 Putney SW15, flexible working options £40,000 - £45,000 pa depending on experience 37.5 hours per week - occasional evening and weekend work may be required About Us
St Christopher's is a leading charity for children and young people. Our vision is for every child and young person to be safe, loved and happy, to achieve their potential and have a bright future. We do this by providing children’s homes, fostering, homes for care leavers and specialist support services, all designed for young people in care, on the edge of care, or leaving care. We support them to make positive relationships which give them the confidence to succeed. We are looking for an experienced Head of Fundraising and Communications, in order to grow the fundraising department at St Christopher’s. We have big ambitions in our organisational strategy to provide brighter futures for double the number of young people by 2023 and fundraising will play a big part in helping us to achieve this. In 2020 we will be celebrating our 150th birthday and we are planning our fundraising appeal, as well as lots of exciting activities to celebrate our proud legacy, raise our profile and expand our donor base. We are a strengths-based charity and seek to promote the brilliant achievements our young people make to show donors how their investment and support contributes towards this success. About The Role As Head of Fundraising and Communications, you will be responsible for the development and growth of the fundraising and communications team, in order to bring in restricted and unrestricted income for St Christopher’s, in line with budgeted expectations. The department’s activities will include targeted applications to grant making trusts and foundations, developing the donor base and the development of corporate fundraising. The successful candidate will have:
This is an exciting opportunity to step up into a challenging and strategic role. It will appeal to a self-starter, with the drive and creativity to make a role their own, as well as an interest in the strategic side of fundraising and being part of a developing and growing team. If you’re ready for the challenge and think you have the skills and passion to drive St Christopher’s forward, then we would love to hear from you. Recruitment Process At St Christopher’s we are committed to the safeguarding of all children and young people in our care. During the recruitment process you will be expected to complete an online application form to ensure we capture essential information to meet legislation, best practice and vetting requirements. To be considered, your on-line application must include a full supporting statement addressing the criteria stated above. For the full Job Description for this role and more detail about what will be required, please click here. If you require any further information, please contact us on 0208 780 7800. Closing Date: 27th May 2019 We advise to apply as soon as possible as applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and this opportunity might be filled before the stated closing date. St Christopher’s is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Full details and application documents here  Location: Northants Salary: £33,561 (Pro Rata PA) + £1,500 Out of Hours Allowance Closing Date: 23/05/2019 Interview Date: 31/05/2019 Hours: 35 Hours Per Week Senior Supervising Social Worker
Senior Supervising Social Worker - Fostering Full Time, Office Based Position Fixed Term for 6 Months with potential for Permanent Appointment TACT, the UK’s largest fostering and adoption charity now has over 500 dedicated carers, who look after over 600 children and young people across the country. Our reputation and growth rests upon our strength in providing successful placements. As a charity, we do not have shareholders who receive profits and we invest all of our surplus income into fostering services, staff, carers, and children’s development. Our vision is to provide better lives for our children and young people. The overall purpose of this role is to recruit, assess, train and support a diverse range of foster carers and placements. The TACT East Midlands Team are seeking an enthusiastic and committed Senior Supervising Social Worker for this full time office based role. The successful candidate will be supporting and supervising foster carers across the region so the ability to travel is required. In addition the successful candidate will provide support to other less experienced members of the social work team. The post will be offered on a fixed term contract for 6 months initially with the possibility of being made permanent thereafter. The successful candidate will have the following :
You will be required to be on an out of hours’ rota and you will be eligable for an out of hours’ allowance of £1,500 per annum once participating in the rota and in addition TACT offer an excellent employee benefits package including:
Please see the job information pack for further information. Closing: Midnight on Thursday 23rd May 2019 Interviews: Friday 31st May 2019 at TACT East Midlands (NN15 7HH) TACT reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so we advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment. Apply here  Location: Head Office Contract Type: Permanent Closing Date: 28 May 2019 Salary: £40,000- £45,000 Specific Hours: 37.5 St Christopher's is a leading charity for children and young people and we are proud of our history for providing fostering, children's homes and a range of innovative leaving care services across the UK & Isle of Man.
We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Company Secretary ideally from a charity or not for profit background to join our administrative and governance team working closely with the Chief Executive Officer to contribute and help create an inspiring place to work by ensuring regulatory requirements are met and to manage the delivery of Council business for St Christopher's and its subsidiaries. Compliance responsibilities for data protection, health and safety and quality assurance. Additionally the post holder will manage a small team responsible for providing a professional, customer focused and cost effective data management, reception, administration and secretarial services at Head Office. The ideal candidate:
Key aspects of the job will be:
The role will appeal to a creative self- starter with positive high energy levels, enthusiasm and a real can do attitude, looking for greater autonomy and a sense of ownership. If you’re ready for the challenge and think you have the skills to drive St Christopher’s forward we would love to hear from you. For the full Job Description for this role and more detail about what will be required, please click here. To be considered, your on-line application must include a full supporting statement addressing the criteria given in the Person Specification. If you require any further information, please contact us on 0208 780 7800. Closing Date: 28th May 2019 (Please bear in mind that applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. This post is subject to a DBS check) St Christopher’s is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Full details and application documents here.  Location: Family Placement South East & London Contract type:Permanent Hours: 37 Salary : £28,631.52 - £37,414.60 FTE Closing Date: 17 May 2019 Interview Date: to be confirmed This is a Social Work role in our Family Placement service (Fostering & Adoption) and is responsible for providing a social work service to foster carers/adopters and children/young people to ensure that the best outcomes for children and young people is achieved at all times in line with all statutory and regulatory requirements, alongside Barnardo's policies and procedures.
The role will also contribute to the development of the service by working collaboratively with Family Placement colleagues undertaking such activities as recruitment and training and supporting the wider Barnardo's Family Placement agenda. An on call allowance is paid. About Barnardo's At Barnardo's we believe in children – no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about our basis and values following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role. Barnardo's is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce for staff and volunteers. We actively encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic and male candidates as they are under-represented within Barnardo's. Our basis and values Full details and application documents here  We are searching for new talented inspired people to join our crew.
As a small community-focused fostering charity, exciting things are happening, and we’re look for new crew members to join our expedition. We’re propelled by our values and our beliefs to explore new ways to realise young people’s potential and achieve our mission. We currently have posts for Supervising Social Workers or Senior Supervising Social Workers in Gloucester and Royal Wootton Bassett. £27,900 - £36,000 pro rata, plus car allowance and other benefits. 30 hours or 37.5 hours Closing date: Sunday 12 May 2019 Interview date: Wednesday 15 May 2019 Please Note We employ robust and thorough safer recruitment procedures. To find out more about these exciting charity opportunities, to read the recruitment packs and grab an application form, visit: www.communityfostercare.co.uk/about-us/job-vacancies  Principal Social Worker (Fostering) (East Midlands) £37,184 – £40,839 per annum Full Time 18 month contract + 45p a mile for travel, 32 days holiday and an excellent pension scheme We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic, flexible, and personable Principal Social Worker to join our South England team. This is a specialist lead practice role and its remit include the supervision and mentoring/training of staff and tasks related to quality assurance and performance management, alongside holding a small case load.
FCC do not believe in providing our Social Workers with heavy caseloads. Instead, we aim to provide our Social Workers with ample capacity to provide a thorough, personal and meaningful service to all of our foster families. The role will be home based in the East Midlands area, but will involve regular travel within the East and West Midlands, Staffordshire, Bristol and East Anglia areas. Additionally, there is a requirement to answer emergency calls outside of office hours as part of the managers on call rota. Applicants must hold a Diploma or BA in Social Work, have some supervisory/management experience, be able to demonstrate experience of producing high quality, evidence-based assessments, and have at least four years fostering experience. The successful applicant will join a supportive team with an established carer group and experienced social workers. We are a not-for-distributed-profit organisation, putting the needs of our children and carers first and look to appoint a Principal Social Worker who is as passionate about this as we are. Closing Date: 24th April, 2019 For further information and/or an application form, or informal discussion about the role, please contact Helen Underwood (Operational Manager) or Barbara Bull (Head of HR) on 01684 892380. Full details and application documents here  Circa: £33,000 Department/Division: Wales Location: Newport, Gwent Contract Type: Permanent Full Time Closing Date: 25 April 2019 How do we work?
Action for Children does what's right, does what's needed and does what works for children across the UK. Every year, our team changes the lives of 301,000 children, young people and their families – but for every child who needs help to get help, there's plenty more to do. That's where you come in. Providing safe, stable foster homes for vulnerable children and young people is a vital part of our work. As a Fostering Social Worker for our sector leading Fostering Wales service you'll train and support Foster Parents to provide stable family homes to young people who have survived trauma so a therapeutic approach is a vital part of our work. You'll also promote and participate in a culture of learning and continuing professional development for carers and staff. How will you make a difference? By supporting carers with the daily and hourly challenges and rewards of caring for troubled young people and children. By delivering excellent, evidence-informed and therapeutic practice as a member of a skilled and motivated team. By participating in a culture of learning and continuing professional development for carers and staff. By working closely with the local authority. By being responsible for your own caseload but also part of a close team. What will you need?
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Plus, there's a lot more besides. This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real difference to vulnerable children's lives and to build a fulfilling and meaningful career with a leading UK children's charity. Action for Children is committed to safer recruitment practices, designed to protect the welfare of the children and young people using our services. If you meet all the criteria and would like to proceed with your application, you'll be redirected to an application form on our website which should only take around 5 minutes to complete. Please have your CV handy to upload. As this job involves working around children, there are some specific questions we need to ask you as part of your application process. Thanks for taking the time to apply and we wish you the best of luck! Please note: Interviews are planned to be held on Tuesday 7th May 2019. For more information on this opportunity please contact Atlanta on 07776 659803 or email her at Atlanta.Marcellini@actionforchildren.org.uk Apply now  Location: Northants Salary: £40,500 pa + £1,500 OOH Allowance Closing Date: 02/04/2019 Interview Date: 16/04/2019 Hours: 35 Hours Per Week TACT, the UK’s largest fostering and adoption charity, now has over 500 dedicated carers, who look after over 600 children and young people across the country. Our reputation and growth rests upon our strength in providing successful placements. As a charity, we do not have shareholders who receive profits and we invest all of our surplus income into service, staff, carers, and children’s development.
TACT's East Midlands service has been rated "Outstanding" by Ofsted and we are offering an exciting opportunity for an experienced, dynamic individual to assist and support the Area Manager in the operational management of the Area Team and the recruitment, assessment, training and support of a diverse range of foster carers and placements. To be considered, you will need to have experience of working with children and young people in a statutory setting and ideally have a management qualification. You will also need to be HCPC registered and have a DipSW, CSS or CQSW qualification. An enhanced DBS clearance is required and this check will be undertaken by TACT on your behalf. The use of a car is essential. You will be required to work an out of hours rota, attracting an additional allowance of £1,500 per annum. TACT offer an excellent benefits package including 31 days paid holiday, flexible working arrangements, group income protection scheme, x10 death in service, stakeholder pension scheme, child care vouchers and fantastic learning and development opportunities. Please see the job information pack for further information. Closing: Midnight on Tuesday, 2nd April 2019 Interviews: Tuesday, 16th April 2019 at TACT East Midlands (NN15 7HH) TACT reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so we advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment. More details and application documents here  Fostering Administrator (Malvern) 22 Hours (9.00am – 2.30pm 4 days a week) £10,544 – £11,070 pa(£17,972 – £18,870 FTE) + 21 days annual leave, inclusive of bank holidays (35 days FTE) + 10% employer contribution pension scheme We are seeking an experienced administrator, who can demonstrate sound IT knowledge, outstanding organisation skills, a customer focused approach, and a professional attitude.
The successful candidate will provide a comprehensive administration service to all staff, primarily taking ownership and responsibility for the administration surrounding children in fostering placements. The role holder will be communicating with local authorities, external organisations and management, to ensure a flawless service. Do you have at least 2 years administration experience within an office environment, have excellent IT skills, consider yourself highly organised with a friendly ‘can do’ attitude? If so, we look forward to hearing from you. Closing Date: Monday 11th March, 2019 We are a ‘not for profit’ organisation, putting the needs of our children and carers first and look to appoint individuals who are as passionate about this as we are. If you would like further information about our unique/ethically minded organisation, an application form or job description, please view our website www.fostercarecooperative.co.uk or contact Barbara Bull (Head of HR) on 01684 892380. Full details and application documents can be found here The FCC is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and operate a Safe Recruitment policy; applicants must be willing to undergo Safeguarding screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and Disclosure and Barring Service clearance at an enhanced level. CVs will not be accepted, all applicants must complete an application form.  Closing Date: 21st January 2019 at 5pm
Team Fostering is a not-for-profit fostering agency, with an annual turnover of £9m, based in the North East, Yorkshire and the East Midlands. We have been successfully supporting children and young people living in foster care to achieve positive outcomes since 2001. We are looking for a fourth Non-Executive Director, based within this geographical footprint, who has an extensive background in business management in a commercial environment with demonstrable recent success in developing a business with a multi-million pound turnover and proven skills in delivering excellence in customer satisfaction. This person must also be able to work within our values and behaviours framework, demonstrating an understanding of our Not for Profit status and subscribe to our principles of working as an ethical agency. This successful candidate will also provide a creative contribution to the Board via objective criticism and independent judgement on issues of strategy, performance and resourcing of the agency, including involvement in key appointments and standards of conduct. The post holder will be independent of any of the company’s interested parties and bring a degree of objectivity and impartiality to the Board’s deliberations and play a valuable role monitoring executive management. This is a part time role requiring, as a minimum, 30 day’s work per year and a minimum of 1.5 days worked each month equating to £13,101 per annum. Part of this monthly commitment is attendance at a monthly board meeting which will be held in either our North Shields, Middlesbrough, Sheffield or South Normanton office. An annual retainer of £3,218 is also paid and other responsibilities and pieces of work taken on, at the direction of the Board, are paid at an hourly rate of £58.23. The closing date for application for this role is the 5pm on 21st January 2019, and the interviews are scheduled for the 13th and 14th February 2019 in our Sheffield office. For further information, please ring Jane Butler, Chief Executive Officer, on 07769 908129 or Walter Young, Non-Executive Director on 07508 055643. The full job description and person specification for this post are available below. To apply, please send a completed Application Form and Equal Opportunities Form (below) to hr@teamfostering.co.uk no later than 5pm on 21st January 2019. Full details and application documents can be found here Please note Team Fostering does not accept CVs. All posts are subject to Enhanced DBS Disclosure. Please note if you are shortlisted for interview we will contact you via the email you have provided. Please ensure you check your emails regularly. Source: www.teamfostering.co.uk |
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