Female* Family Support IDVA
Contract: Fixed term to 31st March 2018
Salary: Salary from £26,000 per annum depending upon experience Inc. Inner London Weighting
Working hours: 35 hours per week according to contract terms
Work Location: Based at Advance Hammersmith office and community location’s
Family Support IDVA

The Family Support IDVA will work within a dynamic, fast paced, crisis intervention, advocacy and support service to ensure the voice of survivors informs every stage of the process specialising in working with clients with children who are at risk of domestic violence and to work closely with family service providers to introduce the service and raise awareness amongst the practitioners around domestic abuse. . They will work within the team to make proactive contact and provide high quality advocacy and support based upon a client led needs and risk assessment to women from age 13, focusing on working with those aged 18 and over who access the domestic abuse service. They will advise women on criminal justice and civil remedies and related matters, support women to attend court where necessary, and coordinate the provision of multi-agency support. Part of the role will to be to establish positive, proactive and innovative working relationships with family and children services and partner agencies within Angelou Partnership. The post holder will work across the three boroughs under the guidance of the program managers.
The post holder will have an excellent understanding of domestic violence and its effects on women and children and of best practice within the domestic abuse and in working with women with children. As an experienced domestic violence advocate who has worked with complex and multiple needs, the post holder will be skilled in risk management and safety planning, remaining calm in a crisis and in handling sensitive information on a daily basis. Experience of direct work with female survivors of domestic

ADVANCE is committed to equality and diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. The post will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and police vetting and is open to women only (*Exempt under the Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9, Part 1).
Benefits include 30 days holiday and a non-contributory pension scheme.

Closing date: 12pm on Monday, 13th November Interview date: Friday, 17st November & Monday, 20th November

To apply: Download the application form and Job Description from our website at http://advancecharity.org.uk/work-for-us/

Completed applications should be emailed to recruitment@advancecharity.org.uk or posted marked ‘Private and Confidential’ to:

Althea King
ADVANCE (BSU Recruitment)
Unit 6 The Lanchesters
162-164 Fulham Palace Road
London W6 9ER

Registered Charity Number 1086873

Advance delivers nationally accredited, quality marked services in Hammersmith & Fulham, Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea, and are starting a new exciting advocacy service in Brent. We work within a coordinated partnership response to domestic violence to provide independent domestic violence advocacy and support for women, children and young people and women’s community services for women who are involved in the criminal justice system, in anti-social behaviour or are at risk of breaking the law.’

Female* Domestic Abuse Duty Assessment worker- Brent

Contract: Fixed-Term Contract until 31st March 2020
Salary: from £24,000 per annum inc. London Weighting
Working hours: 35 hours per week according to contract terms with some out of hours on call cover
Pension: Workplace Pension
Work Location: Brent
Domestic Abuse Duty Assessment worker- Brent

The Brent IDVA and MARAC Coordination service is an exciting new project that will take Advance’s quality marked services to the borough of Brent. The service focuses on supporting survivors at high and medium risk of domestic abuse and providing them with high quality advocacy, support and advice to help them to know their options and lower the risk. The service is spread across two main locations in Brent: in a police station and in children’s social care offices. The post holder will work closely with statutory and voluntary sector agencies to support service users and improve partnership responses.

The post holder will have an excellent understanding of domestic abuse and its effects on women and children. The post holder will also have an understanding of the criminal justice system, MARAC and safeguarding procedures and safety planning options available to survivors of domestic abuse.
The post holder will be skilled in risk management and safety planning, remaining calm in a crisis and in handling sensitive information on a daily basis. Experience of direct work with female survivors of domestic violence, and advice or helplines and of working within safeguarding procedures is essential for this post, as is the need to adopt and promote a strong partnership approach to service provision.

Advance is committed to equality and diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. The post will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, police vetting, and is open to women only (*Exempt under the Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9, Part 1).
Benefits include 30 days holiday per annum and a workplace pension.~

Closing date: 12pm on 8th November 2017 Interview date: week commencing 13th November 2017

To apply please download the application form and Job Description from our website at http://advancecharity.org.uk/work-for-us/
Completed applications should be emailed to recruitment@advancecharity.org.uk or posted marked ‘Private and Confidential’ to :

Althea King, ADVANCE (BSU Recruitment)
1st Floor Rear, 150 King Street, London W6 0QU

Registered Charity Number 1086873

Advance delivers nationally accredited, quality marked services in West London. We work within a coordinated partnership response to domestic violence to provide independent domestic violence advocacy and support for women, children and young people and women’s community services for women who are involved in the criminal justice system, in anti-social behaviour or are at risk of breaking the law.

Female* Programme Manager

Contract: Fixed-Term Contract until 31st March 2020
Salary: starting at £36,000 per annum inc. London Weighting
Working hours: 35 hours per week according to contract terms with some out of hours on call cover
Pension: Workplace Pension
Work Location: Brent
Programme Manager – Brent

The Programme Manager will oversee and manage an exciting domestic abuse project composed of IDVAs, domestic abuse workers, and a MARAC Coordinator. The project aims to support survivors at high and medium risk in a variety of co- location settings. The post holder will be an experienced manager with a proven track record of leadership in providing services to women experiencing violence against women and girls (VAWG) and working with partners and funders. The post holder will be co-located in Brent with the Advance Brent workers at social services office and the police station, and will work to improve partnership responses to domestic abuse. The post holder will have an excellent understanding of domestic violence and its effects on women and children, of children’s social care and care proceedings, and of the criminal justice system. The post holder will develop and maintain relationships with relevant partners and funders, and will represent the organisation at meetings including presentations and support the development of strategic plans to ensure the sustainability, development and delivery of Advance services. The post holder will have experience of contract compliance and ensuring that their team adheres to quality systems, quality of service and safeguarding standards.

Advance is committed to equality and diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. The post will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, police vetting, and is open to women only (*Exempt under the Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9, Part 1).
Benefits include 30 days holiday per annum and a workplace pension.

Closing date: 12pm on 9th November 2017 Interview date: 21st or 23rd November 2017
To apply please download the application form and Job Description from our website at http://advancecharity.org.uk/work-for-us/

Completed applications should be emailed to recruitment@advancecharity.org.uk or posted marked ‘Private and Confidential’ to :

Althea King, ADVANCE (BSU Recruitment)
1st Floor Rear, 150 King Street, London W6 0QU

Registered Charity Number 1086873

Training in London: 2nd November 2017

Our next events in London will offer 30 delegate training places each so that all small charities, wherever they are, can access the skills they need to become self sustaining. This training day is part of the Small Local Charities and Community Groups Training Programme.

Training sessions cover a wide range of fundraising techniques and back office skills delivered by experienced and knowledgeable trainers.  Each course has a market value of £300, course places are heavily subsidised and donated to small charities by the sponsors, donors, funders and Trustees of the FSI.

  • Venue: The Grayston Centre, 28 Charles Square, London, N1 6HT
  • Date: Thursday, 2nd November 2017
  • Time: 09:30am – 4:30pm
  • Cost: Full day training courses have an average market value of £300 but are delivered to our members for £15, to secure a place you will be required to pay a £50 deposit but on full attendance of the course and completion of surveys £35 will be refunded to you. One and a half hour workshops have an average market value of £90 but are delivered to our members for £5, to secure a place you will be required to pay a £15 deposit but on full attendance of the workshop and completion of surveys £10 will be refunded to you. Retained fees contribute to deposit and refund processing and administration costs.

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Are you a Member of the FSI?  If not you need to join prior to booking.

The clock is ticking – the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) comes into force 25th May 2018.

The GDPR applies to any organisation working in the EU that handles personal data. Personal data is any data you hold about individuals that can identify them, even if they are company email addresses. It could be data about customers, prospects, staff, volunteers, donors, suppliers… the list is endless. And it still applies post-Brexit.
You will have heard the stories about huge new fines, and maybe you think that becoming compliant is overwhelming. Learning about what is in the GDPR and how it applies to your organisation is the first step to make it manageable.
These two workshops can be taken on a single day or you can come to only one session depending how much you already know about GPPR or how far you are in your compliance plan. The content has been tailored for smaller organisations

Morning session An introduction to GDPR
Registration 9-9:30 – Finishing approx. 12:30
This session will get you up to speed on the new data protection requirements, helping you understand the concepts and terminology of data protection and GDPR.

Afternoon Session Plan for GDPR Compliance
Registration 13:00-13:30 – Finishing approx. 16:45
Knowing the requirements of GDPR- this session will provide considerations for your compliance strategy.  Insights into the changes from current operations for managing Data Privacy in your organisation including the processes that need to be created or changed for managing personal data
The full agenda is available here

Next Session – 8th November & 26th January

Please book here

 

It is a chicken and egg situation for newly established groups. On the one hand having something new, needed and different  to develop to which it would seem likely that funding will be made available and, on the other hand, funders not wishing to give monies to groups that have not proved themselves over a period of time.  And with that funders often only prefer to listen to groups that have received funding before which can be sole destroying for the group in question, if they do not have  a history of fundraising.

Focus West London is one of those groups. Focus West London is a Hammersmith-based, volunteer-led community group providing a Saturday club for autistic children aged 3-11 years, and a programme of family support. Children are supported, one-to-one, by volunteer therapists trained in the principles of Applied Behaviour Analysis (“ABA”) which is an evidence-based, highly-effective behavioural intervention. Children learn vital, fundamental play, social and language/communications skills in a fun, nurturing and child-centred environment. So how did they raise their monies?
As a new group to the area Focus sought out Sobus for advice but being a newly formed group struggled with the chicken and egg situation. Sobus then introduced Focus to Localgoiving.

Who are Localgiving?
Localgiving is a charity itself and it supports local charitable organisations to diversify their income through online fundraising. They provide tools, training and advice to help local groups connect with supporters online, improve their digital skills and develop practical fundraising experience. Localgiving are also a leading advocate for the sector and work to raise awareness and support for local groups from the public, government and businesses.  Localgiving effectively helped Focus West London to establish a presence on their website and from there money was raised.

What is happening now with Focus West London?
Focus can be found on the localgiving site at https://localgiving.org/charity/focuswestlondon/  and yes they have raised money totalling £11,000 already!
And whatever the money raised the process in itself shows commitment and proves that members of the public understand the charitable need. This now puts Focus West London in a stronger position to seek support from grant funders…..

Want to find out more?
If you are interested in finding out more about online fundraising contact Nigel Jacques at Sobus at nigel.jacques@sobus.org.uk

Carers Service Manager
£31,000 per annum (37.5 hours per week)
7% pension, interest free travel loan available

We are proud to announce that we have recently secured new funding to expand our services for carers across Central London.  We are now seeking an exceptional candidate to oversee and develop services to support carers in diverse boroughs in Central London.
Three out of five people become an unpaid carer at some point in their lives, looking after a family member or friend who couldn’t manage without them because of an illness, disability, mental illness or an addiction. Most do so without help or recognition.
The successful candidate will support this hidden army by overseeing the daily work of the Carers Hub teams, as well as taking a lead on developing relationships with local organisations to identify carers and raise awareness. Based in our Westminster office, with significant work remotely in the community, primarily in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Proactive and flexible, the ideal candidate will have a successful track record in overseeing services in a similar field, and in building effective, high-performing teams.
Carers Network is an independent charity. We are an equal opportunity employer and service provider that recognises and celebrates diversity. We hold quality marks from PQASSO and Carers Trust, we are also a London Living Wage employer.

Download the job description and person specification here.

To apply for this role please complete the application form that can be downloaded here and return along with the equal opportunities monitoring form which can be downloaded here to info@carers-network.org.uk.

Closing date for all applications is 9am on Monday 13th November.

We plan to fill this post as soon as possible and will not necessarily wait until the closing date to select candidates for interview.  Interested applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.

Join us on 7th November 2017 at St Pauls Centre in Hammersmith.
On the 7th November, between 4.30 – 8pm, we will be holding our Annual Meeting. There will be:

  • Talks about our work from the past year
  • Voluntary organisations, including Carers Network and The Advocacy Project
  • Entertainment
  • Food and drinks
  • And more!

If you are interested in attending please could you RSVP so we will know how many to cater for. You can do so online by clicking RSVP (this will take you to Eventbrite), emailing info@healthwatchcentralwestlondon.org or phoning 020 8968 7049.

Register here

We can assist groups with I.T. Grant’s – UK Wide for the provision of:
PC’s, Laptops, Smartboards, Projectors and Networks.
Most Main Stream Capital I.T. is Eligible.

We have been assisting the Third Sector for over 20 years and work on the basis of supplying the Awarded Kit (At no cost to your Organisation or Ongoing commitment).

Any UK NFP group or Charity with UK Beneficiaries is eligible.
One Application per Year.

DESCRIPTION OF AID-
-Type. Grant – 100% Aid
-Term. Spend within One Year
-Covering. Grant Aid to UK Voluntary groups / Charities
-Support. The Grant’s are for I.T – Full Support

Please see – www.netsolutionswales.co.uk/e-nsw-2/grants.html

Applicants to email: Triana@netsolutionswales.co.uk

Date- 30 October 2017
Time-
14.15–16.15
NCVO Conference Suite, London N1 9RL

Do you want to strengthen governance, better manage risk, deliver better services for users, improve operating practices and better demonstrate outcomes in your voluntary sector organisation? Then join this free workshop to find out more about how PQASSO can help you do this.

This two-hour workshop will take you through the PQASSO journey, from implementing the standards within your organisation through to applying for and achieving the PQASSO Quality Mark accreditation.

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