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Primary School Class Teacher - Cornerstone Academy Trust
- Multiple Locations
- Full Time
Location: Barnstaple based Required to commence April 2023This is an exciting time to join us at Cornerstone Academy Trust, with schools based on the edge of Exeter in East Devon and in the coastal town of Barnstaple in North Devon. The Academy Trust has a national and international reputation for its outstanding and innovative education and its schools are highly sort after. We are responsible for a number of Department for Education ‘centres of excellence’, working with other teachers and schools across the country to provide professional development and support with school improvement strategies.It is our responsibility to prepare pupils for the ever-changing, digital work of the 21st Century. We are looking for a teacher who is willing to embrace the ethos of teaching a knowledge rich, purposeful, and project-based curriculum, through the meaningful use of technology. To be successful, you must demonstrate that you are willing to teach innovatively and reflectively, as well being prepared to collaborate with teams of colleagues. You must also be open to delivering high quality lessons and projects in a way that blends physical and digital learning environments, through video calling and online resources. The successful candidate will be keen to support and build on the international reputation that the school has for digitally integrated teaching.The post is available from the summer term. It is initially fixed term until the end of Summer Term 2024. You will have access to the Teacher’s pension scheme, a health scheme, a cycle to work scheme and subsidised meals in our staff café with food cooked and served by our own chefs. Successful candidates will be provided with state-of-the-art IT equipment and will work in modern, digitally enabled classrooms where children have access to 1:1 to a Microsoft Surface device. To enable teachers to become the best they can be, we support them with a weekly an investment in their professional development through training and there is a good performance management process, where accelerated progress is payable to those who achieve highly. For NQT’s we provide a weekly programme with specialist support from an NQT programme leader, a mentor and with inputs delivered by experienced teachers.We look forward to receiving your application and hopefully meeting you as part of the recruitment processPlease see the full Job Description for more detail.A job description and an application form can be obtained at http://www.tcat.education/vacanciesPlease email completed documents to vacancy@tcat.education
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Carers Support Manager (South) - Westbank
- Multiple Locations
- Part Time
- £24,326.95 per annum (£30,003.24 per annum FTE)
Location: Hybrid – home, local office (Ivybridge)This post is fixed Term until 30th April 2025.Are you an enthusiastic individual looking to work for an award-winning organisation that makes a real difference to the lives of others?We are looking for an eager and experienced manager to join our busy and friendly Devon Carers Team!Devon Carers is a service delivered by Westbank, and is one of the largest and most successful carer’s services in the UK, providing information and support to over 22,000 unpaid carers of all ages. Westbank is a well-established charity based in Exminster that aims to promote and improve the health and wellbeing of people in the local community, across Devon and beyond. We employ local staff to deliver the work of Devon Carers, across Devon, as part of an integrated service.For more information about Devon Carers, please visit our website - https://devoncarers.org.uk/ Your role will include:The main purpose of this job is to lead the development and delivery of services for carers in North Devon, and promote carers needs and the services of Devon Carers. This includes operational responsibility for delivery of Carer Support Management (CSM) in Devon. This is the collective name for the statutory functions that Devon County Council had delegated under the Care Act 2014 to Devon Carers, including carers assessments, support planning and reviews.Good management support for Carer Support Officers (CSO’s) front line staff will be key to the success of the service. The postholder will be required to become familiar with, and able to undertake, key aspects of the CSO role.About you:We will be shortlisting on the following criteria. Please submit a personal statement outlining how you meet the below criteria, along with an up-to-date CV. • Knowledge and experience of working in Adult Social Care• NVQ Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management or willingness to participate in training to achieve qualification• Excellent knowledge/understanding of legislation affecting carers• Experience of working in a role involving provision of assessment and/or direct support and liaison with external/other agencies• Good knowledge/understanding of health and social care services/provisions, including voluntary sector organisations and provisions• Relevant knowledge/understanding of carers and their issues and the ability to empathise with their needs• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present complex issues both verbally and in writing• Good interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage with people at all levels and inspire confidence in others• Ability to lead others in the development of solutions to complex issues• Ability to plan and manage work to deadlines with good attention to detail, showing flexibility and responsiveness to changing circumstances• Ability to work as part of a team and contribute to change programmes• Excellent administration, organisational and record-keeping skills• Experience of gathering, recording and updating confidential information accurately in accordance with GDPR, Equality and Diversity Regulations• Car driver/owner (or otherwise able to satisfy, with appropriate adjustments, requirements for travel associated with the role)• Ability/willingness to work flexibly (including occasional evenings/weekends)• Good keyboard and IT skills, including the use of MS Office packages.An Enhanced DBS Check is required for this role. Full details can be found in the Job DescriptionAbout Westbank:Westbank is an award-winning registered charity, based in Devon, established in 1986. The organisation was originally set up to provide practical and emotional support to people in the villages along the west bank of the River Exe. The organisation now works with communities and individuals across Devon.We deliver our Devon Carers and Devon Young Carers services across Devon. The centre in Exminster includes a gym with disabled access equipment, Kidzone, conference facilities, day care services and volunteering; our community support services are delivered to local communities across Devon. We also manage Seachange, based in Budleigh Salterton, which provides health and wellbeing services to communities across East Devon.To applyPlease submit an up-to-dace CV together with a personal statement outlining against person specifications to illustrate your suitability for the job to vacancies@westbank.org.uk.
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Volunteer Coordinator - DYS Space
- Devon
- Full Time
- £22,000 - £24,000 FTE
Location: This is a county wide role - eight centres across the county. Some home working. Base will be dependent on the successful candidate.SPACE is an ambitious and innovative charity, driven by our values and seeking to support even more young people by developing current and new services. Our employees strive to achieve the best they can and must be committed to seeing the best in others. We value everyone's contribution and create safe spaces for exploration and growth.Do you want to help us unlock potential with young people and their communities? Do you love a challenge?We have an exciting opportunity for a Volunteer CoordinatorWhat is the role?We are looking for a thoughtful and proactive individual to join our small but passionate Social Action team at Space Youth Services to help support our vision of “Unlocking Potential with YouthPeople”.● Driving the delivery and development of our volunteer programme across our Devon wide youth centres and fundraising events, supporting young and adult Volunteers across a range of roles. This is an exciting and growing role within Space, and we welcome applicants from a range of backgrounds and experience levels, however experience of volunteering would be advantageous. You do not need to have a background in youth work to apply for this role● This role will work closely with the Social Action Team, Director of Youth Work, Head of Fundraising and Marketing and the wider Space Team to support and embed volunteers across the organisation● Recruitment, coordination, organisation and coaching of volunteers● Collaborating with all areas of the organisation, identifying volunteering opportunities and requirements● Keeping clear and accurate volunteer records and systemsWho we’re looking forAbout You:● You are collaborative. You work well with groups and individuals from inside and outside the organisation to accomplish tasks. You work to include all relevant parties in tasks to ensure all factors are considered and every voice is heard● You have administrative experience. You have a variety of general administrative and technical experience as well as specific experience of data sets and collation, management of systems, high level IT including presentation preparation, organisational policies and systems.● You are a superb communicator. You can use a variety of methods of communication to keep groups and individuals informed and hear concerns. You are equally comfortable participating in online and in-person meetings. You can prepare monitoring information on a regular basis, holding yourself and others to account.● You have relevant experience. You have experience of volunteering and supporting others.● You like variety. You have your own transport, and can visit volunteers in a wide variety of venues and communities.● You are flexible. You are willing to work at times that suit volunteers, this will include evenings and some weekend work.Space is continually striving to be an inclusive organisation. Equality, diversity and inclusion are threads that run through all our work, and should run through all our relationships with colleagues, partners and all those we work with. We go beyond the approach described by the Equality Act 2010 and choose to take an anti-oppressive approach to our work and how we behave as an Organisation.We encourage applications for this role from all backgrounds in respect of ethnicity, age, disability, gender, sexuality, religion and socio-economic background.What we offer● Annual leave: 5 weeks for the first 5 years then additional days depending on length of service (pro-rata’d for part-time roles)● Additional 3 Statutory days given between Christmas and new year plus bank holidays● Pension contributions starting at 6% rising to 8% in the third year● Employee assistance programme 24/7● Casual dress code● Flexible schedule● Social occasions● Continuous Professional Development: Formal and informal training opportunities● Enhanced sick pay● Trained wellbeing champions available for a chat● Chromebook and work mobile● Value-driven cultureAt SPACE, we work with young people and are fully committed to ensuring their safeguarding and welfare is a priority at all times. As part of our Safeguarding Policy and Procedures, all of our employees, contractors and volunteers will be expected to comply. Upon a conditional offer of appointment being made, all employees will also be required to satisfy our pre-employment screening process which will include:● An identity check (photo ID)● Receipt of satisfactory references cover for 3 years to current● Documentary evidence of right to work in the UK● A satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)How to applyPlease read the job description and apply with your CV and supporting statement, describing your passion for this role even if you don’t feel you meet every point in the description.If you’d like an informal discussion about the role, please contact Emily Hobson-Martin on 07764326406 or for more information please visit Space Youth Services | Unlocking Potential with Young People | Youth Centres Devon | Youth Clubs Devon | Youth Help Devon | Online Youth Work | Digital Youth Work .To apply for this post please download and complete the attached supporting statement and return along with your CV either via email to recruitment@spacepsm.org or post to DYS Space Ltd, 100 Club, Wear Barton Road, Exeter, Devon EX2 7EH
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