dementia charity. We provide information and support, improve care, fund research, and create lasting change for people affected by dementia. 

Position: Volunteering Journey Projects Lead 
Location: Flexible across England, Wales and Northern Ireland 
Contract type: Full Time, Permanent 
Hours: 35 per week 
Salary: £25,300 to £27,682 (Depending on skills and experience) plus London allowance of £3,600 if applicable 

Closing Date: 30 September 2019 
Interview date: 15th or 16th October location TBC 

About the Role: 

You will be joining Alzheimer’s Society at a particularly exciting time. As the UK’s leading dementia support and research charity, you will be supporting the delivery of a significant investment into our Volunteering approaches, which will enable the delivery of our strategy ambition. 

You will report to our Volunteer Support Manager, within the Volunteering Development team, which is part of the People and Organisational Development Directorate. As the Volunteering Journey Projects Lead you will manage and oversee the delivery of a range of volunteering projects that focus on delivering improvements to our volunteer journey, volunteering experience and the development and improvement to a range of good practice tools and resources. 

You will blend great knowledge in volunteering processes and good practice with project management skills and an ability to work well with core stakeholders to deliver against our Volunteering Roadmap and our People Vision. 

About You: 

Educated to degree level or equivalent, you will need a relevant Volunteer Management qualification or a high level of relevant experience within a large and complex charity. You will bring a broad breath of experience / knowledge of good practice in volunteer management in a geographically dispersed organisation and sound knowledge of current best practice in enabling great volunteering and demonstrating impact. 

You will have experience of initiating and managing a range of projects to deliver tools resources and new ways of working. You will need to be able to demonstrate highly effective communications skills, both written and verbal, across diverse and varied audience. 

You may have experience of the following: Volunteer Journey Projects Lead, Volunteering Project Coordinator, 
Project Lead, Project Coordinator, Project Officer, Programme Manager, Programme Lead, Programme Executive, People Development, Organisational Development, Volunteer Manager, Volunteer Development, Charity, Charities, Not for Profit, NFP, Third Sector, etc.

Would you love to work in a role encouraging and supporting people to enjoy good health and well-being by connecting them with others in their community in local social groups, activities, befriending, and volunteering opportunities? If 'yes' then this might be a great job opportunity for you!

You’ll lead on the coordination and development of our Over 50s Activities Programme including supervising activity delivery workers. Currently the programme includes community time and skills exchanges between members within small groups and 1-2-1s, an older men’s activities and adventures project, a diverse variety of weekday learning, interests sharing sessions and social groups, late weekday afternoon (4-6pm) and Saturday activities, trips out, special events, befriending matches, and a Saturday community café.

You’ll be a great communicator face-to-face and in writing who gets a buzz out of working with people of various racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, cultural backgrounds and with various lifestyles, experience, needs, challenges, strengths and interests. Our activities programme is predominately for Over 50s. Our volunteer opportunities are for adults of all ages.

You’ll have excellent organisational skills, a can-do attitude, bags of energy, initiative and enthusiasm, relish overcoming challenges, and seeking out, recognising and making the most of opportunities.

You’ll have demonstrable hands-on experience of successfully and effectively organising, delivering and promoting activities, social groups, and services that have been proven to help improve people’s community connections and thereby their health & wellbeing. And of volunteer coordination including recruiting, training, supporting and rewarding volunteers.

As such your ability to recognise and handle all the required ‘behind the scenes’ tasks, responsibilities, and processes involved will be at an excellent standard and work you value and enjoy as much as working with people face-to-face.

To succeed in this post good all-round computer skills are also essential, including the ability to quickly learn new systems, maximise the benefits of them, and train others to.

This post is a dual-role, full time 35 hours per week and the salary is £27,000 to £29,500 depending on your experience. Excellent part-time applicants who can work for a minimum of 28 hours a week will also be considered (the salary will be pro-rated).

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About Abbey Community Centre

Established in 1976, we’re a successful small award-winning community charity providing a safe and welcoming centre for local people to come together and enjoy life more.

People come in to enjoy socialising; pursue their interests and hobbies; increase their confidence, skills and opportunities; improve their health, fitness and wellbeing; get information or advice; or volunteer to help make the lives of their neighbours better.

Local people greatly value the centre and it’s a fun place to work, especially if you thrive on variety and being kept busy!

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How to apply

• Email your CV and
• a short cover letter briefly highlighting how your experience and skills make you a great candidate; and why this role appeals to you

We’re looking for the right person to start in October 2019.

All applications recieved will be considered on a weekly basis until then. We'll only deactivate this advert once we've successfuly recruited.

We’re looking for an outgoing and enthusiastic person to deliver our community activity and outreach programme for our exciting and high-profile project to ‘restore, reveal and revive’ the 18th Century landscape of Great Linford Manor Park in Milton Keynes. The project is funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and the National Lottery Community Fund.

As Community Engagement and Activity Coordinator you’ll be playing a critical role within an experienced Project Team. You’ll be leading in the development and delivery of the events and activity programme to attract a diverse audience to this heritage-rich park, working with the Park Friends Group and others from the local community to engage them in the restoration work and undertaking outreach work to promote the project and the park.

Working for the Parks Trust means you’ll be with a successful and highly regarded parks management charity, which owns and maintains Milton Keynes’ renowned network of public parks and green spaces. You’ll be based at the Trust’s Head Office in Campbell Park in Central Milton Keynes but much of your time will be spent out and about in Great Linford Manor Park, located in the north of the city, and meeting with and delivering activities for park visitors and the wider community. Great Linford Manor Park is special in the Trust’s 2,500 hectare portfolio of parks in Milton Keynes – it’s our only historic park set within the modern layout and extensive green environment of the new town. The Park is rich in layers of history and provides the landscaped surroundings to a group of important listed buildings.

The programme of events and activities we want to deliver are aimed at engaging people in the park and its heritage. This may range from hands-on practical volunteering to leading or simply attending guided walks and talks in the park. We want to make the park more attractive to a broader audience, with events ranging from heritage-themed learning activities to family fun days, community picnics and supported events for visitors who have special access needs. All of the activities will make a real difference for the park and will bring benefit to the local community by providing opportunities for people enjoy an improved public space and by promoting more social interaction and engagement in local heritage and the environment.

On a day to day basis, you’ll be:

• Out and about meeting park visitors, community groups and representatives of a range of organisations.
• Planning and delivering a programme of events in the park of varying size and type, including setting up and taking down of equipment and materials.
• Preparing regular promotional and information bulletins/posts for the Trust’s communication outlets, newsletters, social media, etc.
• Supporting the Park’s volunteer Friends Group in their role as ambassadors for the park.
• Working alongside the Project Manager and attending project team meetings to ensure the activity programme is coordinated with the park restoration works.
• Obtaining, collating and reporting feedback and other data from the event programme towards measuring, demonstrating and celebrating the success and outcomes of the project community activity and engagement programme.

To be successful in undertaking this role you’ll need:

• A passion for and knowledge of working with the community.
• Good organisational skills and practical abilities relevant to planning and delivering community events in an outdoor setting.
• Good communication and presentation skills.
• A keen interest in developing and delivering events and activities that encourage and enable the public to enjoy and experience a heritage parkland.
• A flexible approach as hours may vary and will include weekend and evening work.

This is a fixed term project post for 3 years.

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Closing date:   16th October 2019

Interview:  23rd / 24th October 2019

• Fixed term contract until July 2021
• Full time
• £31,000 per annum
• Based in the Royal Borough of Greenwich

Bromley, Lewisham & Greenwich Mind is a highly regarded, innovative local Charity working alongside people with mental health problems and dementia to improve their quality of life. With an annual turnover of more than £3m, over 120 staff and 200 volunteers, we are one of the largest charities in the Mind network.

This exciting opportunity has emerged as a result of a brand new two-year project: ‘Building Mentally Healthy Universities.’ The programme will be taking place at ten Universities and is funded by ‘Goldman Sachs Gives’. Bromley, Lewisham & Greenwich Mind will be working closely with Greenwich University to deliver wellbeing workshops/training to students and staff within the University, and to train students to continue the programme into future years.

The project coordinator will be required to manage and develop the project. Working alongside colleagues at the University of Greenwich, you will promote the programme, identify and recruit students and staff to participate, organise logistics of the sessions and undertake some of the training delivery. Ongoing monitoring and evaluation of the project is also a key part of this work.

Applicants should have experience of training/facilitation alongside strong project management and interpersonal skills.

Qualified to degree level or equivalent, you will have experience of working with students and/or people with mental health problems. The successful candidate will be required to work across multiple locations in order to meet the needs of the project.

Successful applicants will be expected to undergo an Enhanced Level Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Staff benefits include a matched contribution pension scheme, 25 days’ holiday (pro-rata, rising with service), quality supervision and training opportunities. See our website for more reasons to work for Bromley, Lewisham & Greenwich Mind.

Closing date: 9:00 am on Monday 30th September 2019
Likely interview date: Friday 11th October 2019

More details, including a Job Description and Person Specification, can be downloaded from our website.

Registered Charity: 1082972

We're looking for a skilled Research Engagement Coordinator to help lead the charge in involvement in mental health science at MQ. 

This fixed-term role will help to explore innovative solutions to increase public engagement, primarily through supporting the delivery of our new digital research participation product. The tool - which is already in development- is aiming to bridge the gap between researchers and those looking to participate or shape mental health studies. And we’re now looking for a dynamic, driven and science-minded individual to help us successfully launch the product in November and communicate the transformative potential of research.

This role will suit someone who already has an understanding of science/research, and perhaps even worked in a research institution. You will also be able to produce compelling copy that translates complex jargon into communications that inspire people to get involved in mental health research.

 Full Job and Person Specification attached.

To apply, please email your CV and cover letter by 12pm on the 7th of October.

City Hearts are currently recruiting for an Outreach Coordinator to work 40 hours per week within the Anti-Trafficking Team of the organisation. This role will require the successful candidate to casework clients within the service and assist in the management and day to day running of the Outreach service in South Yorkshire; and to ensure a high standard of service provision and to ensure all standards for CH (City Hearts) and SMSco (The Salvation Army Modern Slavery contract) are upheld.

City Hearts was founded in 2005 with a mandate to fully restore those with a history of vulnerability and exploitation. We began with a single home to help women with life controlling issues and shortly after welcomed our first survivor of Modern Slavery. Since then we have expanded dramatically across multiple regions and now provide accommodation and outreach support to hundreds of survivors of modern slavery every year, as well as continuing to house and support women with life-controlling issues.

The Role:

Coordination (32 Hours)

• To ensure the smooth running of the day to day of the Outreach Team
• Oversight of referrals into service and allocation of caseworker
• Oversight of team and managing their needs including but not limited to; supervisions, appraisals and resolving issues
• Arrange and organize outreach team meetings weekly
• To complete the weekly baseline report for regional manager and monthly report for managing director
• Supporting volunteers and carrying out volunteer interviews and supervisions where required
• Oversight of distribution and makeup of client allowances for Outreach other
• To gather month end travel, hours and purchase orders for monthly invoicing and to complete monthly invoicing
• To engage with community organizations to improve the care and support we offer clients
• To help resolve any on-going issues in clients lives
• Attend and participate in regular group supervision
• To be on call once a week as designated by the rota
• To contact Salvation Army to meet their KPIs and to ensure all reporting and recording is up to date
• Carry out regular auditing of client files to ensure quality control
• Oversee rota for outreach team alongside Regional Manager

Casework 1-2 clients* (8 Hours)

• For further details of casework responsibility, please refer to Job Description attachment

The Candidate:

• Ability to work to deadlines
• Ability to manage a team
• Ability to work under pressure
• Good communication skills – verbal and written
• Good organisational skills
• Good IT skills
• Good people skills
• Ability to research
• Ability to advocate
• Good maths skills

Benefits:

30 Days Holiday (based on 40 hour working week)

Sleep shift pay supplement

Perkbox - local / national discount scheme + app

Training / Career Progression

Various courses - personal and professional development

On-going support

Group supervision led by specialised therapist

Closing date for the role is midnight on 8th October.

We are looking for a co-ordinator to work 25 hours p/w as part of a small team based across parts of Derbyshire. Responsibilities include assessing families and young children’s needs and matching them to volunteers. Supervising, training & supporting volunteers. Liaising with referrers and delivering input to young children and families through scheduled group work and home visiting. A driving license and the willingness to make regular travel for work is a necessity.

We want to hear from you if you have parenting experience and an understanding of family’s needs and children’s early years’ development. A sound knowledge of safeguarding practise, ability to work under own initiative and confident IT skills are expected.