Do you want to help improve the life chances of care experienced young people in Manchester and make a positive impact on their lives and their community?

Greater Manchester Youth Network (GMYN) is a youth charity that creates opportunities so that disadvantaged young people from across Greater Manchester (GM) can take steps towards a positive future.

We support young people to be safe, valued and ambitious by delivering high quality programmes and building the capacity of other youth organisations.

We are recruiting two suitable people to join our care experienced teams to support the delivery of  a  new  3-year social action, life skills development and mentoring programme that will directly support Looked After Children and Care Leavers (CEYP) aged 12-25 in Manchester.

This new exciting programme has been funded by the National Lottery Community Fund.

The Care Experienced Coordinators will directly support care experienced young people over three years via a mixture of weekly 1-1 support sessions, voluntereing and positive group activities, as well as offering them access to support from a mentor (via our partner Barnardo’s).

The fundamental aim of this new programme is to improve the life chances of CEYP in Manchester. The diverse programme activities will work in tandem to boost the confidence, self-esteem and life skills of CEYP, helping to prepare them for future independence, enhancing their life opportunities and reducing social isolation.

The workers will be expected to work independently and as part of the wider GMYN team, with opportunities to learn and share good practice through GMYN’s other programmes.

Role Responsibilities:

· To create an effective relationship with care leavers as well as young people who are in care; identifying their needs and help them to overcome barriers to participation.

· To provide appropriate support with a flexible approach to encourage participation in project activities.

· To enable participants to clarify their learning and development needs and draw up individual action plans.

· To support young people to participate in learning activities including training and volunteering.

· To work with volunteer involving organisations to develop volunteering and development opportunities for young people.

· Deliver positive training activities enabling young people to develop key life skills and gain the knowledge they need to support a positive future.

· To be led by and focussed on the aspirations of the young person, in order to offer the most effective support.

· To ensure that in the project all participants are safeguarded and that good safe practice is followed in all project activities.

· Ensure that provision is of the highest quality and achieves positive outcomes for children and young people.

· To monitor and evaluate the project/programme outputs and outcomes using GMYN’s data collection tools and report these to management and the funder.

· To carry out any other reasonable duties and responsibilities that contribute to the organisations overall aims and objectives.

To apply, please send a CV and a covering letter

(no more than 2 sides of A4) that clearly shows:

· Your relevant skills and experience that matches the personal specification

· Your understanding of the needs of CEYP and your ability to deliver this programme giving examples of past/current delivery

Please send your completed application via the charityjobs link.

Responsibilities

- Act as the central point of contact for CYF Manchester for external parties, volunteers, students and other CYF programmes.

- Act as the central point of contact for the city for CYF management.

- Oversee accounting, expenses and funding with appropriate support from CYF management.

- Organise the booking of venues, childcare and, where necessary, transport for class purposes.

- Liaise with volunteers, students and CYF management to help develop the direction of CYF as an organisation and the activities of the city cohort.

- Programme development and sustainability.

- Develop partnerships with other organisations to help support the functioning of regular classes as well as to support training and employability for students/graduates.

- Take an active role in student recruitment and contact suitable organisations to facilitate this.

- Process student and volunteer applications for the course and arrange meet-ups when required.

- Undertake communication by email and monitor the functioning of the central email account for city.

Essential Skills & Experience

Suitable candidates should be able to able to demonstrate the following attributes in their application and interview:

- The ability to self-organise and manage a range of tasks required to fulfil the responsibilities of the role

- Knowledge of social issues faced by refugees, asylum seekers and otherwise socio-economically disadvantaged people, especially in relation to access to education and employment

- Knowledge or connection to local organisations that assist refugees, asylum seekers and otherwise socio-economically disadvantaged people

- An understanding of the organisation and delivery of small scale projects

- An ability to work across multi-disciplinary teams of volunteers in dispersed locations

- Good office IT skills using Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Gmail and Calendaring applications

- A working knowledge of social media platforms

Working Hours

This is a part-time role requiring 15-20 hours work per week, depending on requirement. This includes an expectation that some weekend working may be needed to support student & mentor needs during class sessions.

FareShare Warehouse Coordinator
FareShare Greater Manchester re-distributes tonnes of surplus food to over 230 frontline charities and good causes who help thousands of people in need.

We are recruiting for a highly motivated individual with supervisory or management experience.

You would be equally accustomed to planning and prioritising as well as being involved in day to day tasks when required.

You will have excellent people skills to support our staff and volunteers to learn, develop and give their best each day

If you are passionate about making a difference for communities across Manchester, we’re waiting to hear from you.

FareShare’s Vision: We have the vision of a UK where “No good food goes to waste”.

Our Mission: To use surplus, fit for consumption food to feed those who are vulnerable in the UK by supporting front-line charitable organisations who tackle the cause and not just the symptoms of food poverty.

Our Purpose: We are doers. We are a community. We change lives.

About FareShare
We believe that no good food should go to waste

We redistribute surplus food to charities that turn it into meals.

FareShare operates 22 Regional Centres across the UK and supports almost 11,000 local charities and community groups. In the last twelve months, FareShare redistributed 19,518 tonnes of food nationwide, enough food for 46.5 million meals to feed over 900,000 people each week.

The role
To co-ordinate day to day warehouse operations, supervise a team of staff and volunteers and ensure the ongoing success of the FareShare Greater Manchester. This will involve working closely with Managers, allocation and development teams to ensure that all operational activities are completed to agreed schedules and food safety standards set out in the FareShare operating manual.

Deadline: Friday 25th October, 12 noon

Interviews: Wednesday 30th October 

Pride in Practice Co-ordinator / GMMH Sessional Worker (75 Hour Contract)
Manchester, Greater Manchester (office/field-based, covering 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.

Pride in Practice is a quality assurance and social prescribing programme for healthcare services that strengthens and develops service providers’ relationships with lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) patients within their local communities. Due to the manner in which data is collected, the needs of minority groups, such as LGBT people, are often not recognised or addressed.

We are now seeking a Pride in Practice Co-ordinator / GMMH Sessional Worker to join our teams in Manchester and focus on LGBT inclusion within mental health services and sexual orientation and trans status monitoring. This is a contract role for a total of 75 hours which can be scheduled to fit around your needs.

Your Rewards

- Salary of £12.26 per hour
- Flexible working hours to fit around you
- The chance to make a real difference to LGBT healthcare

This is an amazing chance to get involved with a transformational project that is positively enhancing the healthcare system.

Since 2016, Pride in Practice has been rolled out to 445 health services, reaching over 2 million patients across Greater Manchester alone. The stats speak for themselves with 100% of health professionals evidencing improvements within their service as a result, nearly 90% of services implementing NHS England’s Sexual Orientation Monitoring Information Standard and 62% implementing trans status monitoring.

What’s more, Pride in Practice is endorsed by the Royal College of General Practitioners, Greater Manchester Local Pharmaceutical Committee, the Northern Optometric Society and is part of the Healthy Living Dentistry Framework. This means that we are backed by some of the most prestigious societies, frameworks and committees in the UK, lending legitimacy and expertise to our programme.

Your Role

As a Pride in Practice Co-ordinator / GMMH Sessional Worker, you will work as part of a small team that works with healthcare providers to deliver the Pride in Practice workstream.

Working closely with healthcare practitioners, you will seek to enhance their knowledge of LGBT-specific needs and ensure that Pride in Practice continues to be delivered to an excellent standard.

Your role will also include:

- Supporting the development of the Pride in Practice model for Mental Health Trusts
- Delivering onsite training sessions for staff based at Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust
- Inspiring healthcare professionals to reflect on their service delivery and to implement Pride in Practice’s best practice model
- Providing a professional account management service to departments engaging in the project
- Supporting ongoing learning and development for staff, departments and services involved
- Building and maintaining positive relationships with Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust and wider stakeholders

About You

To be considered as a Pride in Practice Co-ordinator / GMMH Sessional Worker, you will need:

- Experience of project delivery
- Experience of communicating with a range of professional and community stakeholders
- Experience of writing and delivering presentations
- Knowledge of the issues and experiences of LGBT people, particularly related to healthcare and access to services
- Knowledge of co-production, community involvement and collaborative approaches
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- To be professional and influential over the telephone and face to face
- To be confident, clear and diplomatic when delivering training
- The ability to multitask and manage multiple relationships and accounts

Please note, qualifications are not required, however qualifications may be useful in demonstrating competency for the role.

Other organisations may call this role Project Co-ordinator, Programme Co-ordinator, Learning Programme Co-ordinator, Learning and Development Co-ordinator, Sessional Worker, Mental Health Sessional Worker, Healthcare Support Worker, Training and Development Practitioner, or Training Consultant.

The closing date for this role is Wednesday 6th November 2019 and interviews are scheduled for Friday 15th November 2019.

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.

We use trans as an umbrella and inclusive term to describe people whose gender identity differs in some way from the gender they were given at birth, including non-binary people, people who cross dress and all those who partially or incompletely identify with their sex assigned at birth.

So, if you are ready to help deliver an incredible programme as a Pride in Practice Co-ordinator / GMMH Sessional Worker, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

Contract: Fixed Term (2 years)

Hours: Full time (35 hours a week)

Location: Manchester

As an Operations Support Coordinator you will be responsible for a wide range of duties including the maintenance of the office facilities and a variety of administration tasks.  You will make sure that the office is a safe and pleasant environment to work in by ensuring that Health and Safety requirements are met. You will use bespoke computer systems to input and maintain records accurately with good attention to detail.

As the Operations Support Team are responsible for providing a professional and welcoming reception for visitors to the office both in person and via the telephone, you must have excellent communication and listening skills as well as outstanding people skills.
With a good understanding of the challenges young people within the Trust’s target groups face you will work with our teams to deliver a first-class experience for the young people. 

Good organisational skills and the ability to plan and prioritise workloads is essential in this role as is the ability to multi-task.  The successful candidate will be skilled in Microsoft Office packages and have excellent data entry skills.  Knowledge of facility management would be desirable.

To learn more about the role please visit our website.

About The Prince’s Trust

We are a youth charity whose mission is to help young people transform their lives by developing the confidence and skills, to live, learn and earn. This year we will support more than 70,000 young people through a range of proven programmes, with three in four achieving a positive outcome!

We have a bold ambition to extend the reach and impact of our work and help one million more young people transform their lives over the next ten years.  Our job is to inspire them, support them and release their potential, so that they can thrive and society can prosper.  We will focus on innovation, to ensure we adapt and remain relevant in a rapidly changing world.  We owe it to ourselves and the young people we serve, to do the best work of our lives and to help give them an increasing stake in our economy and society. They are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us.

The Prince’s Trust is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare of the children and young people we work with. Successful applicants to roles at The Prince’s Trust will be subject to criminal vetting checks, and where necessary for the role, a check at an enhanced level will be required.

To apply for this vacancy please visit our website and complete the online application. 

A NOTE FOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES

We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a preferred supplier list for when we'd like a helping hand. We'll be in touch if we need you.

Contract Type: Fixed term 2 years 

Hours: Full time - 35 hours a week

Location: Manchester 

We are looking for two Data Coordinators to join our Greater Manchester team and work on a ground-breaking new initiative (subject to treasury sign-off) which will see The Prince's Trust work in partnership with employers to address issues facing youth unemployment by improving productivity gains of a young, resilient and diverse local workforce.

You will play a key role in supporting the delivery of one of the largest and impactful initiatives in the Prince's Trust history. Through Future Workforce Fund, business and government are co-investing GBP 14 million into young people from Greater Manchester to give them the confidence and skills to become more prosperous citizens and part of a growing and inclusive economy.

The role will support the contractual performance of the project by maintaining up to date and accurate data.The role requires someone with excellent keyboard skills, previous experience in a similar role with a good eye for detail who is also good at planning and organising while working to deadlines.

About The Trust

We are a youth charity whose mission is to help young people transform their lives by developing the confidence and skills, to live, learn and earn. This year we will support more than 70,000 young people through a range of proven programmes, with three in four achieving a positive outcome!

We have a bold ambition to extend the reach and impact of our work and help one million more young people transform their lives over the next ten years.Our job is to inspire them, support them and release their potential, so that they can thrive and society can prosper.We will focus on innovation, to ensure we adapt and remain relevant in a rapidly changing world.We owe it to ourselves and the young people we serve, to do the best work of our lives and to help give them an increasing stake in our economy and society. They are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us.

The Prince's Trust is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare of the children and young people we work with. Successful applicants to roles at The Prince's Trust will be subject to criminal vetting checks, and where necessary for the role, a check at an enhanced level will be required.

To apply for this vacancy please go to our website and complete the online application.To help you with the supporting statement section, you may want to download a copy of the Prince's Trust Behavioural Framework.

A NOTE FOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES

We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a preferred supplier list for when we'd like a helping hand. We'll be in touch if we need you.

Hours: 36.25 per week
Holidays: 28 days plus bank holidays

Employer Assistance Programme with 24/7 telephone support service

The Role

We have an exciting opportunity for someone with 1 years full time recent Citizens Advice experience or other AQS Advice Agency in providing self-supervising advice across the range of our enquiry areas. If you have experience in delivering generalist advice in welfare benefits, housing, employment and assessing debt enquiries we would love to hear from you. The successful applicant will provide telephone advice from 9-5 to clients calling Greater Manchester Advice Line.

In summary you will be helping to deliver a professional, impartial, pragmatic and outcome focussed telephone advice service. It’s an interesting, varied and worthwhile role that will see you make a tangible difference.

Recruitment Timeline

Closing date: 1 November 2019 (9am)

Interview date: Week commencing 4 November

Apply

For more information and to apply, please click on the Apply button.

Citizens Advice Salford recognises the positive value of diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We aim at all times to recruit the person who is most suited to the job and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from disabled, Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic people, as they are currently under represented in our workforce.

We are looking for someone to help us to establish our first ever apprenticeships! Ambition Institute is mobilising to deliver higher level apprenticeships for qualified teachers from 2020 - enabling schools to use their apprenticeship levy to maximise impact on pupil outcomes through supporting their educators to keep getting better.

This role will develop expertise, advise internal teams and provide the interface with external accreditation partners and agencies, to award accreditations across our programmes and access associated funding.

The manager will be responsible for coordinating activities across departments to ensure that all accreditation requirements are fulfilled, and appropriate standards are maintained, establishing and overseeing efficient administrative systems. They will also support development work to secure new accreditations where needed.

The ideal candidate will possess the following qualities: 

• A strong commitment to helping educators serving children from disadvantaged backgrounds to keep getting better
• Previous experience of securing, awarding and/or ensuring compliance in the provision of accreditations 
• Strong project management skills with experience of complex projects with multiple stakeholders
•  Ability to understand and interpret complex regulations and provide advice to other specialist teams
• Good knowledge of EFSA funding rules and apprenticeship provision and requirements in general
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to persuade & influence
• Excellent stakeholder management, building positive and effective relationships with internal teams in a matrix structure as well as external agencies.
• Experience of developing and working with processes and systems relating to compliance and data management.
• Experience of working with large amounts of data, including interrogating and quality assuring large datasets, and the submission data returns to external agencies.
• A high degree of self-motivation and initiative, with the ability to proactively progress projects, making sound judgements on when to act and when to seek guidance, support or approval.
• Exemplary organisational skills to manage a complex workload to a high standard with meticulous attention to detail. 

Our offer 

We are happy to announce that we will be able to offer you: 

• Flexibility on how you work – agreed between you and your line manager 

• A competitive annual leave entitlement of 25 days, plus bank holidays 

• A generous employer pension contribution of 11% (10% pension plus 1% NI rebate) 

• Competitive salary rates

• Access to an interest free season ticket and bike loans, as well as eyecare vouchers 

• An Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which provides confidential support for employees on personal or work-related matters. 

• A robust learning and development offer that ensures your continuous professional development 

How to apply 

To apply for any of our vacancies or for any questions or queries please visit our website. 

Equality and diversity matters to us. If you think you’d be suited to one of our roles we’d love to hear from you regardless of age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexuality. 

Unfortunately, due to the number of applications we receive at this stage we will not be able to contact unsuccessful applicants.

We are committed to the safeguarding of children and the most vulnerable in our society and, as such, we are unable to employ individuals with relevant convictions, including the following: a conviction for an offence involving violence or dishonesty, of a sexual nature or against minors, or for any other offence that is relevant to the nature of the services provided by our organisation. 

As an employer, we have a responsibility to prevent illegal working in the UK by ensuring that our employees have the right to work in the UK. Therefore, as part of the recruitment process to verify your eligibility you will be required to produce relevant documentation.  

Dementia Adviser

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: Dementia Adviser (Telephone)
Location: Warrington
Contract type: Part Time, Permanent
Hours: 28 per week, variable up to 35 per week during periods of high demand. Includes evening and weekend working
Salary: £10.96 to £11.41 per hour depending on skills and experience

Closing date: 20 October 2019
Interview date: TBC

About the role:

We have developed an exciting and innovative new service delivery model ‘Dementia Connect’ which has 5 main elements:

- A specialist telephone-based information and navigation service
- A face to face service offering an increased level of support for more complex cases
- Self-management - our online community (Talking Point) and online service directory is available at all times
- Keeping in Touch Calls - a way of keeping in contact with service users as their journey with dementia progresses
- Side by Side - a volunteer led service to support people to undertake activities in the community
- This role is an Adviser working in our telephone-based service, you will be the first point of contact via phone, letter, email or social media, for people affected by dementia assessing their needs and identifying desired outcomes.

As a Dementia Adviser (Telephone) you will provide a highly responsive, individualised information and signposting service to people with a diagnosis of dementia as the first priority for the service and provide an extended information and signposting service to immediate carers, families and friends of the people who are referred to the service.

You will have knowledge of working alongside volunteers and have an understanding of the valuable contribution volunteers bring to services whilst championing their inclusion in all that we deliver

About you:

We are looking for someone who possesses an NVQ level 3 or equivalent in a health and social care related subject has an understanding of the needs of people with dementia and their carers and has direct experience of working in a telephone and e-mail based service with active listening and questioning skills.

You will join a team of people who are passionate to improve the life opportunities of people living with dementia and those close to them; and who are committed to learning from and supporting each other.

Our service operates seven days a week and you will have the flexibility to support our service users across our working hours, which are currently Monday - Wednesday 9am-8pm, Thursday - Friday 9am - 5pm and Weekends 9am - 5pm.

You may have experience of the following: Dementia Adviser, Care Assistant, Caseworker, Special Needs Assistant, Social Worker, Social Care, Community Care, Helpline Coordinator, Volunteering Officer, Support Worker, Mental Health, Dementia, etc.

We believe in the power of your personal lived-experience of the criminal justice system.

We believe with the right opportunity, encouragement and support everybody can change.

Do you want to use your experience to enable others to change the system from within?

IF YOU DO, THEN THIS IS THE RIGHT PLACE FOR YOU!

 DOES THIS SOUND LIKE YOU?

• Been in prison or on probation?
• A People person and a good listener?
• Good IT/literacy/numeracy skills?
• Turned your life around and want to help others?
• Have something to give and can say what it is?
• Manage your own life well, and can prove it?
• Highly motivated and passionate about change?

If the answer to ALL of these is yes, then we want you…!

WHAT’S ON OFFER?

• A mixture of full and part-time positions
• 12 month fixed-term contract (liely to be extended)
• Up to £25,000 depending on experience (pro-rata for part-time)
• 25 days holiday per annum plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time)

* The post is subject to a 6 month probationary period and Enhanced DBS check

CURRENT VACANCIES

WORKING ACROSS BRISTOL, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, SOMERSET & WILTSHIRE

WORKING ACROSS DORSET, DEVON & CORNWALL

WORKING ACROSS KENT, SURREY & SUSSEX

HOW TO APPLY

Visit our website to find details of how to apply for any of these positions.

MORE ABOUT THE ROLE

Become part of a vibrant team living our values – collaborative, democratic, resilient optimistic, ordering chaos and authentic. You’ll get an experience like no other with the chance to fast forward your career.

We offer career enhancing opportunity, support and encouragement to develop new skills.

Successful candidates will be results and outcome-orientated with knowledge of the criminal justice sector. As well as managing the development and delivery of the service, we are looking for motivated people willing to travel and go above and beyond to get the job done.

Our Engagement Teams are responsible for engaging with a diverse range of service users with different experiences in order to improve services and promote active citizenship.  As balanced Teams they have a range of complementary skills in order to achieve these aims, including service user engagement, service provider engagement, project management and administration.

Individual Team Members will demonstrate some, but not necessarily all of these skills and as a result will be responsible for different areas of delivery as assigned by the Engagement Team Leader as set out below.

Engagement

• Service user engagement and recruitment - Including through presentations, surveys, focus groups and workshops
• Staff engagement - including through presentations, staff and individual meetings
• Stakeholder engagement - including other statutory and voluntary sector partner agencies

Retaining relationships

• Providing training to an accredited standard
• Facilitating groups, including meetings, focus groups, workshops and large events
• Recruiting and managing service users and volunteers - including providing clear activities, support and signposting to further opportunities

Co-ordination

• Coordinating tasks and activities within the project plan and producing regular reports
• Keeping accurate and up to date records - including participants details, engagement levels, diversity/equality monitoring data
• Assessing risk, working within safeguarding best practice and reporting incidents

In addition to the above duties, the post holder will be required to perform other duties, which are assigned from time to time. However, such other duties will be reasonable in relation to the individual’s skills, abilities and grade.We believe in the power of your personal lived-experience of the criminal justice system.

Sense are looking for a reliable and motivated person to join our professional team as a Team Leader (Social Care) at our Sense Centre in Warrington. This is a full time position working 37.5 hours per week.

Title: Team Leader (Social Care)
Ref: 43628
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, full time
Location: Warrington
Contract type: Permanent
Salary: Circa £17,700 per annum, pro rata

About the role

The Team leader will need to manage the day to day running of a responsive innovative and high quality service for people with sensory impairments and complex needs.  Special attention will be paid to the creation of a continuous learning environment that will seek to maximise the potential of each person.

You will assist the manager in the running of the service including co-ordinating and supervising the team to ensure that all shared responsibilities are fulfilled and systems maintained.

About you

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate willingness to participate in training and development. You will need to communicate in a variety of different methods and be prepared to deal with challenging situations. You will also be expected to work on your own initiative and show patience and understanding.

The successful candidate will have a proven track record of motivating others including carrying out supervision meetings.  You will have experience of working with adults with disabilities, monitoring the care provided and identifying and resolving issues arising from the 'day to day' operation.

About us

For everyone living with complex disabilities. For everyone who is deafblind. Sense is here to help people communicate and experience the world.

We believe that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential.

Sense has a proven record of offering high quality, pioneering services.

Working at Sense can be incredibly rewarding; we offer the opportunity to work in a large, diverse and successful charity where people can develop their skills, knowledge and careers in a supportive and flexible environment. In addition, we have excellent training and development, the opportunity for you to join our Group Personal Pension scheme and a generous annual leave entitlement.

Closing date: Wednesday 23 October 2019
Interview date: As applications are received

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the apply button to be directed to our website where you can download the job description and complete the application process. 

We would recommend that you read the candidate guidelines and job description (available on our website) before applying. If you are a disabled candidate and require a hard copy pack or a different format for example large print, Braille or audio, further details can be found on our website.

Sense is an Equal Opportunities Employer and is committed to ensuring that all staff are motivated, skilled and rewarded by their work.  Sense is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable children and adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. Therefore, all offers of employment are subject to a number of checks including an enhanced DBS check where appropriate.

No agencies please.

Sense are looking for a reliable and motivated person to join our professional team as a Team Leader (Social Care) at our Sense Centre in Warrington. This is a part time position working 30 hours per week.

The centre is open Monday to Friday 9.30am to 6pm, & the role also includes community support. The role will also include occasional 'sleep ins' which you will be paid additional enhancements. The centre is a small, people led centre where you will be managing a team of 5 Support Workers.

Title: Part Time Team Leader (Social Care)
Reference number: 43651
Hours: 30 hours per week
Location: Warrington
Contract type: Permanent
Salary: Circa £17,700 pro rata

About the role 
The Team leader will need to manage the day to day running of a responsive innovative and high quality service for people with sensory impairments and complex needs.  Special attention will be paid to the creation of a continuous learning environment that will seek to maximise the potential of each person.

You will assist the manager in the running of the service including co-ordinating and supervising the team to ensure that all shared responsibilities are fulfilled and systems maintained.

About you 
The successful candidate will need to demonstrate willingness to participate in training and development. You will need to communicate in a variety of different methods and be prepared to deal with challenging situations. You will also be expected to work on your own initiative and show patience and understanding.

The successful candidate will have a proven track record of motivating others including carrying out supervision meetings.  You will have experience of working with adults with disabilities, monitoring the care provided and identifying and resolving issues arising from the 'day to day' operation.

About us 
For everyone living with complex disabilities. For everyone who is deafblind. Sense is here to help people communicate and experience the world. We believe that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential. Sense has a proven record of offering high quality, pioneering services.

Working at Sense can be incredibly rewarding; we offer the opportunity to work in a large, diverse and successful charity where people can develop their skills, knowledge and careers in a supportive and flexible environment. In addition, we have excellent training and development, the opportunity for you to join our Group Personal Pension scheme and a generous annual leave entitlement.

Closing date: Thursday 31 October 2019
Interview date: To be confirmed

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the apply button to be directed to our website where you can download the job description and complete the application process. 

We would recommend that you read the candidate guidelines and job description (available on our website) before applying. If you are a disabled candidate and require a hard copy pack or a different format for example large print, Braille or audio, further details can be found on our website.

Sense is an Equal Opportunities Employer and is committed to ensuring that all staff are motivated, skilled and rewarded by their work.  Sense is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable children and adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. Therefore, all offers of employment are subject to a number of checks including an enhanced DBS check where appropriate.

No agencies please.

Hours: 37.5 hours per week. Fixed Term 30/03/2020

Jigsaw Homes Group is one of the largest housing groups in England with more than 33,000 homes across the North West and East Midlands, employing over 1400 employees.  Our main social purpose is to provide quality homes as solid foundations for people to thrive for the rest of their lives.

Jigsaw Support provides a range of supportive and safe environments to the most vulnerable and disadvantaged people in our communities. With exciting newer models of delivery we are pioneering system change within Greater Manchester.

Our team of people ALWAYS

• Place people first
• Exceed expectations
• Achieve outcomes

You will work as part of a team providing intensive support to men & women with low to medium support needs using the Housing First Model.  The service provides short-term dispersed accommodation within the community to give individuals at risk of homelessness, the opportunity to learn the skills in managing a tenancy while also building stability and independence within the community.  The role involves supporting individuals with all aspects of tenancy management, supporting individuals to recover from trauma, keep safe and create long-term sustainment.  You will work flexibly and creatively to actively engage individuals and work to include multiple agencies as part of support and to help individuals successfully access and move on into their own permanent tenancies. You will need to value people as individuals, be personally resilient and offer a persistent and flexible approach when working in this role.

We offer a Contributory Pension Scheme, annual leave from 25 days plus 8 Bank Holidays, Simply Health membership, a voluntary benefits programme including learning and development opportunities.

The successful candidates will be employees of Jigsaw.  We operate a Safer Recruitment process to protect vulnerable young people and adults.  Jigsaw  will apply for an Enhanced DBS Disclosure with the successful candidates

 Please note you must apply via our application form, we do not accept CV’s.  Please apply via our website.

Shop Manager (Manchester) (TRD2407)

Location: Manchester

Salary: £20,945

About Us

Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty. That means we tackle the inequality that keeps people poor. Together we save, protect and rebuild lives. When disaster strikes, we help people build better lives for themselves, and for others. We take on issues like land rights, climate change and discrimination against women. And we won’t stop until every person on the planet can enjoy life free from poverty.

Oxfam GB is a member of international confederation of 19 organisations working together with partners and local communities in the areas of humanitarian, development and campaigning, in more than 90 countries. 

Oxfam Purpose

To work with others to overcome poverty and suffering 

Trading Purpose

To make as much money as possible to overcome poverty and suffering

About our Oxfam Shops

Open for business since 1948, Oxfam shops are at the heart of the charity and their community, raising vital funds and increasing public awareness of what we do. They are always guided by our values of empowerment, accountability and inclusiveness and focussed on making as much money as possible.

The Role of our Shop Managers

Commercially aware and constantly looking for new business opportunities, shop managers motivate their teams and create a safe and energised work environment. They have high standards, a strong drive to achieve results and are accountable for their business.

The role of the shop manager is empowered, varied, busy and gives the opportunity to work with some amazing people. Shop managers are pivotal for the success of our business and can make a real difference. Oxfam operates a volunteer operating model, in which volunteers are empowered to take over most of the tasks within the shop, including running the shop in the manager’s absence. 

Often the only paid member of staff, our managers are comfortable in this environment, really enjoy working with others and are great at delegating to their teams. Excellent communicators, they are creative, and always look for opportunities to attract new supporters every day.

Our Values and Commitment to Safeguarding

Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Oxfam expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organisation and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.

Key Skills and Competencies required

• Significant leadership qualities and experience. (E)
• Ability to build, retain and develop a team. (E)
• Strong drive to achieve results through others. (E)
• Ability to delegate, coach and listen. (E)
• Enjoys working with people and has a friendly and approachable manner. (E)
• Ability to manage time under conflicting priorities. (E)
• Ability to demonstrate resilience to the everyday pressures that come with the role. (E)
• Excellent communication skills.(E)
• Ability to motivate self and others. (E)
• High level of motivation, enthusiasm and a sense of fun. (E)
• Open and adaptable to change and able to support others through it. (E)
• Commercial awareness and judgement. (D)
• Ability to establish and maintain successful retail processes and merchandising. (E)
• Ability to understand and interpret basic financial reports. (D)
• IT literacy and numeracy skills. (Using email systems and online resources; use and understand basic spreadsheets and word processing packages. Be aware of and be open to the role of social networking and ecommerce.) (E)
• Eager and required to adhere to Oxfam’s principles and values (click here) as well as the promotion of diversity and gender rights (click here).  (E)
• Understanding of and commitment to adhere to equity, diversity, gender, child safety and staff health and wellbeing principles. (E)

How to apply 

As part of your online application, please upload your up to date CV and a covering letter explaining your suitability against the essential criteria in the job profile.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. Oxfam GB takes its obligation to protect the rights of children and vulnerable people very seriously; therefore, the successful candidate for this post will be also subject to extensive background checking, including a Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS), as this role involves unsupervised access to the above-mentioned groups.

For full information surrounding DBS and the vacancy, please view the full job description.