Deadline date is 12noon Monday 5 December Interview date Monday 12 December
Hours: 16 hours per week
Based at: 37 Chapel Street, NW1 5DP
Salary: £ 23,000 p.a. (Pro-rata) and includes Inner London Weighting
Start date: 6 months fixed term contract commencing January 2017
Background
One Westminster is the Council for Voluntary Service and Volunteer Centre for Westminster. Our role is to support the local voluntary and community sector across Westminster by providing a range of services to meet their needs. These include signposting and capacity building, best practice and fundraising and support for the Westminster Community Network – providing a voice for the sector.
One Westminster also provide a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) service for anyone involved in supporting or caring for children or vulnerable adults for staff and volunteers from Westminster Voluntary and Community Sector organisations (VCS).
Main Tasks
The main aim of this role will be to deliver the DBS service, which will include carrying out DBS checks for staff and volunteers from Westminster Volunteering Involving Organisations and non- profit organisations. Other responsibilities include delivering individual training sessions to checkers and general admin duties, such as entering data into database, booking DBS appointments, dealing with phone calls, emails and other aspects of work relating to DBS. You will also support the office DBS volunteer.
You will need to have proven track record in project management and excellent written and verbal communications skills – comfortable communicating with people from a diverse range of backgrounds.
For an application form, please visit our website www.onewestminster.org.uk
or alternatively contact Nigel Barber on 0207 723 1216 or email at n.barber@onewestminster.org.uk
Sobus is working in partnership with Works4U to help you find trustees with a range of skills in areas such as finance, marketing, business planning, personnel and law to join your board. The Sobus newsletter goes out to over 1000 people locally and the Works4U mailing goes out to a range of businesses based in the area including the BBC, Coca-Cola, Disney, Ernst & Young, Mercedes, L’Oreal, Sky and many more.
If you would like to advertise a trustee vacancy in our upcoming mailing then please send us the following information:
- a short description of your charity’s work,
- the type of skills you are looking for,
- contact details for who interested candidates get in touch with
- your charity logo
Send the information to news@sobus.org.uk by Friday 25th November
Win £5K for your charity!Charity Governance Awards 2017 are now open for entry. The Charity Governance Awards 2017 are the UK awards that recognise and reward good charity governance in charities both large and small. By shining a spotlight on the best of the sector, the awards will demonstrate how effective governance can transform a charity and even more, the lives of its beneficiaries. Entry to the awards is free. Each of the seven categories offers a £5000 cash prize. Categories
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Worried about Radicalisation? Attend a Workshop to Raise Awareness of Prevent
Worried about Radicalisation? Attend a Workshop to Raise Awareness of Prevent (WRAP)
What is WRAP?
The Workshop to Raise Awareness of Prevent (WRAP) is a free, 90-minute workshop designed to improve awareness
of the Prevent strategy: the strand of the government’s national Counter-Terrorism Strategy which seeks to offer safeguarding support to vulnerable individuals at risk of radicalisation. Training sessions explore topics such as radicalisation and vulnerability, how some people are able to influence others, a discussion around how to spot the signs that someone might need some form of safeguarding help and support, how to safely refer an individual for specialised support and the forms of support that can be provided once this has occurred.
We encourage and welcome all individuals who work or volunteer in a frontline role to attend one of our WRAP training sessions. It is also worth noting that the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act, passed by Parliament in February 2015, places a statutory requirement on the Council (and organisations commissioned by the Council) to
“have due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism.” For organisations commissioned by the Council, ensuring that frontline staff attend an accredited WRAP training session is necessary to ensure that they are compliant with this requirement.
Individuals can either attend one of our regularly booked training sessions (dates provided below) or, for teams
counting 15 or more members of staff, the Bi-Borough Prevent team can also run bespoke sessions on your place of
work in order to minimise any disruption to your activities.
To register for a session or to schedule a bespoke training session please email prevent2@lbhf.gov.uk
Dates of upcoming WRAP training sessions with vacancies remaining are as follows:
· 15th November 2016 (13.30 – 15:00), Hammersmith Town Hall
· 30th November 2016 (10:30 – 12:00), Kensington Town Hall
· 9th December 2016 (10:30 – 12:00), Hammersmith Town Hall
· 9th January 2017 (13:00 – 14:30), Hammersmith Town Hall
· 18th January 2017 (14:30 – 16:00), Kensington Town Hall
· 8th February 2017 (10:30 – 12:00), Hammersmith Town Hall
· 23rd February 2017 (10.30 – 12.00), Kensington Town Hall
· 8th March 2017 (10:30 – 12:00), Hammersmith Town Hall
· 21st March 2017 (10.30 – 12:00), Kensington Town Hall
· 4th April 2017 (13:00 – 14:30), Hammersmith Town Hall
Friday 04th November 2016 from 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
at HFVC, 148 King Street, Hammersmith W6 0QU
This course aims to help you develop skills to introduce volunteers to your organisation, communicate relevant policies and procedures and set out both what is expected of them and what they can expect in their new role. The course will explore how to:-
- Develop a Volunteer Induction process
- Understand the purpose and content of a Volunteer Handbook
- Understand the purpose and content of a Volunteer Agreement
- Have clarity about volunteer expenses
- Consider different training options
Places are free for delegates who live, work, study or volunteer within LB Hammersmith & Fulham. Free places are also available to team members from third-sector organisations who serve beneficiaries within LBH&F.
NB: The training venue is accessed via two flights of stairs with 14 and 6 steps respectively. Please contact us with any accessibility queries.
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Salary: £16,800 Pro Rata £28,000 per annum Working hours: 21 hours
Ealing Law Centre has recently secured grant funding to allow us to expand Welfare benefits advice and representation service. We are looking for an enthusiastic Welfare Benefits caseworker who can help us grow and expand our services to local residents. The Law Centre currently provides advice in Housing, Immigration and Welfare Benefits. We have Legal Aid contracts in Housing and Immigration and receive grant funding for our Welfare Benefits work.
This is an exciting time for the Law Centre. We have got new grant funding secured for the next three years. We are looking for someone who is keen to use their Welfare Benefits experience in a Law Centre setting.
The successful candidate will conduct casework up to and including Tribunal representation and also assist with a Welfare Benefits advice line. The postholder will be expected to be proactive in developing links with the local community and in providing training to first tier advice services in the area.
Ealing Law Centre is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from all candidates who meet the person specification regardless of age, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability or race.
Please click here to see job description and person specification
For an application pack email: info@ealinglaw.org.uk
Closing date: 5pm Monday 14 November 2016
Electric and Gas SMART readers are being rolled out across the UK now. Every household will have the opportunity to upgrade to a smart meter, at no additional cost, by 2020. Everyone will have a chance to decide whether they wish to have a SMART meter installed by their provider and now is probably a good time to think about any pros and cons.
Here are a few points to help you make the right decision for you:
– Smart meters will bring an end to estimated bills and show us how much energy we’re using in near real time and in pounds and pence.
– You will receive an in-house display, which shows exactly how much energy you’re using, as you use it.
– If you change suppliers your (1st generation) SMART meter will lose its smart features.
– Your SMART meter will be installed by a trained installer at NO EXTRA COST.
– The installer should spend time with you explaining how to operate the in-house display so that you can use it confidently on your own.
– The installation will take approximately 1 hour.
– When you are eligible depends on many factors and your supplier will be in touch when your smart meter is ready to be installed (before 2020).
In the future:
- Switching between suppliers will be quicker and easier and you will not need to change your (2nd generation) SMART meter each time you change suppliers.
If you would like to receive further information on SMART meters please contact:
Krzysztof Mikata-Pralat
Fulham Good Neighbours
Rosaline Hall
70 Rosaline Road
London, SW6 7QT
Tel. 020 7385 8850
Email: chrismikata@fulhamgoodneighbours.org
Fulham Good Neighbours received funding from Smart Energy GP, voice of the smart meter rollout, to make local older people aware of it and are running several information workshops at different local organisations between now and 31st December 2016.
The Transform Foundation (https://www.transformfoundation.org.uk) has recently launched a new grant programme, which will be providing £18,000 grants to a select number of non-profits, to fund the design and build of a new website for them. The grant will include a range of cutting edge tools for engaging with supporters and service users as well as the costs of the strategy, design and training required to get the website up and running. The grant programme is mostly focused on non-profits with between £0.5m – £20m annual income, although organisations outside of this range are welcome to apply.
You can apply for the grant here
Or discover more information about it on the Transform Foundation website
WAND are recruiting a part-time Projects Worker. For a Recruitment Pack please email: info@wanduk.org
Closing date for receiving applications 4 November 2016
WAND UK
St Charles Centre for Health & Wellbeing, Exmoor Street, London, W10 6DZ
0208 962 4132 or 0753 415 5619
