Local Voluntary and Community Sector Job Opportunities
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Job opportunities with Harrogate & Area CVS and with our member and partner organisations will appear on this page.
If you are thinking about offering time to a local organisation as a volunteer, please click here to find out more. Volunteering can be an excellent introduction to working in the voluntary sector - many people currently working in the sector started as volunteers.
If you belong to a local voluntary organisation or community group which is affiliated to Harrogate & Area CVS and you would like to include an opportunity on this page, please email the details to us.
St Peters Church
Caretaker
St Peters Church is seeking to appoint a part time caretaker to help take forward the mission of the Church. He or she will be part of our small enthusiastic team which will be responsible for welcoming all who come to church during the week and make use of the premises. The work will involve moving furniture and equipment, cleaning, and preparing meeting rooms. The post will be conditional on a CRB check and a successful six month probation period.
20 hours per week (3 hours per day and two flexi hours). Pay: £9.00 per hour
Job Description:
Being sensitive to all those who come in.
Tidying and cleaning all areas including outside areas.
Cleaning kitchen and toilets / and re-stocking necessary items.
Sorting out storage areas to make best use of space and keeping them tidy.
Helping get furniture / equipment / exhibition stands moved for services and meetings whenever necessary.
Preparing rooms for meetings and events.
Checking maintenance book for any immediate problems to be dealt with.
Telling wardens of anything which needs doing/mending (beyond normal scope).
Maintaining and checking equipment.
“Handiman” skills for small items of work.
Keeping up to date with health and safety training.
Sharing the responsibility of security in the building.
Person Specification
Someone who can catch the vision of helping visitors and members of the congregation to be at home in church.
Someone who is fit enough to move the necessary furniture and equipment and tackle the demands of cleaning
Someone who understands the needs of those who come in to pray and will work sensitively for them.
Someone who shares our "can do" vision of St. Peters and will be a valued team member to make sure things happen.
Someone who can work on their own initiative but is at heart a team member.
Application forms can be obtained from Canon Tony Shepherd (ashepherd@talktalk.net) or from The Parish Office at Wesley Chapel and should be returned by February 10th 2012. We hope to interview on Monday 20th February 2012.
Foundation
Housing Support Worker
Location: Harrogate
Salary: £19,622 - £21,520
Hours: 40 hours per week
Post Reference: FH031
Foundation is a registered charity and the largest third sector provider of housing related support services to socially excluded groups in Yorkshire and the North East. At Foundation we put our customers at the centre of everything we do: involving them in the planning of their support and listening to what they want so we can genuinely help them achieve their best in life. Foundation was placed in the Sunday Times Top 10 Best Companies to work for 2011.
The post holder will work as part of the North Yorkshire Making Safe scheme. Making Safe is a multi-agency initiative that provides positive intervention to incidents of domestic abuse. Foundation play a key role in this scheme by working with the perpetrator and helping to ensure the safety of the victim. Emergency accommodation can be used to accommodate the perpetrator, to comply with bail conditions and prevent the victim of the abuse from being forced to leave the family home.
Making Safe Referrals will come from agencies such as the Probation Service, IDAS, the police, Harrogate Borough Council and Social Services.
The post holder will deliver support to the offender in their accommodation or in Foundation’s accommodation, which the post holder will manage. Support will be delivered to enable the customer to sustain their tenancy and to live independently. Multi-agency work is a significant element of the role and the post holder will be expected to work closely with the other agencies who make up the Making Safe service . This is a challenging and exciting role in which training specific to the post will be provided.
Due to the nature of the post, the recruitment is restricted to male applicants. This is covered by Sex Discrimination Act exemption (2)(ba), (2)(e).
Please note previous applicants for this post need not apply.
For more information and to apply please download an application pack from www.foundationuk.org
Closing date: 12:00pm on Wednesday 1st February 2012
Interviews will be held on 9th February 2012.
Foundation
Apprentice
Location: York
Salary: £95 per week
Hours: 30 hours per week
Post Reference: FY045
Foundation is a registered charity and the largest third sector provider of housing related support services to socially excluded groups in Yorkshire and the North East.
Our teams of Housing Support Workers provide housing related support services to a wide range of customer groups. This role will work in partnership with Pathway, York’s leaving care team to engage and support care leavers and other vulnerable young people to access services and social support. You will work with groups and individuals and be creative and develop new projects.
You will be supported through training in Health and Social Care.
Please visit http://www.foundationuk.org/ for an application pack and further details about the role.
Closing date: Close of business Friday 10th February
Please note you are only eligible for an apprenticeship if you do not have a higher qualification in the subject area.
Foundation is committed to building a workforce which is valued and whose diversity reflects the communities it serves, enabling it to deliver the best possible service to those communities and service users. Foundation seeks to attract applicants from all sections of the community in order to achieve a diverse workforce.
Foundation
Housing Support Worker
Location: York
Salary: £19,622 - £21,520
Hours: 40
Post Reference: FY044
Foundation is a registered charity and the largest third sector provider of housing related support services to socially excluded groups in the Yorkshire and the North East. We currently have a vacancy for a Housing Support Worker. This post is a joint post with City of York Council Children Services and the Youth Offending Team.
The post holder will be responsible for carrying out child in need initial assessments with homeless or potentially homeless 16 & 17 year olds, within statutory timescales and providing relevant housing options in relation to a young persons situation. Also where agreed, the post holder will be the Youth Justice specialist liaison between housing and youth justice services, holding or overseeing cases under statutory Youth Justice intervention.
Please note that this position is temporary until September 2012 with the possibility of extension.
For more information and to apply please download an application pack from http://www.foundationuk.org/
Closing date close of business 3rd February 2012
Foundation is committed to building a workforce which is valued and whose diversity reflects the communities it serves, enabling it to deliver the best possible service to those communities and service users. Foundation seeks to attract applicants from all sections of the community in order to achieve a diverse workforce.
Your Consortium Ltd
Are you flexible, motivated and looking for a new challenge?
Based in Knaresborough and one of the county’s most vibrant and successful social businesses we are always looking for new opportunities to increase our work across the voluntary and community sector in North Yorkshire. We have been extremely successful in winning new work and are now looking for two key members of staff:
Head of Business Development
Full time, £30,328 pa
Are you able to see new opportunities and take strategic action to maximise the impact of current activity? If you have a track record of driving change and taking the ‘wide view’ then we have a great opportunity for you to make a difference in this growing sector.
Project Manager
Full time, £20,015 pa
As Project Manager you will have an eye for detail, a heart for the community and a head for practical management. You will be a key part of a highly skilled team delivering on a number of contracts and projects, including the government’s flagship National Citizen Service.
To be considered for these roles you will demonstrate clear evidence of successful project management, experience in relationship building and the ability to work in a flexible, dynamic environment.
For further details and an application pack contact Kim Tiffney on 01423 795300 or ktiffney@yourconsortium.org
Deadline for applications is Friday 10 February 2012
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