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Service Manager Do you want to make a difference every day Do you want to contribute to change and improvement for those who need it Do you have resilience and adaptability Can you work effectively with a focus on customer service and care We have an exciting opportunity for a Specialist Service Manager (known internally as Project Leader) to lead the Anti-Social Behaviour Service team in Devon and Cornwall, working 37.5 hours a week. Position: 5547 Specialist Service Manager (Project Leader) Location: Homebased (Devon/Cornwall) Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours. Monday- Friday Contract: Fixed Term until the 31st May 2025 Salary: £29,930 per annum (FTE £29,580 per annum plus £350 per annum Homeworking Allowance) Closing Date: 24th May 2024. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, if enough suitable applications are received to take forward to interview prior to the published closing date. The Role As a Project Lead for the ASB team you will be: Managing a small team of ASB caseworkers including performance management, monitoring and support Responsible for allocating cases within the team and analysing statistics and data in order to monitor daily caseloads against resources and look for trends/ pattern of behaviour Working with the Operations Manager to ensure delivery of the business plan and associated outcomes Responsible for capturing data and information to ensure the work of the team is outcome based and evidenced The subject matter expert for ASB within the service With key partners, developing mechanisms for identifying and referring those affected by ongoing and persistent ASB incidents and crimes, including those not engaged in criminal or civil law processes Completing DSO training to prioritise the safety of service users and ensure compliance with safeguarding policy Leading on delivery of training to local agencies, organisations and bodies to represent the service and increase knowledge and understanding of issues related to the ASB Contributing to and attending monitoring meetings with funders/commissioners and providing reporting when required Playing a lead role in developing VS's ASB work at both local and national levels When the service requires, holding a small caseload providing high quality support to service users in line with VS policies and operating procedures. The role is home-based within Devon and Cornwall and therefore is open to applicants who both live in this area and have access to an appropriately confidential space in which to work. Regular travel within working hours will be expected across Devon and Cornwall to fulfil the role and travel expenses are paid. Core service hours are between 9am 5pm, with the expectation to flex to need where required, managed within flexible working arrangements. About You You will need: As this role involves regular travel across Devon and Cornwall and due to the location, a driving license and access to a vehicle is considered an essential requirement Experience of managing a team An understanding of confidentiality and safe working practice in accordance with safeguarding legislation, General Data Protection Regulation and other legal requirements Experience of effective delivery of services in the voluntary or statutory sector including complex case management and maintaining case management records The ability to build effective working relationships across internal and external stakeholders and work directly with in statutory, voluntary or multi agency settings High personal resilience to manage demands of working with ASB Competent IT and administrative skills including the use of Microsoft Office packages The ability to engage with vulnerable service users. In Return... Work for an organisation who believes in attracting and retaining the best people and offer a competitive rewards and benefits package including: Flexible working options including hybrid working 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays, rising to 33 days plus Bank Holidays An extra day off for your birthday Pension with 5% employer contribution Sick pay allowances, maternity and paternity payments High Street, retail, holiday, entertainment & leisure discounts Access to our financial wellbeing hub & salary deducted finance Employee assistance programme & wellbeing support Ongoing training & support with opportunities for career development & progression. About the Organisation This independent charity provides a range of specialist services to people who have been affected by crime across England and Wales. Working towards a world where there are fewer victims but who have stronger rights, better support and a real influence in the Criminal Justice System, everyone at the charity is driven by the Vision Ambitions and Values to play their part in making a difference for those who experience crime and traumatic events. The organisation is committed to recruiting with care and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and Disclosed Barring Service checks may be required. Applicants are welcome from all communities and monitor the diversity of applicants to analyse if they are representative of the communities it serves in terms of sex, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, trans identity, relationship status, religion or belief, caring responsibilities, age and socio-economic status. As part of the commitment to the Race at Work Charter applicants are particularly welcome from BAME communities You may have experience in areas such as Service Manager, Case Worker, Specialist Service Manager, Project Leader, Service. Please note this role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of our client.
Parish Development Adviser Join a living, growing network of more than a thousand churches, chaplaincies, and schools with a vision to be a more Christ-like organisation for the sake of God's world: more contemplative, more compassionate, and more courageous. We are seeking a Parish Development Adviser who will work as a key member of the Dorchester Episcopal Area Team to support and resource parishes, benefices and deaneries as they discern and develop their missional priorities. Position: Parish Development Adviser Location: Oxford/hybrid (2 days per week remote) Hours: Full-time, 37 hours per week Salary: £48,299.07 - £52,014.55 per annum Contract: Permanent Closing Date: Midday on Thursday 23 May 2024 Interview Date: Thursday 6 June in Oxford The Role You will be part of a large, creative, and highly skilled group of colleagues in the Department of Mission and Ministry. Together we work to enable the growth of the local church and to support work across the whole diocese in five key areas: discipleship and social justice, children, young people and families, formation for ministry, new congregations, and vocations to ordained and lay ministry. About You Open to lay and ordained candidates, you will have experience in consultancy and facilitation with groups and individuals along with the gift of listening and asking good questions. You will have an understanding of mission and of how local churches can grow through engagement and deepening relationships with those in their locality. You will be comfortable in encouraging and facilitating the development of new congregations of every type, tradition, shape, and size. The Organisation The Diocese is the administrative area of the Church, broadly speaking, covers the three counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, and Oxfordshire. There are 815 churches in the Diocese more than any other diocese in the Church of England. So, in many ways the best description is that it is the family of the 55,000 or so regular worshippers in these churches. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews. If you do not hear back, your application has not been successful. Please note that the person appointed will be a baptised Christian, lay or ordained, who is a communicant member in good standing with the Anglican Church or a church that is a member of the Churches Together in Britain and Ireland. As you will represent and speak on behalf of a Christian organisation, the Occupational Requirement for an active Christian faith is justified under the Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9, Part 1, clause 3. You may also have experience in areas such as Parish Development Advisor, Church Development Advisor, Church Partnerships, Community Engagement, Parish Engagement, Church Engagement Advisor, Church Community Advisor, Parish Liaison. PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.