Mental Health Co-ordinator
Manchester, Greater Manchester

About Us

Nationally significant and focused on a fair and equal society, we are the LGBT Foundation, a charity supporting the needs of people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans.

Serving over 40,000 people each and every year, we provide information to a further 200,000 individuals online, making us one of the most significant charities of our kind in the UK. We help all LGBT people to achieve their full potential and aim to be ‘here if you need us’, living by our hashtag #EqualityWins.

We provide a range of health-focused services. This includes Talking Therapies, a free counselling service for individuals and couples providing counselling with LGBT specialist therapists and access to LGBT affirmative therapy.

We’re now looking for a Mental Health Co-ordinator to support the delivery of this vital and worthwhile project to uphold positive mental health within the LGBT community.

The Benefits

- Salary of £23,823
- Generous leave allowance (25 days’ annual leave, rising to 30 days after five years’ service)
- Sector leading 10% employers’ contributory pension
- Your birthday as a day’s leave
- Staff counselling scheme
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Season Ticket Loan
- Office ‘buddy’ scheme for all new starters
- Free annual flu jab
- Staff social budget
- Dedicated training budget for each member of staff and support with Personal Development Plans
- Flexible working to support a healthy work/life balance (including time off in lieu and flexi-time)
- Relaxed dress code when in the office
- Convenient city centre location
- Discounts on wellbeing treatments at MMU
- Generous discounts with local businesses
- Free tea and coffee for all colleagues

If you are a proven project co-ordination professional with experience of representing projects or agencies and great face-to face service delivery skills, this is a fantastic chance to further your career and make a real difference to members of the LGBT community.

Good mental health is one of the keystones to a healthy lifestyle and outlook. Your role will be pivotal to the delivery of services that support the mental health of individuals and couples who need help the most.

You’ll discover an exceptional environment of professionalism and support alongside outstanding benefits and rewards. So, if you are ready for the next step in your career, we are waiting to hear from you.

The Role

As the Mental Health Co-ordinator, you will be tasked with the operational management of the volunteers for our Talking Therapies Programme.

Your role will also oversee and co-ordinate the Talking Therapies waiting list. This will include delivering check-in calls, allocating work to 28 volunteer therapists and providing operational and admin support to the Mental Health Lead and the Volunteer Team.

Additionally, you will:

- Work closely with the Wellbeing Co-ordinator and Service Directorate for integrated service delivery
- Use internal monitoring systems to provide information for reporting
- Oversee the recruitment, training and support of volunteers
- Assess and monitor risk in line with the LGBT Foundation framework
- Provide safeguarding support for front line staff and volunteers

About You

To be considered as a Mental Health Co-ordinator, you will need:

- Experience of co-ordinating and delivering projects
- Experience of working as part of a wider team
- Experience of representing a project and/or agency at meetings and conferences (or similar)
- Experience of working in a face-to-face service delivery capacity, supporting vulnerable people
- Experience of developing and maintaining positive cross-agency relationships and making referrals
- Experience of supervising staff and/or volunteers
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- The ability to respond to people in crisis, in a sensitive and professional manner
- The ability to work to deadlines and manage competing priorities
- The ability to work with issues of a sensitive nature, working with a person-centred approach to ensure service users have access to the appropriate services

The ability to work in a multi-model service and multidisciplinary team, would be beneficial to your application. Experience of co-ordinating a support project would also be an advantage, as would experience of supporting front line delivery staff with disclosures, in line with current legislation.

Experience of recruiting, training, and retaining volunteers would be equally desirable, as would an understanding of the barriers LGBT people face when trying to access support.

Other organisations may call this role Programme Co-ordinator, Volunteer Co-ordinator, Project Co-ordinator, Programme Administrator, Programme Support Co-ordinator, or Mental Health Programme Co-ordinator.

We particularly welcome applicants who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), trans and/or older (50+) as colleagues from these backgrounds are currently underrepresented in our organisation.

Trans is an umbrella and inclusive term used to describe people whose gender identity differs in some way from that which they were assigned at birth; including non-binary people, cross dressers and those who partially or incompletely identify with their sex assigned at birth.

This is a full time role working 37 hours per week including some evening and weekend work as required. Job shares and flexible working will be considered for the right candidate(s).

The closing date for this role is the 23rd August 2020.

So, if you’re seeking your next challenge as a Mental Health Co-ordinator, please apply via the button shown. As part of your application, you will need to complete the job pack provided once you are in the application process. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

Recruitment Coordinator 

About You

Do you enjoy a busy varied workload that keeps your day interesting?
Are you organised, adaptable and able to juggle multiple priorities at once?
Are you passionate about providing excellent customer service?
Are you a strong communicator with an eye for detail?

Want to work for an organisation that makes a difference in education across England?

If you answered yes to the questions above, we want to hear from you.

About Us

Academy Ambassadors is the programme within the New Schools Network charity that recruits business leaders to volunteer at academy trust boards across England. Due to internal promotions we are seeking a recruitment coordinator to join our team.

The Role

You will be an integral part of the team with the opportunity to support a portfolio whilst receiving the career development and support you need to grow your recruitment career.

Your responsibilities will include (but not limited to):

• Providing excellent customer service internally and externally
• Effective database management
• Responding to enquiries from academy trusts, business leaders and other key stakeholders
• Coordinating recruitment projects and ensuring a strong pipeline of high calibre candidates by talent pooling and LinkedIn headhunting
• Advertising of roles to various networks

What you’ll bring

• Your enthusiasm! A ‘can do’ attitude with strong client service ethos
• An interest in a long-term career in recruitment
• Excellent attention to detail and time management skills
• Willingness to work as part of a cooperative team
• Ability to establish strong working relationships internally and externally

• What you’ll enjoy

• Supportive and friendly team environment
• Access to ongoing support and career development opportunities
• Join a dynamic and growing organisation that is making a difference
• Flexible working hours and location either London or Manchester
• Regular social activities (bowling, mini golf, theatre outings when safe to do so)

For a more comprehensive overview of your responsibilities please see attached position description.

Note: Only applicants with the right to work in the United Kingdom will be considered for this position. Please be aware that screening will commence prior to the closing of the advertisement date.

Closing date is within a month but applicants are advised to apply as soon as possible, as interviews will begin as early as 30th July.

This is a full time, permanent role and can be based in Manchester or London (Flexible working options may also be available). Currently, all roles are eligible for home-working during the Coronavirus pandemic, subject to review.

To apply: please click on appropriate link 

We believe in the potential of every individual.

We believe no one should live in poverty.

We believe in the power of effective information and advice.

The Manchester Volunteer Advice Partnership (MVAP) recruits and trains advice volunteers centrally and then supports them in ways that enable them to develop. This has been a collaboration of Manchester Mind, Cheetham Hill Advice Centre, Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit, Manchester Refugee Support Network, Centrepoint, and, since December 2017, Manchester City Council. The project increases our respective capacities to meet the advice needs of our communities. We all share our talents and skills and the responsibility for this exciting project for which Manchester Mind serves as lead and accountable body.

We approach our work in a way that is shaped and guided by our core values of:

• Collaborative Communities
• Sharing
• Trust

We are seeking someone who cares about social justice and collaboration to work with us:

Advice Supervisor

Salary: £28,785 pro rata (£17,271 actual)    |    Hours: 21 per week

Funding for this post is in place until 30th March 2021.

The skills and knowledge that are important to us are:

• Supporting volunteer development
• Collaboration
• Advice in areas of social welfare law (benefits, debt, housing)

This part-time role is based at the Town Hall, where you would be supporting volunteers in Manchester City Council’s Homelessness Contact Centre. As such you would be working both within the Town Hall and at the Zion Centre in Hulme.

If you are interested in this role, please download the application documents from this listing or from the Vacancies page of the Manchester Mind website. The deadline for application submissions is 9am, Monday 24th August 2020.

Manchester Mind is striving to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Manchester Mind sees it as a positive advantage if you have experience of mental health issues and/or have used mental health services or had experience of volunteering.

COMMUNITY SPONSORSHIP DEVELOPMENT WORKER

37 hours per week

Fixed Term Contract until April 2022

SCP20-23 £25,295 - £26,999

BASED ACROSS THE DIOCESE OF SALFORD AND LANCASTER

Working closely with the Refugee Response Manager, the Community Sponsorship Development Worker will be at the pioneering edge of this still relatively new initiative to support vulnerable refugees resettle in the UK.

They will engage and collaborate with parishes or community groups within the dioceses of Salford and Lancaster who are sponsoring families and will contribute to capacity-building work within Caritas to develop and monitor systems to ensure the safe resettlement of families.  In doing so they will ensure that high standards are consistently achieved in ensuring the project is safe, welcoming, effective and provides a quality service in relation to refugee support. 

Experience of working with asylum seekers/refugees, volunteers and community groups is essential.  Additionally you must have experience of delivering professional community or social action services to people in need.

Caritas follows Safer Recruitment practices and this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service checks.

Creative Support is a national not-for-profit organisation which is looking to recruit warm and person centred individuals in your area to provide the highest standards of care to service users with support needs. We have a strong history of helping individuals with a wide range of needs to live independent and fulfilling lives, ensuring that our service users enjoy opportunities for personal development and engaging within their local communities.

We need energetic individuals to join our busy team to support 3 individuals with a learning disability and autism or epilepsy within their own flats in the Walkden area. Support is provided on a 1:1 basis when in the individual’s home or 2:1 basis when participating on community based activities.

You will need to work flexibly across a 24 hour rota and work with the upmost positive regard for the individuals we support. It is essential you have experience working in a social care environment and an understanding of positive behaviour support is desirable but not essential as training will be provided.

Job Title: Operations Director Managing Service Delivery- Relief

No of Posts: 1

Salary: £33,000, Pension and Health Benefits

Status: Full Time, Substantive

Hours: 37.5 per week

Holidays: 24 days plus Bank Holidays per annum

Based at: Wigan and Leigh

Responsible to: CEO

Accountable to: Queen’s Hall Action on Poverty Trustees

SUMMARY

The Brick is a small charity with big aspirations for people in need within our community. We provide RELIEF, RESTORATION and REFORMATION by offering tailored support, hope, and opportunity to those looking to improve their quality of life. This is an exciting opportunity for an exceptional individual to join the charity in vital and exciting role. Your role will be to enhance, integrate and develop all aspects of relief services within the Charity. You will need to be as committed as we are to equip people from diverse backgrounds for self-sustaining and independent living. You will have an understanding about the need to ensure people have a safe, nurturing environment to thrive in, which is the first step into transition.

To be successful, you will be a person who has
• high integrity,
• commitment to organisational development, and good governance,
• excellent communication skills
• the ability to work at pace in a complex context,
• the ability to work in a team in a practical, flexible and cooperative way
• passionate about people having a right to choice
• passionate about an asset based approach to all service delivery

To Apply: Please complete an application form along with a brief overview of why you feel you are perfect for this role in no more than 500 words. Please attach all documents when applying for this vacancy.

Please apply early as we reserve the right to bring forward or extend the deadline for applications, so please get your applications in as soon as possible.

Closing Date: 12 Noon Friday 28th August 2020

Possible Interview days: Early September TBC

*** We are a Christian Charity with Christian Values supporting the Wigan Community *****

****The Brick is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workplace, which attracts all candidates and signals our commitment to celebrate and promote diversity. This includes not discriminating under the Equality Act 2010 and building an accurate picture of the make-up of our workforce.
We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and support or staff from different backgrounds****

We are looking for two admin officers to join our friendly, busy team. One is a full-time position to act as maternity cover for 9-12 months. The other is a part-time position for 14 hours per week.

Reporting to the Head of Admin, the person in this role will influence, inspire and support people to embrace and maintain a vegetarian lifestyle. You will need to be able to demonstrate how you uphold our vegetarian values in your personal life.

Main duties include providing excellent customer service, dealing with enquiries via phone, email and in-person as well as supporting all areas of the charity with a wide range of admin and facilities tasks.

Our physical offices are closed at the moment because of COVID-19 so the position currently involves working from home. When the office re-opens the role will be based in our headquarters which is located, within close proximity to Altrincham. So the ability to be able to travel into the office is essential.

For further information on this position please see the job description and person specification.

To apply for either of the posts please enclose a letter detailing how you meet each of the criteria set out in the person specification along with your CV to Zoë Irwin either via email or post to: Parkdale, Dunham Road, Altrincham, Cheshire WA14 4QG. You’re welcome to apply for both positions but if you have a preference please let us know.

The closing date for applications is Friday 21st August 2020 at 9 am.

You must be available for the first round of virtual interviews on Tuesday 1 September 2020.

If successful you must also be available for in-person interviews at our offices on Thursday 3 September 2020.

The Vegetarian Society aims to be a positive employer. We operate a 35-hour week, flexible working-time scheme and stakeholder pension.

If you have any queries regarding the post, please get in touch. 

Act4Africa, a UK charity with a 19-year history of providing holistic care and support to women, girls, and their communities in sub-Saharan Africa, is looking to recruit a Programme Manager as the charity heads into an exciting new phase.

Taking responsibility for the day-to-day management, support and facilitation, of Act4Africa’s in-country partners, the successful candidate will also be required to create and interpret detailed project planning, tracking and feedback mechanisms, as well as to play an active role in the overall direction and development of the charity. S/he will be comfortable working towards agreed targets, creating, and adhering to strategic plans, and negotiating relationships between different stakeholders and partners.

We are opening a brand new service Redds Place; for young people who are homeless with support needs. Its a short stay and assessment centre for 12 people. You need a balance of person centred support as well as empathy and understanding that all young people negative behaviours are symptoms of trauma. The role involves assessment, support, engagament, rapport building and housing management in equal measures.

We are looking for people with positive attitudes and a real desire to help young people, not write them off after 3 strikes. Young people make mistakes and we want them to learn about choice and consequences. The salary starts at £25,183 - £29,461 (for average 42 hours week) increments subject to successful annual appraisals. The job is part of an 8 week rolling rota which covers day time and evenings 7 days a week, 365 days a year. The rota is 4 on 4 off.

As a waking night worker with double cover we need great team workers, people calm in a crisis and someone who can follow procedures as well as be approachable to young people. You are working in their home.

Are you a skilled, creative grassroots organiser and trainer with experience of divestment campaigning?  We are looking for a Campaign and Community Organiser to lead Friends of the Earth’s work on fossil fuel divestment.

The main purpose of this role is to develop and implement the overall divestment strategy, ensuring that there is connection with local divestment campaigners and national campaigns to help grow a stronger UK divestment network. You will be supporting activists, local groups, politicians, and others to push institutions and political bodies to divest from fossil fuels and break ties with fossil fuel companies.

We are looking for a strong campaigner who is passionate about designing, developing, and running campaigns that will make a real difference to people.

Closing date: Sunday 16th August 2020 (23:59)

We offer a competitive range of benefits, good work/life balance, excellent learning and development opportunities and a vibrant organisational culture.

We are an equal opportunities employer and are especially keen to encourage applications from people currently under-represented in the environment movement.

Friends of the Earth is an international community dedicated to protecting the natural world and the wellbeing of everyone in it. We lead campaigns, provide resources and information, and drive real solutions to the environmental problems facing us all.

Fixed Term Contract until December 2021

Flexible location with significant travel to London required

Regional based: £34,190 to £36,190 per annum

London based: £37,270 to 39,270 per annum

Business Development Officer

Location: Flexible

Job ID: 2020-2356 

Type of Contract: Permanent

Contracted Hours Per Week: 37.5

Salary Range (pro rata if part time): CGL points 33 to 36 (£31150.00 - £33568.73)

Overview

Change Grow Live are looking for Business Development Officers to join our national Business Development Team

Responsibilities

We want excellent writers who share our passion for supporting people to make positive changes in their lives.

Change Grow Live is one of the UK’s largest charities. We provide a range of services including community and prison substance misuse, criminal justice, children and young people’s and housing/homelessness.

Joining us means being part of a well-established and successful team, and the chance to develop your skills, knowledge and experience whilst working with great people from across our organisation.

Last year we won tenders with an annual value of almost £50 million but what this really means to us is that we can provide more support to more people across the UK.

Working as part of Change Grow Live’s Business Development Team you will play a key role in the development and writing of tenders and proposals for a variety of health and social care services.

You will engage with people and teams across our organisation, from Consultant Psychiatrists and Nurses to Data Analysts and Web Developers, to produce high quality written tenders and proposals that clearly demonstrate the positive impact that our services have on people’s lives.

You will support our successful and growing Business Development Team to improve the quality of our work and develop our team culture, by thinking creatively, sharing your own knowledge and experiences, and challenging existing ways of working.

Ultimately you will contribute to the design, development and delivery of our services and help us to deliver on our organisational aims, strategy and values.

This role offers a great opportunity to learn and develop while using your established skills, and you’ll be encouraged to take on more responsibility as you progress.

Check out the job description for more information, and you can call to discuss this role further.

About you

You’ll be a confident and highly competent communicator with excellent writing skills and an exceptional eye for detail.

You’ll have proven experience of writing tenders, proposals or grant applications, or writing in other professional or academic environments, for instance journalism, research or marketing.

You’ll have good IT and research skills and be able to analyse data and interpret evidence.

You’ll be proactive and creative, and happy to give and receive challenging feedback.

You’ll share our passion for our values and mission, and you’ll be ready to work hard to achieve these.

Above all, you’ll want to use your skills and experience to develop and write winning tenders for services that help people to make positive changes in their lives.

Why work for Change Grow Live

We’ll support you to develop and grow. You’ll be joining a diverse team which welcomes new ideas and ways of working, and you’ll receive structured support, training and coaching to help you to progress in your career.

Joining Change Grow Live’s Business Development Team means you’ll benefit from a positive, supportive and flexible working environment which includes:

• Regional offices across the UK, including London, Brighton, Manchester, Sheffield and Leeds;
• The option to work from home;
• Flexible hours and working patterns including compressed hours and job share options.

We pride ourselves on providing a supportive and inclusive workplace and this is evidenced through our 2019 Stonewall Top 100 Employers Award and Investors in People Silver Award.

For further infomration, and to apply, please visit our website via the Apply button.

Closing Date: 23/8/2020

If you have any questions or concerns on this opportunity that you would like to talk through, please contact us.

Please note that we require you to be 18 years of age or older to be considered for this volunteering role.

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Scheme check at a basic level. 

We believe that having diverse people working as part of our team makes us the organisation that we are.

We actively encourage applications from people from all backgrounds to help us to provide the best possible experience for the people who use our services and to make Change Grow Live a great place to work. If you have any feedback on our recruitment processes (good or bad) we’d love to hear from you so that we can make sure they are fair and we attract and recruit the best, most diverse workforce possible.

The safety of vulnerable children, young people and adults is our absolute priority. We will support you in your role to make sure that you are equipped to support the safety of people who use our services and those around them, to the highest standard possible

Creative Support is a not-for-profit organisation which provides high quality person-centred social care services for adults with learning disabilities, mental health needs and other support needs. We are very excited to be expanding our service provision in Stockport, and are currently recruiting within our new supported living services across the area.

We are looking for enthusiastic, resourceful and energetic individuals who are well motivated, hardworking and keen to join our friendly team. This is an exciting opportunity to become part of a new service where you will be able to contribute to the shaping of a brand new team. You will provide person-centred support to tenants to take part in all aspects of everyday life and to engage and participate with their local communities.

Previous experience is essential. You will receive a full local and corporate induction.

This is a relief position which enables you to pick up shifts at a time that suits you, and is ideal for fitting around personal commitments, study or caring responsibilities. The flexible shift pattern includes evenings, weekends and sleep-ins. In addition to opportunities for personal and career development, we offer good conditions of service and a supportive, hands-on management culture.

Purpose of role
The main duties of this role relate to paid Relevant Persons Representative (RPR) but there is also a requirement to be involved in other strands of advocacy as and when required. This activity will include working with people of all ages, including those with learning disabilities, people with mental health needs, people with physical and sensory impairment, older people and people that lack capacity.

Key tasks

• To provide Independent Advocacy support as defined under the Mental Health Act (2007), Mental Capacity Act (2005), Care Act (2014), and Advocacy Standards to individuals in community, residential and hospital settings.
• To manage a client caseload and ensure accurate case management and record keeping.
• To provide information, support or signpost clients, to inform or empower individuals on any issues regarding their health and care. Including mental health treatment under the amended 2007 Mental Health Act, deprivation of liberty safeguards under Mental Capacity Act and support with safeguarding under Care Act (2014).
• To advocate for individuals within a variety of meetings relating to their care and treatment, to include ward rounds, case conferences, Care Programme Approach (CPA) meetings, mental health assessments, best interests meetings and safeguarding meetings.
• To maintain up-to-date knowledge of relevant mental capacity, mental health and community care policy, legislation, case law, and good practice.
• To work within the appropriate legislation, as well as agreed case-working standards and monitoring requirements

Please see attached the full Job Description Application Form and Diversity Monitoring Form 

About us:

PTMWA is a women-led organisation whose vision is to ensure that people, suffering, or at risk of domestic abuse receive appropriate support. We assist recovery by providing safe accommodation, specialist support services and by working in partnership with other agencies. We also run the only museum dedicated to telling the story of women’s fight for the right to vote at our Pankhurst Centre headquarters.

We are a diverse organisation with 28% of our staff coming from BAME and 20% from LGBT communities. We span the generations with 11% of staff being aged 18-24 and 25% aged 55-64. 11% of staff identify as having a disability.

Our staff, volunteers and service users have recently taken time to reflect on who we are and what we do when we are at our best. This reflection showed that we can proudly claim to be: 

Courageous by challenging inequality, stepping forward and making change

Affirming by supporting and inspiring, paying attention to discover what matters

Generous by sharing our skills, creating energetic positive links, and thriving together

Rooted by being secure in our communities, participating and nurturing a sense of belonging

About You:

You will be a pro-active, reliable individual who reflects the values of PTMWA in all that you do. Your experiences, whether in paid or voluntary work, will enable you to fulfil the role requirements but it is your attitude and character that will make you a successful team member.

You will enjoy a challenge and actively participate in delivering and developing services of the highest standard.

About the role:

We welcome applications from people seeking part-time (17.5 hours) work as well as full-time (35). All roles are subject to a DBS check and we seek 2 x references, 1 of whom must be your current employer if applicable.

The purpose of this position is to provide holistic support and advocacy for individuals referred by the GP Practices across the city. The responsibilities will amongst others include:

Practice-based Work to promote an awareness of the experiences and needs of people, predominantly women who are living with, escaping or have a history of DVA particularly in relation to their health.

Advocacy and Support Work by providing effective one to one support, advice, information and advocacy to service users who are experiencing or who have experienced DVA as they are referred from participating GP Practices. Maintain awareness of safeguarding and complete Early Help and/or social services referrals as a matter of urgency.

Contributing to Project Success by managing workload to ensure compliance with IRIS National and local commissioning reporting requirements. Contribute to the development of the IRIS online case management and reporting tool to ensure this is fit for purpose. 

This role has been assessed and confirmed as open to women only under the Equality Act 2010, schedule 9, part 1

Hours of work: 35 per week

Duration: Fixed Term up to 31st March 2021

Annual Leave: 25 days plus Bank Holidays, pro rata for part-time workers

Application forms should be returned by midnight 21stAugust 2020. Interviews will be held on 10th September 2020. If you have not heard from us by 2nd September 2020, your application has been unsuccessful.